CNN anchor Kasie Hunt struggled to keep up with Donald Trump on Monday (March 16) after the president contradicted himself multiple times in a matter of minutes.
On Monday’s edition of The Arena, Hunt said, per Mediaite, “As we come on the air, the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is escalating as President Donald Trump waffles sometimes by the minute on whether the U.S. expects or needs or even wants help in securing the critical waterway.”
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