TRUMP RIGHTFULLY HANGS UP ON CNN SMEAR JOB OVER OLD EPSTEIN PHOTO—THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE LATEST MEDIA HIT PIECE

In yet another desperate attempt to revive a long-dead smear campaign, CNN’s so-called investigative journalist Andrew Kaczynski tried—and failed spectacularly—to bait President Donald J. Trump with photos that have been public for over a decade.

On Tuesday, Kaczynski placed a phone call to President Trump asking about a decades-old photograph from Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples—an event that was widely covered in the media at the time and attended by hundreds of guests, including known socialite Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump, wasting no time with CNN’s never-ending political theater, reportedly hung up after 30 seconds.

And rightfully so.

The images in question, which CNN’s KFile hyped as part of a “never-before-seen” exclusive, are in fact freely available on Google Images and on stock sites like Shutterstock. That’s not “investigative journalism”—that’s clickbait repackaged as scandal, all to gin up baseless narratives about Trump’s ancient associations with a man who would not be criminally charged for years to come.

Despite this, CNN anchor Erin Burnett breathlessly paraded the “exclusive” photos as some bombshell revelation. But even Kaczynski had to sheepishly admit that these photos “have not been widely reported” rather than “unseen”—a weak justification for peddling tired tropes in an election season where the mainstream media is once again working overtime to damage Trump.

The network’s transparent strategy? Throw mud at Trump by implying guilt-by-association with Epstein—while conveniently ignoring how often figures like Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet or visited his island. CNN, predictably, had nothing to say about those photos.

When asked about the images, President Trump reportedly responded, “You’ve got to be kidding me,” called CNN “fake news,” and ended the call. A presidential response, if there ever was one. No time for political hacks repackaging stock photos as hit pieces.

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump famously banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago years before the mainstream media even acknowledged the man’s crimes. Yet the corporate press continues to obsess over ancient party photos as if that proves anything—because that’s all they’ve got.

This latest stunt is not journalism. It’s activism wrapped in a cheap suit. And President Trump was right to shut it down.

Once again, CNN proves it isn't reporting the news—it's manufacturing it.