kk.“‘Jaw-Dropping, Cruel, and Beyond the Pale’: Jake Tapper Erupts After T,r,u,m,p Attacks the Kennedy Family Mere Hours After Tatiana Schlossberg’s Death — A Moment Critics Say Exposes a Chilling Collapse of Decency at the Highest Level”! The reaction was swift, furious, and deeply emotional. CNN’s Jake Tapper unleashed one of his most scathing condemnations yet after President went on the offensive against the Kennedy family on social media just hours after the death of John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg. As the nation quietly absorbed news of the young woman’s passing, T,r,u,m,p’s posts ignored the loss entirely — instead zeroing in on his controversial decision to emblazon his own name on the Kennedy Center, a move critics called “astonishingly tone-deaf” and “morally shocking.” Tapper framed the moment as more than political provocation — calling it a disturbing pattern of behavior that surfaces at moments of national mourning. With echoes of the backlash Trump faced after remarks made following Rob Reiner’s death, the anchor questioned whether any boundary still exists between political grievance and basic human decency. For many viewers, the episode felt like a line crossed in real time — a raw, unsettling reminder of how quickly empathy can be eclipsed by ego in today’s fractured political landscape.

What To Know

• CNN’s Jake Tapper criticized President Trump for attacking the Kennedy family on social media just hours after the death of JFK’s granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg.
• Trump’s posts, which did not mention Schlossberg’s passing, focused on his controversial move to add his name to the Kennedy Center.
• This incident follows previous backlash against Trump for making insensitive remarks shortly after director Rob Reiner’s death.

Jake Tapper has blasted Donald Trump after the president insulted the Kennedy family on Truth Social just hours after the death of John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg.

Schlossberg, a former climate and energy reporter at the New York Times, died on Tuesday, December 30, due to an aggressive form of blood cancer. The 35-year-old was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia after her daughter was born in 2024.

The passing had no bearing on Trump’s continued attacks on the Kennedys. The President re-posted several messages on Truth Social on Tuesday that aimed at the influential family, including one that said, “The Trumps have always been supporters of the arts. The Kennedys are supporters of the Kennedys.”

Another re-shared post read, “[The Kennedys] don’t raise money for [the Kennedy Center]. They never show up. And the only Kennedy who has been there recently is a member of Trump’s cabinet.”

Tapper shared screenshots of Trump’s posts on X, writing, “In the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy family announced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from cancer. A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.”

Trump’s posts did not reference Schlossberg’s passing; instead, they focused on the ongoing drama surrounding the Kennedy Center. Earlier this year, after returning to office for his second term, Trump removed several Kennedy Center board members, installed new members, and appointed himself as the new chair.

The drama kicked up a notch earlier this month when Trump became the first sitting President to host Kennedy Center Honors, which coincided with the board voting to rename the iconic venue “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”

Trump’s decision to insert his own name into the venue’s title has been met with criticism from many, including various members of the Kennedy family. Others have argued that the President can’t legally change the venue’s name without Congressional approval.

The President’s latest posts come just weeks after he faced backlash for insulting Rob Reiner hours after the director and his wife were found murdered in their Los Angeles home. Trump’s comments, which included claims that Reiner was killed for his “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” received widespread criticism, even from the likes of regular Trump defenders such as Scott Jennings and Joe Rogan.