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It was a show of shame at the White House as CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was captured wrestling with an unidentified presidential aide for possession of a microphone while he attempted to ask President Trump questions during Wednesday’s press conference.

Acosta and Trump got into a heated debate after the reporter asked him about the migrant caravan. Trump told Acosta to let him do his job.

“Honestly, I think you should let me run the country and you run CNN,” Trump told Acosta.

The reporter tried to ask him another question before a female White House aide walked over to him.

Trump then told him, “That’s enough!”

Acosta continued to try to talk as the aide was seen trying to take the microphone from his hand. She grabbed the microphone but Acosta wouldn’t give it up.

“Excuse me, ma’am,” he told the aide as he continued his question. The aide then kneeled next to Acosta to wait for him to finish speaking.

Acosta then continued to ask Trump about the Russian investigation, which the president called “a hoax.”

Trump again told Acosta to put down the microphone. The aide was then able to take the microphone from Acosta and give it to NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander.

However, Trump wasn’t finished and called Acosta “a very rude person.”

“I’ll tell you what. CNN should be ashamed of themselves having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn’t be working for CNN,” Trump told Acosta.

“You’re a very rude person. The way you treat [White House press secretary] Sarah Huckabee [Sanders] is horrible. And the way you treat other people is horrible. You shouldn’t treat people that way,” Trump continued.

Alexander defended Acosta calling him a “diligent reporter who busts his butt.”

“Well, I’m not a big fan of yours either, to be honest,” Trump told Alexander. “I understand,” Alexander responded.

Acosta then tried to say something to Trump again, but the president told him to sit down.

“When you report fake news, which CNN does a lot, you are the enemy of the people,” Trump said.

The exchange drew a lot of strong reaction, including from Fox News’ Chris Wallace and Todd Starnes.

“I have to say Acosta’s behavior was shameful,” Wallace said of the reporter’s exchange with Trump.

He said he has never seen anything like Acosta’s fiery exchange with Trump.

CNN released a statement shortly after the press conference saying Trump’s attack on the press had “gone too far.”

“This president’s ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far. They are not only dangerous, they are disturbingly un-American.

“While President Trump has made it clear he does not respect a free press, he has a sworn obligation to protect it.

“A free press is vital to democracy, and we stand behind Jim Acosta and his fellow journalists everywhere,” CNN said.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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