So much for media solidarity. CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Kaitlan Collins, found herself publicly shut down by former President Donald Trump during a heated Oval Office exchange on Thursday. Her probing questions about Russia’s war in Ukraine led to a scathing rebuke from Trump, drawing laughter from reporters in the room. The back-and-forth began when Trump was asked about his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and whether he believed Putin truly wanted peace. The Russia-Ukraine conflict, which ignited with the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and escalated to a full-scale invasion in 2022, remains one of the world’s most pressing crises. Trump confidently asserted that Putin was indeed interested in peace, prompting Collins to fire off a sharp follow-up: “Do you trust President Putin?” Trump, unimpressed, immediately shut her down, branding her a friend of former President Joe Biden and shifting blame for the war onto the current administration. He then...