Jim Acosta

Eric Schultz, who used to work for Obama, would send me emails every now and then and say, hey, we got one of the bastards when they would blow somebody up with ISIS. And so I think that sometimes a tough question, even maybe a slightly... pugnacious question can do some good.

Eric Schultz, who used to work for Obama, would send me emails every now and then and say, hey, we got one of the bastards when they would blow somebody up with ISIS. And so I think that sometimes a tough question, even maybe a slightly... pugnacious question can do some good.

And it's why we should have reporters that are willing to ask these kinds of hard questions, not why are you not wearing a suit today when Elon Musk two days earlier was wearing an Occupy Mars t-shirt in the Oval Office. I just think we're well served when somebody's doing kind of the Sam Donaldson thing or the Dan Rather thing. And, you know, I'm going to keep doing it.

And it's why we should have reporters that are willing to ask these kinds of hard questions, not why are you not wearing a suit today when Elon Musk two days earlier was wearing an Occupy Mars t-shirt in the Oval Office. I just think we're well served when somebody's doing kind of the Sam Donaldson thing or the Dan Rather thing. And, you know, I'm going to keep doing it.

And it's why we should have reporters that are willing to ask these kinds of hard questions, not why are you not wearing a suit today when Elon Musk two days earlier was wearing an Occupy Mars t-shirt in the Oval Office. I just think we're well served when somebody's doing kind of the Sam Donaldson thing or the Dan Rather thing. And, you know, I'm going to keep doing it.

It's not gone, but it may be going away. And the problem is, is that in this environment, everybody is suspicious of everybody else's motives. And you can't just be a cantankerous son of a bitch reporter who likes to ask tough questions. And I think that it's okay to have people like that. We need that in American society. I grew up with Ted Koppel on Nightline.

It's not gone, but it may be going away. And the problem is, is that in this environment, everybody is suspicious of everybody else's motives. And you can't just be a cantankerous son of a bitch reporter who likes to ask tough questions. And I think that it's okay to have people like that. We need that in American society. I grew up with Ted Koppel on Nightline.

It's not gone, but it may be going away. And the problem is, is that in this environment, everybody is suspicious of everybody else's motives. And you can't just be a cantankerous son of a bitch reporter who likes to ask tough questions. And I think that it's okay to have people like that. We need that in American society. I grew up with Ted Koppel on Nightline.

And like I said, Sam Donaldson shouting questions at Reagan at the White House. And I always thought that was... That was a good thing. And these days they want to run you out of town on a rail if you're doing that sort of thing. But Tim, honestly, all of this, you know, give Obama some credit. He answered the question. He took the question without blowing his top and taking away my press pass.

And like I said, Sam Donaldson shouting questions at Reagan at the White House. And I always thought that was... That was a good thing. And these days they want to run you out of town on a rail if you're doing that sort of thing. But Tim, honestly, all of this, you know, give Obama some credit. He answered the question. He took the question without blowing his top and taking away my press pass.

And like I said, Sam Donaldson shouting questions at Reagan at the White House. And I always thought that was... That was a good thing. And these days they want to run you out of town on a rail if you're doing that sort of thing. But Tim, honestly, all of this, you know, give Obama some credit. He answered the question. He took the question without blowing his top and taking away my press pass.

One of the problems that we're in right now is that Donald Trump cannot just take the hard questions. He cannot handle the heat. And he wants to act like a dictator. And that is just a different kind of experience than we've ever had before with the president.

One of the problems that we're in right now is that Donald Trump cannot just take the hard questions. He cannot handle the heat. And he wants to act like a dictator. And that is just a different kind of experience than we've ever had before with the president.

One of the problems that we're in right now is that Donald Trump cannot just take the hard questions. He cannot handle the heat. And he wants to act like a dictator. And that is just a different kind of experience than we've ever had before with the president.

Ronald Reagan wasn't throwing Sam Donaldson out of the White House because he was yelling questions to Reagan as he was getting on Marine One. Some of this flows from the guy at the top. And if he just can't handle the hard questions, you've just got to wonder, can he handle the job of being president of the United States? And I think he just proves over and over again he cannot.

Ronald Reagan wasn't throwing Sam Donaldson out of the White House because he was yelling questions to Reagan as he was getting on Marine One. Some of this flows from the guy at the top. And if he just can't handle the hard questions, you've just got to wonder, can he handle the job of being president of the United States? And I think he just proves over and over again he cannot.

Ronald Reagan wasn't throwing Sam Donaldson out of the White House because he was yelling questions to Reagan as he was getting on Marine One. Some of this flows from the guy at the top. And if he just can't handle the hard questions, you've just got to wonder, can he handle the job of being president of the United States? And I think he just proves over and over again he cannot.

Yes, he's the luckiest son of a gun out there. There's no question about it. That debate can be put to the side. I think it's also not up for debate that he just cannot handle scrutiny. He's never been able to handle it. And it's always going to be a problem for him. And that means it's going to be a problem for us.

Yes, he's the luckiest son of a gun out there. There's no question about it. That debate can be put to the side. I think it's also not up for debate that he just cannot handle scrutiny. He's never been able to handle it. And it's always going to be a problem for him. And that means it's going to be a problem for us.

Yes, he's the luckiest son of a gun out there. There's no question about it. That debate can be put to the side. I think it's also not up for debate that he just cannot handle scrutiny. He's never been able to handle it. And it's always going to be a problem for him. And that means it's going to be a problem for us.