Jim Acosta, CNN’s White House correspondent best-known for being the most vocal provocateur in the press pool, took it to a new level in Singapore yesterday. Watch (below) as Acosta interrupts the historic summit between President Donald J. Trump and North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un by shouting questions at the most inappropriate time imaginable.
As President Trump was signing the document, Acosta indignantly shouted, “Mr. President, did we agree to denuclearize?”
As it would have been an inappropriate moment to react, Trump remains silent. That is when Acosta asked another question: “Did you talk about Otto Warmbier, sir?” (RELATED: CNN’s Jim Acosta Freaks Out When Secret Service Agent Doesn’t Recognize Him).
CNN's Jim Acosta interrupts a historic signing ceremony with North Korea, shouts questions at President Trump. #TrumpKimSummit pic.twitter.com/6SJPOFvcto
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 12, 2018
Acosta was on a roll yesterday in his attempt to annoyingly seek attention. Earlier in the day, Acosta shouted at Trump from a long distance away: “Mr. President, how is the meeting going so far, sir? Any progress, Mr. president.” He added, “Mr. Kim, will you give up your nuclear weapons, sir?”
Trump tells me he has an “excellent relationship” with Kim Jong Un at #TrumpKimSummit pic.twitter.com/pDig6tqHDj
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 12, 2018
Acosta was admonished on Twitter for his childish behavior, and many are calling for his White House press credentials to be pulled.
One would compare Acosta’s actions to a Democratic operative, but one would imagine that even a staffer at the DNC would be respectful at such an extraordinary, historic moment.
https://twitter.com/GunnarBEricsson/status/1006399310487928832
https://twitter.com/bryansitoo/status/1006419408766619648
You should really shut up about yourself and just report.
— Carolyn April (@strongthought) June 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/clearedapproach/status/1006467693434765312
https://twitter.com/Chi_Mike/status/1006402564521385986
Jim. Stop!
— Sandy 🇺🇸🙏🏼❤️ (@Sandy_L_K) June 12, 2018
I disagree! It was also not @Acosta's place to ask it. We have a REAL man, a REAL @POTUS to ask those questions. Jim Acosta is an embarrassment to America and @PressSec should ban him from all Press Briefings!
— GhostRiderLeather 💀 (@ghostridershop) June 12, 2018
As Acosta well knows, President Trump negotiated the release of Otto Warmbier who was imprisoned in North Korea for 18 months after reportedly stealing a propaganda poster off a wall.
After Trump’s actions, Otto’s father Fred Warmbier opined, “We’re so thankful.” But sadly, Warmbier didn’t live long after returning home after months of torture by the horrible regime. But his parents were relieved that he could at least pass away at home after they were ignored by the Obama administration.
Trump: "I think without Otto [Warmbier] this would not have happened. Something happened from that day — it was a terrible thing. It was brutal … I really think that Otto is someone who did not die in vain." pic.twitter.com/cBnGWD7PHj
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 12, 2018
Hours after Acosta’s childish shouting, Trump held a press conference where he took reporters’ questions, and he addressed Warmbier’s treatment and released a statement noting “he didn’t die in vain.” Trump added, “He had a lot to do with us speaking today.”
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