President Trump has made an art form out of burning the liberal media.
The president penned a mocking tweet early Tuesday morning in which he thanked CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta for seemingly saying that Senate Democrats “lost” in their shutdown standoff.
Even Crazy Jim Acosta of Fake News CNN agrees: “Trump World and WH sources dancing in end zone: Trump wins again…Schumer and Dems caved…gambled and lost.” Thank you for your honesty Jim!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2018
“Even Crazy Jim Acosta of Fake News CNN agrees,” President Trump wrote, and then proceeded to quote Acosta as writing “Trump World and WH sources dancing in end zone: Trump wins again…Schumer and Dems caved…gambled and lost.”
The president sent off the tweet with a jeering “Thank you for your honesty Jim!”
The comments alluded to a Monday Senate vote in which Democrats agreed to vote in favor of a short-term spending bill to keep the government running for the next month–on condition of a promise from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that a floor debate on immigration will be held next month.
Democrats had voted largely voted on party lines against the measure on Friday, keeping it from reaching the 60 votes needed to pass and provoking a government shutdown that lasted through Monday.
Acosta’s Monday afternoon tweet read:
Trump world and WH sources dancing in end zone: “Trump wins again… “ Schumer and Dems “caved… gambled and lost.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 22, 2018
The tweet claimed that Acosta’s sources in the White House were celebrating victory upon the spending bill’s passage, not necessarily that Acosta himself was accusing Democrats of having “caved.” It was not clear if President Trump’s tweet was intended as sarcasm.
Many members of the mainstream media interpreted the Monday vote as a defeat for Democrats.
We now await Democrats’ spin about how this isn’t a cave
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) January 22, 2018
If all Democrats are getting is a commitment from McConnell to hold vote on DACA, it’s hard not to view this as a major capitulation from a party that seemed ready and willing to fight.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 22, 2018
Democrats have managed to accede to Republican demands, demoralize their energized base, give a disengaged president a win, and look like they held a meaningless three day government shutdown — all at once.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 22, 2018
Pretty weak outcome for the Democrats — they couldn’t get a summit meeting with Trump/GOP leaders or promise to attach DACA fix to a must-pass bill — but they were worried about the lack of a clear endgame and McConnell wasn’t budging on concessions.
— Alex Bolton (@alexanderbolton) January 22, 2018
If this was always Senate Democrats’ exit strategy – cave in exchange for nothing – they should have just provided the 8 votes on Friday.
— George Zornick (@gzornick) January 22, 2018
If this thing passes at noon, WOW. Democrats got nothing in this. Can someone please remind me why this happened to begin with? Wasn’t it abt a DACA deal? There is no DACA deal
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) January 22, 2018
Acosta has been an ardent detractor of the president within the White House press corps.
Last week, he accused White House aides of drowning him out as he shouted a question at President Trump, and pressed the president’s physician about whether he was withholding information about his patient’s health.
On Tuesday, he complained that White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was ignoring his questions.
Gosh it’s so bizarre how @PressSec keeps avoiding questions from CNN. #cantstandtheheat
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 22, 2018
Like a child throwing a tantrum, Acosta can’t stand not being the center of attention.
Via BizPAC
