President Trump just participated in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May. We’ll have a recap post on that coming up shortly, but there was one moment that was soooooooooooooooooo awkward. You see, whiny Jim Acosta is there, and he desperately wanted to ask Trump a question. Well, not really. It sounded like he wanted to address Trump’s previous remark on CNN. (Earlier, a reporter from NBC asked a stupid question, and Trump was all, “See, that’s such dishonest reporter, of course it happens to be NBC which is possibly worse than CNN. Possibly, possibly.”)
That triggered Acosta. It’s all he could think about, so he shouted, “Since you attacked CNN, can I ask you a question?”
Trump told him he doesn’t take questions from Fake News CNN and instead took a question from John Roberts, who’s from the “real network,” Fox News. You can hear Acosta saying something like, “We’re a real network too!” in the background.
“Let’s go to a real network,” Trump says, declining to take a question from CNN’s Jim Acosta during a joint press conference with U.K. PM Theresa May. He answered a question from Fox News instead #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/nTAxI2fKvV
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 13, 2018
Trump denying question from Jim Acosta and pointing to Jim Roberts of Fox News: “CNN is fake news, I don’t take questions from fake news.” 😳 pic.twitter.com/Ph7vTWRXiZ
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) July 13, 2018
Hahaha! President Trump’s fights with CNN’s Jim Acosta at press briefings are always hilarious!!!
— Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@Ebuka) July 13, 2018
“Nope. Fake news. I don’t take questions from CNN.” 😭
— Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@Ebuka) July 13, 2018
“We are real news.” – Jim Acosta https://t.co/cP5lkknL7g
— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) July 13, 2018
Trump, ignoring Jim Acosta while calling on Fox's John Roberts: "I don't take questions from CNN. CNN is fake news. I'll take questions from a real network."
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 13, 2018
I love what he just did to Jim Acosta # fake news
— Chris Teck (@cteck629) July 13, 2018
did anyone else hear Jim Acosta whimpering, "we are a real network too.." classic#CNNblows
— Michael ODonnell (@mikeodes) July 13, 2018
Jim Acosta just got bitch slapped by POTUS on international tv! 😂😂😂
— Joe The Butcher🇵🇷 (@joe_the_butcher) July 13, 2018
"Since you attacked CNN, can I ask you a question?" you can hear Jim Acosta ask.
Trump says CNN is "fake news" and he won't give them questions. Says he'll take questions from a "real network" like Fox News.
We're a real network too, sir! Acosta chimes in
— Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) July 13, 2018
You can say Trump was rude, but he didn’t just randomly decide to hate on Acosta for no reason. Acosta’s erroneous reporting and classless behavior did this. Acosta brought this upon himself. He’s obnoxious, whiny and untrustworthy. He’s the poster child for #FakeNews. Sorry not sorry.