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Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Christiane Amanpour Now Treats Travel To U.S. 'As If I Was Going To North Korea'
British journalist Christiane Amanpour said she treats travel to the U.S. under President Donald Trump 'as if I was going to North Korea.' The longtime CNN correspondent talked about her experience flying to the U.S. on her podcast, 'The Ex Files.' 'I must say I was afraid,' Amanpour told her co-host and ex-husband, Jamie Rubin, on Wednesday's episode. Amanpour was traveling to the U.S. last week to give a speech at Harvard University, which has come under increased attacks by Trump, including revoking the university's ability to enroll international students. Trump has also ramped up his attacks on immigrants, using agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to snatch people off the streets and imprison them without due process. And on Thursday, Trump announced that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the U.S. and seven others that would face restrictions. 'I'm a foreigner,' Amanpour said. 'I don't have a green card. I'm not an American citizen. I'm fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea. I took a burner phone, Jamie. Imagine that. I didn't take a single … not my mobile phone, not my iPad, nothing, and I had nothing on the burner phone except a few numbers.' Amanpour said she also spoke to CNN security about what precautions to take. 'I've heard that many, including British citizens, have been stopped at the border and been questioned for hours and hours and hours,' she said. Thankfully, Amanpour said she went through airport security without any issues. 'I was welcomed,' she said. 'The immigration officer at Boston, where I came in, could not have been nicer. Huge sigh of relief I breathed.'
The Hill
08-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
CNN host ‘afraid' to travel to America, compares it to North Korea
Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour revealing on her podcast, "The Ex Files," that he she was afraid to travel to the United Stated as a foreigner.
New York Post
06-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
CNN journalist mocked for saying she's ‘afraid' to travel to the US: ‘As if I was going to North Korea'
CNN's famed war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, is being mocked for claiming she's terrified of traveling to the US — and even needs burner phones and other prep 'as if I was going to North Korea.' The British-born journalist, who has covered war zones extensively throughout her career, revealed that she spoke to CNN security and carried a burner phone when she traveled to the US last month to give an address at Harvard University. 'I must say I was afraid. I'm a foreigner. I don't have a green card. I'm not an American citizen. I'm fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea,' Amanpour said Wednesday on her 'The Ex Files' podcast, which she hosted with her ex-husband, James Rubin — a former State Department official. Advertisement 'I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea,' Christiane Amanpour said. Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 'I took a burner phone, Jamie. Imagine that, James.' The anchor, 67, noted she spoke with the lefty network's security team before setting off to the US after hearing stories of foreigners being stopped for 'hours and hours' in the wake of President Trump being elected. 'I even talked to the CNN security person because of this,' she said, saying that she's heard even 'British citizens are being stopped at the border and questioned for hours and hours and hours.' Advertisement Amanpour — a renowned foreign correspondent who covered the Iraq, Persian Gulf and Bosnian wars — later acknowledged that her trip went off without a hitch. 'So, huge sigh of relief I breathed, but wow, can you imagine if I'm afraid, what do others think?' she said. The backlash against her was swift on social media — with many mocking her travel fears given her extensive background in war zones. Advertisement 'Don't visit. We will survive,' one person wrote on X. 'CNN's Christiane Amanpour is free to remain wherever she feels safe. Feel afraid to travel to America, then don't come here. Simple,' another griped. One user bluntly said: 'Then stay in England.'
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Christiane Amanpour Now Treats Travel To U.S. 'As If I Was Going To North Korea'
British journalist Christiane Amanpour said she treats travel to the U.S. under President Donald Trump 'as if I was going to North Korea.' The longtime CNN correspondent talked about her experience flying to the U.S. on her podcast, 'The Ex Files.' 'I must say I was afraid,' Amanpour told her co-host and ex-husband, Jamie Rubin, on Wednesday's episode. Amanpour was traveling to the U.S. last week to give a speech at Harvard University, which has come under increased attacks by Trump, including revoking the university's ability to enroll international students. Trump has also ramped up his attacks on immigrants, using agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to snatch people off the streets and imprison them without due process. And on Thursday, Trump announced that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the U.S. and seven others that would face restrictions. 'I'm a foreigner,' Amanpour said. 'I don't have a green card. I'm not an American citizen. I'm fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea. I took a burner phone, Jamie. Imagine that. I didn't take a single … not my mobile phone, not my iPad, nothing, and I had nothing on the burner phone except a few numbers.' Amanpour said she also spoke to CNN security about what precautions to take. 'I've heard that many, including British citizens, have been stopped at the border and been questioned for hours and hours and hours,' she said. Thankfully, Amanpour said she went through airport security without any issues. 'I was welcomed,' she said. 'The immigration officer at Boston, where I came in, could not have been nicer. Huge sigh of relief I breathed.'
Fox News
05-06-2025
- General
- Fox News
CNN's Christiane Amanpour afraid to travel to America as a foreigner, says it's like going to North Korea
British-born CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour revealed on her podcast "The Ex Files" on Wednesday that she recently prepared to travel to the U.S. as if she were traveling to North Korea. Speaking with her ex-husband Jamie Rubin, a former State Department official, Amanpour recalled a speech she gave at Harvard Kennedy School last month. Although she was a prominent media figure, she expressed fear that she would be stopped by border security. "I must say I was afraid," Amanpour said. "I'm a foreigner. I don't have a green card. I'm not an American citizen. I'm fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea. I took a burner phone. Imagine that. I didn't take a single…not my mobile phone, not my iPad, nothing, and I had nothing on the burner phone except a few numbers." She added that she spoke to CNN security before her visit after hearing several anecdotes about her fellow British citizens being either detained for hours or turned around at the border. However, she found that she was welcomed into the country and that the immigration officer she met "could not have been nicer." "So, huge sigh of relief I breathed, but wow, can you imagine if I'm afraid, what do others think?" Amanpour said. Rubin argued that President Donald Trump's attempts to bar Harvard from accepting foreign students were only the latest attacks he's made against the country itself. "With Donald Trump's basically weaponization of the immigration and naturalization service to scrutinize people, to imagine that every single non-American is a threat to the United States, is a war on what our country has been since its founding," Rubin said. The podcast episode premiered hours before the Trump administration announced an executive order blocking travel to the U.S. from nearly 20 countries identified as "very high-risk" for terrorism, high visa overstay rates and other security concerns.
