Kaitlan Collins Seemingly Responds to Donald Trump’s Attacks With Sly Mug

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins appeared to make a subtle dig at President Donald Trump amid his ongoing attacks against the journalist and members of the press. 

During the Friday, October 2, episode of The Source With Kaitlan Collins, some eagle-eyed viewers spotted Collins, 34, including a mug on her desk featuring the message, “America Needs Nasty Women.”

While Collins has not publicly addressed the specific desk accessory, the president has made several disparaging comments directed at the CNN anchor in recent months. (Trump, 80, also referred to Hillary Clinton as “such a nasty woman” in October 2016, during the third and final presidential debate.)

In an interview with TIME published on Thursday, October 1, Trump described Collins as a “very average” person and said she was “the most unhappy young person I’ve ever seen.”

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“I can name 100 great things I’ve done. I never get good press. I never get fair press,” he claimed to the publication. “Doesn’t have to be good. All it has to be is fair. So at a certain point, you say, ‘What’s the purpose of like this crazy Kaitlan Collins?’”

Weeks earlier, Trump had terse words for Collins after he recently — and, according to various legal experts and one Trump-appointed judge, illegally — banned CNN and other news outlets from entering the White House.

“I’m surprised that CNN is here covering me. You shouldn’t be here!” Trump told Collins on September 22, during a United Nations General Assembly event. “You should not be here covering me. You said you weren’t going to cover me. You shouldn’t be covering me.” (Collins said she was invited, as were all major media outlets, per the United Nations.)

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Days earlier, on September 18, Trump announced that he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from entering the White House to report on his administration “effectively immediately … as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!”

A federal judge later ordered Trump to restore White House access for journalists, saying the ban surely violates the First Amendment.

In a TruthSocial post following the United Nations event, Trump doubled down on his critiques of Collins and various members of the free press.

“All of the SLEAZEBAGS, like Third Rate ‘Reporter,’ Kaitlan Collins, of Fake News CNN, a truly unhappy person, said they weren’t going to be covering me,” the commander-in-chief said at the time. “Then why were they ranting and raving like Lunatics, in the Press Area, at the United Nations? Why was she there? She’s got a ‘TRUMP’ addiction.”

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In July, Trump again made headlines when he attacked Collins’ looks, comparing her to trans actress Dylan Mulvaney after claiming the journalist — who used to work for the right-wing outlet The Daily Caller — needs to “smile” more.

Amid the fury of attacks from the president, Collins has maintained that she wants to keep the focus of her reporting work and not on any reactions she may have to Trump’s unprecedented comments.

“I’ve always felt this, regardless of who’s the president … it’s really not about me, and I don’t want it to be about my reaction,” Collins said on the July 27 episode of The Daily Show. “Instead, I think it’s more important to remind people in those moments when he is insulting me, he is criticizing me … it’s important to put the reminder back on the work, on the question, and on the non-answers that we get.”