President Donald Trump engaged in a tense exchange with CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Collins was covering the event as part of the press gaggle, and she asked Trump a question about public sentiment regarding the U.S. war with Iran: "Two-thirds of Americans don’t think the U.S. is winning the war with Iran. When will it end?" Trump responded by calling it an "honor" to be at the event before criticizing Collins, whom he had previously criticized for not smiling during interviews. He expressed surprise that CNN was covering his speech at the UN, saying, "You shouldn’t be here," and referencing past efforts to restrict CNN's access to the White House. Collins clarified that CNN's credentials were granted by the United Nations to cover the General Assembly, not the White House. She also noted that despite the administration's attempts to block CNN from White House coverage, the network would continue to report on the president. CNN, along with news outlets MSNOW and Politico, has filed a joint lawsuit against the government over the restrictions. In response, other major networks like ABC, Fox News, CBS, and NBC paused their shared television coverage of White House events in solidarity with the lawsuit. Trump ended his remarks by stating that the U.S. was making "a lot of progress" in its conflict with Iran. He then walked toward an escalator with First Lady Melania Trump. A bystander was heard shouting, "Be careful with the stairs!" as the couple approached the escalator. This moment recalled a similar incident from the previous year when Trump and Melania got stuck on the same escalator. At the time, Trump claimed the incident was due to "sabotage" by UN staff, but a UN spokesperson later suggested that the escalator had been accidentally stopped by someone, likely from Trump's own team, due to a safety feature.