A question from CNN's Jim Acosta about foreign electoral interference and Trump’s new chief of national intelligence quickly degenerated into a splatter of cross-talk once Trump took aim at his network's credibility
President Donald Trump was half a world away from his usual Washington fights on Thursday but couldn’t resist a press conference spat with an old standby from back home: CNN’s Jim Acosta.
“Let me tell you about your record,” Trump said. “Your record is so bad you ought to be ashamed of yourself.” Sparring with an adversarial news media — and with Acosta in particular — is nothing new for the president, of course, a habit that dates back to Trump's 2016 campaign.called him “the chief antagonist for a network that styles itself as Trump’s chief antagonist.”suspended Acosta’s White House credentials
On Thursday, their exchange came after a pair of sharp questions from Acosta, who asked whether Trump would pledge not to accept foreign help in the election and why he had tapped Ric Grenell as acting director of national intelligence given Grenell’s lack of intelligence experience.
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