The legacy media have now resorted to groveling to get back in the good graces of President Donald Trump.

On Sunday, CNN anchor Jake Tapper begged Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to ask the commander in chief to let the Cable News Network resume its press pool coverage aboard Air Force One.

“Sir, I just want to note,” Tapper began on “State of the Union,” “yesterday the White House barred CNN from fulfilling our pool assignment on behalf of the five major television networks.”

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🤣 CNN begging Amb. Mike Waltz to ask President Trump to “let CNN back in the pool” for Air Force One and event coverage pic.twitter.com/93mIoCNxLs

— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) September 27, 2026

Earlier Sunday, as WorldNetDaily reported, ABC’s Martha Raddatz pressed U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche for “one example” where the press had not reported something accurately from the White House.

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WATCH:

“They don’t even disagree. There’s not even a real dispute that the information coming out of CNN and some of these other networks is wholly and completely almost – almost 100% – negative toward the president.”

Online commenters had little sympathy for CNN, saying:

“Tapper groveling to Waltz to ask Trump to let them back in the White House is embarrassing for him but comedy for us.”

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“Maybe refer to your own book Jake Tapper when you wonder why your credentials have been pulled.”

“Jake Tapper’s ability to keep a straight face pretending to not understand/fathom how & why the nation considers him absolute horsesh** is peak sociopathic personality mastery.”

(*) Full article: https://www.wnd.com/2026/09/now-theyre-groveling-watch-cnn-beg-mike-waltz/