Trump refuses question from CNN
President Trump refused a question from CNN’s Jim Acosta at a joint press conference Friday afternoon with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Buckinghamshire.
Earlier in the press conference, Trump called out CNN after receiving a question from NBC News reporter Hallie Jackson. Trump said NBC is “possibly worse than CNN.”
“Mr. President, since you attacked CNN, can I ask you a question?” Acosta asked Trump.
“[FOX News correspondent] John Roberts go ahead,” he said.
“Can I ask you a question?” Acosta persisted.
“No,” Trump told him.
“CNN is fake news,” Trump said. “I don’t take questions from CNN. CNN is fake news. I don’t take questions from CNN.”
Acosta brought the press conference to a halt insisting that the U.S. president take his question. Trump tried to move things along by calling on Roberts again.
“John Roberts from FOX, let’s go to a real network,” Trump said
“Well, we’re a real network too,” Acosta said, having the last word. Full Story
President Donald Trump attacked NBC News and CNN reporters on Friday in the UK during a rare press conference with American and British reporters.
After NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked Trump whether he was “giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the upper hand” by publicly criticizing UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump responded by calling Welker “dishonest” and accused NBC of being “possibly worse than CNN.” Trump criticized May’s Brexit plan in an interview with the British newspaper The Sun published Thursday, but on Friday he called that report “fake news.”
A few minutes later, the CNN reporter Jim Acosta asked the president for a question “since you attacked CNN.” Trump responded to that by asserting that “CNN is fake news” and refused to call on Acosta.
“I don’t take questions from CNN,” he said, as he scanned the assembled reporters to select one for the next question. “John Roberts of Fox. Let’s go to a real network.”
Roberts, Fox News’ chief White House correspondent, thanked the president for calling on him and proceeded to ask a question about US-Russia relations.
Fox News later tweeted out a clip of the president lambasting CNN. Full Story
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