WATCH: Trump Roasts Kaitlan Collins And Mitch McConnell With Savage Line

President Donald Trump took aim at both Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in a brutal response after McConnell voted against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. On Thursday, Collins pressed Trump for his reaction to McConnell’s opposition, which led to a blistering roast of the longtime Republican leader.

“I feel sorry for Mitch,” Trump said. “He wanted to go to the end and he wanted to stay leader. He’s not equipped mentally. He wasn’t equipped 10 years ago mentally, in my opinion. He’d let the Republican Party go to hell.”

“If I didn’t come along, the Republican Party wouldn’t even exist right now,” Trump said. “Mitch McConnell never really had it. He had an ability to raise money because of his position as leader, which anybody could do. You could do it, even. And that’s saying a lot.”

“I was the one that got him to drop out of the leadership position. So he can’t love me,” Trump continued. “But he’s not voting against Bobby, he’s voting against me. But that’s all right. He endorsed me. You know, Mitch, do you know that Mitch endorsed me, right?”

At this point, Collins attempted to shift the conversation by mentioning McConnell’s past health struggles, stating, “He had polio, obviously. And his son is in the hospital.”

Trump, unimpressed, fired back: “I don’t know anything about ‘he had polio.'”

Collins pressed him further: “Are you doubting that he had polio?

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Trump shrugged off the question, making it clear he had no interest in discussing McConnell’s medical history. “I have no idea if he had polio,” he said.

“All I can tell you about him is that he shouldn’t have been a leader. He knows that. He voted against Bobby. He votes against almost everything now. He’s a, you know, very bitter guy.”

Trump’s statements follow ongoing health concerns for McConnell, who arrived at the Capitol in a wheelchair and wearing a brace on his left leg Monday. This succeeds a recent fall on the Senate steps, adding to past health incidents, including a concussion in 2023 and two public episodes where he appeared to freeze mid-sentence.

McConnell’s rejection of Kennedy’s confirmation made him the only Republican senator to vote against the nominee. Despite that, Kennedy secured his position as head of Health and Human Services in a tight 52-48 vote.

Kennedy, a former Democrat-turned-independent, has long been a controversial figure, particularly for his outspoken views on vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry. His nomination drew fierce opposition from Senate Democrats like Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), who lambasted him in committee hearings.

Trump, however, was quick to praise Kennedy’s performance in the confirmation process.

“Bobby did great. Got more votes than anybody thought. And I think he’s going to do phenomenally, just phenomenally, in that position,” he said. “And everybody else likewise did well. Not only well, they got more votes than anybody thought. Tulsi, look at how she did. She did great.”

Kennedy’s confirmation comes one day after Tulsi Gabbard was confirmed with nearly unanimous Republican support to be the president’s director of national intelligence.

Both nominees are part of a successful but controversial club that also includes Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s defense secretary, whose nomination was nearly derailed by a steady drip of largely baseless allegations about drinking and sexual harassment.