So, just a short while ago, Donald Trump—during one of his very infrequent press conferences—got into a bizarre exchange with CNN’s Jim Acosta. Acosta was asking Trump about the idiotic fear-mongering he promoted about the migrant caravan. Trump decided that the narrow parameters he had set in the hope of having a press conference where no one asked him serious questions were being violated.
Trump: Honestly I think that you should let me run the country. You run CNN. And if you did it well, your ratings will be much higher.
Acosta: If I may ask one other question.
Trump: That's enough.
Acosta: The other folks asked, pardon me, ma'am...
An unidentified woman attempted to reach f the mic from Acosta.
Trump: That's enough.
Acosta: If I can ask on the Russian investigation. Are you concerned that you may have...
Trump: I am not concerned about anything with the Russian investigation because it is a hoax. That is enough, put down the mic.
At this point, Trump walks away from his microphone, and the lady passing the mic around is able to get it from Acosta. Acosta, now without the microphone, gets the cowardly bully treatment from Trump, while NBC News’ Peter Alexander holds the microphone to ask his question.
Trump: I tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of themselves having you working for them. You are rude, terrible person. You should not be working for CNN. Go ahead. You are a very rude person, the way that you treat Sarah Huckabee Sanders is horrible. The way that you treat other people is horrible. You should not treat people that way.
Alexander tries to defend Acosta, hears some more bullshit from Trump, and then Acosta stands, sans microphone, and confronts Trump again. Trump goes on:
Trump: I'm not a big fan of yours either, to be honest ... You are not the best ... Just sit down, please. When you report fake news — no. When you report fake news, which CNN does a lot, you're the enemy of the people.
And there you have it. I guess all this “winning” is getting to the white supremacist in chief.
