CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has expressed regret after invoking President Donald Trump’s “assault on values” during a segment commemorating Kristallnacht.

Ms Amanpour sought to clarify the comments on Monday during her late-night talk show “Amanpour & Company”, which airs on US public broadcaster PBS.

“I observed the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht,” she told viewers.

“I also noted President Trump's attacks on history, facts, knowledge, and truth. I should not have juxtaposed the two thoughts.

“Hitler and his evils stand alone in history. I regret any pain my statement may have caused. 

“My point was to say how democracy can potentially slip away, and how we must always zealously guard our democratic values,” she continued.

She had drawn criticism last week for appearing to draw parallels between the Trump administration and the pogrom, which took place 82 years ago last week.

The nonprofit group StopAntisemitism.org had called on the award-winning journalist to "stop using the horrors of the Holocaust to justify an agenda.”

Israel’s diaspora minister Omer Yankelevich and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany demanded an apology