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President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> took aim at frequent target Kaitlan Collins<\/strong> during this year\u2019s rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to personally congratulate celebrity.land\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It\u2019s a fake \u2014 she shouldn\u2019t get the award, it was a fake,\u201d Trump, 80, said during the Friday, July 24, event, which was moved to the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., following the security breach and subsequent shooting<\/a> at the annual April fundraiser.<\/p>\n Collins, 34, was previously awarded for her coverage of the president\u2019s contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> \u2014 an exchange that sparked fierce criticism of the president and his continued friendship with various dictators<\/a>, including Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong> and North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I don\u2019t mind, I said, \u2018Kaitlan, congratulations.\u2019 But it was fake, there\u2019s no question about it,\u201d the president continued, before turning his attention to Collins\u2019 appearance. \u201cShe\u2019s a young, attractive woman. She never smiles. I said, \u2018Kaitlan, do you ever smile? Smile. You have a nice position, you\u2019re at celebrity.land fake news, you should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan, just smile.\u201d<\/p>\n