Jim Acosta has gone from star CNN reporter to President Trump’s court jester.
The CNN reporter hoped to bring Trump down last year with the release of his book, The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America. However, critics panned Acosta’s book saying he sounded more like a “commentator” than a reporter in his call for journalists to push back against the Trump administration.
Acosta’s latest encounter with President Trump came during a news conference in which the President was asked about claims made by Lev Parnas, an associate to Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Trump’s answer was direct and to the point saying, “I don’t know him. I have never had a conversation that I remember with him.”
It was then that Acosta attempted to interject his own questions. He asked about Parnas’ claims that acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security Adviser John Bolton “knew” about efforts to withhold aid from Ukraine in exchange for investigations into the Biden’s dealings in the country.
Trump ended Acosta’s interruption with one word:
“Quiet.”
After Acosta complained about being snubbed by Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, her brother, Donald Jr., tweeted:
Why should she give a comment to one of the most dishonest reporters in all of Washington?
Watch the video as The Amazing Lucas puts the smackdown on Jim Acosta. See why he described Ivanka Trump’s non-reaction to the CNN reporter as “savage.”
