The president’s party lost control of the House of Representatives but much of his chaotic press conference was spent shooting the messenger
In a dictatorship, journalists might have been expected to report a landslide for Donald Trump’s Republican party. In America, the media had the temerity to publicise Democrats’ victory in the House of Representatives and even aired a triumphant speech by Nancy Pelosi. Perhaps that explains why the US president turned his war on the enemy of the people up another whole notch on Wednesday.
In a packed east room, Jim Acosta of his perceived nemesis, CNN, demanded why Trump had made the baseless claim that the migrant caravan currently making its way through Mexico is tantamount to an “invasion” of America. Acosta noted that his campaign had an ad showing immigrants climbing over walls.
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