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President Trump humiliates CNN's Jim Acosta during presser with a timely blow

A CNN reporter known as one of Donald Trump's most vocal opponents on cable news tangled with the president on Monday claiming he has'spread a lot of fake news from the Oval Office
Trump lashes out at 'fake news' when pressed about failure to hold news conference
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18 August, 2017

After finally denouncing Nazis/white supremacists days after his first public comments on last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, President Trump got back to doing what he loves: Signing paper, talking about how great the economy is, and trashing CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

Trump responded passively and as though the Virginia incident and its aftermath were ancient history, saying, "They've been condemned, they've been condemned". (If you prefer PayPal, use this link.) We don't make much on advertising, we need your support to continue our work.

As Trump started to walk away, Acosta managed to squeeze in another question, asking Trump why he's not having the press conference he promised. When Acosta pressed Trump to answer "more questions", the president said, "It doesn't bother me at all but, you know, I like real news".

Trump fans were treated yet again to a Trump / Acosta sparring match at Monday's White House signing ceremony which formalized trade actions against China to "safeguard our copyrights... and other intellectual property". "Not fake news. You're fake news".

On Twitter, Acosta took a shot at the president, calling out Trump's press conference claim as "fake news". Not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama, this has been going on for a long, long time. Reading a statement to the assembled media, he said "racism is evil..."


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