CNN’s Jim Acosta: ‘I Think We’re All Dealing With Some Post-Trump Stress Disorder’
CNN’s Jim Acosta said on Sunday that many in the media are dealing with “post Trump stress disorder” now that Donald Trump’s presidency is over.
Acosta joined Brian Stelter on Reliable Sources, where part of the Sunday conversation revolved around the fact that Acosta will now host part of CNN Newsroom on the weekends. Since Acosta was in the middle of formulating his first shows, Stelter wanted to know “Do you feel like your rundown, your lineup is really different than it would have been in the Trump years?”
Acosta’s answer:
I think we’re all dealing with some post-Trump stress disorder…There are questions about why aren’t Republicans getting on board with these Biden proposals. There were Republicans getting on board with overturning the election just a couple of months ago, so we shouldn’t have high expectations for that. But in terms of stacking shows and what comes first, what comes second, Brian, you and I both know this all too well. We did cover the news before Donald Trump came along and we did it pretty well. There’s going to be plenty of stuff in the news and it doesn’t have to have Donald Trump in the headlines for us to continue to exist.
Acosta made this argument while saying Trump is denigrating the office of the post presidency with his Easter statements wailing at this political foes and continuing to push his false claims of a “rigged” election.
“He’s not going to change, but we need to change with the times,” Acosta said. Stelter agreed, as did New York Times’ Annie Karni, who spoke of the Biden administration’s greater media discipline compared to Trump’s.
Acosta’s “post Trump stress disorder” comments come after he spent years in the the White House press pool as one of the most adversarial reporters covering the Trump administration. This resulted in Acosta becoming one of the most criticized and derided reporters among Trump supporters, and that doesn’t seem likely to change any time soon.
Watch above, via CNN.
