Trump Publicly Slams Jim Acosta – The Crowd Erupts In Laughter

I’ve got to ask, what is it with Jim Acosta and trying to “get” our President while abroad?

I find it so infuriating that this AMERICAN “journalist” travels to other countries in an attempt to make our president look bad there. It’s just… gross.

Well, President Trump gave Jim Acosta a taste of his own medicine on Saturday, as he publicly humiliated him during a G-20 press conference in Osaka, Japan.

“And what is it with your coziness with some of these dictators and autocrats at these summits?” Acosta snarked. “With Mohammad Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, when you were asked about the case of Jamal Khashoggi, you did not respond to that question in front of the Saudi Crown Prince.”

“I don’t know that anybody asked me,” Trump responded.

“Were you afraid of offending him on that subject?” Acosta asked.

“No, not at all,” Trump responded. “I don’t really care about offending people. I sort of thought you’d know that.”

And everyone laughed – because as we know… Trump seems to “offend” delicate little Acosta over, and over, and over again.

G20 Press Conference @realDonaldTrump gives @acosta a shot when asked whether he pressed MBS on Khashoggi

Acosta – are you afraid of offending him on that subject?

Pres. Trump: Not at all. I don't really care about offending people. I sort of thought you would know that

BAM! pic.twitter.com/3HGef1NkiF

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) June 29, 2019

BOOM.

But again – what is this guy’s PROBLEM?! He’s abroad trying to mend international relationships, and it’s like his GOAL is to undermine those efforts.

According to Daily Wire:

After briefly talking about Acosta’s book, Trump said while pointing at the other journalists in the room: “I get along with everybody — except you people, actually.”

“Mr. President, on the case of Jamal Khashoggi, you have a lot of journalists in this room who object to what appears to be the Saudi government’s complicity and perhaps orchestration of the assassination and dismembering of a journalist,” Acosta pressed. “And do you agree that it is despicable for a government to kill a journalist in that fashion?”

“Yes, I do,” Trump responded. “I think it’s horrible. Or anybody else, by the way. But I think it’s horrible. And, if you look, and look into Saudi Arabia and you see what’s happening, 13 people or so have been prosecuted. Others are being prosecuted. They’ve taken it very, very seriously, and they will continue to. And I’ve let everybody know I’m not — I’m very unhappy about that whole event.”

Can someone please ask Acosta to stay home next time?