Akayla Gardner is an award-winning journalist who has covered President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris (Akayla Gardner)

On Tuesday of this week, President Donald Trump called MS NOW reporter, Akayla Gardner, “a dumb person” for pointing out that the cost of his hoped-for ballroom had doubled since he first announced the project. 

The incident happened on the South Lawn of the White House prior to the president’s departure for a summit with Xi Jinping, president of the People's Republic of China. 

Gardner is an award-winning journalist who also reported on the Biden administration (previously for News). The young journalist had reported on four continents. In 2024, she was a National Press Foundation Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow. 

For more, read MS NOW’s report, and for perspective, listen in to Native Land Pod’s discussion of Trump’s repeated disrespect for female reporters, particularly African Americans, and how we should respond (starting at around minute 17).

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