Jim Acosta

This is like that movie Dave, if anybody remembers the movie Dave, where Kevin Kline suddenly becomes president of the United States and he goes out and has a ball being president. You know, he's got the giant robotic arms at the one factory photo op. And he has a great time. But that's...

This is like that movie Dave, if anybody remembers the movie Dave, where Kevin Kline suddenly becomes president of the United States and he goes out and has a ball being president. You know, he's got the giant robotic arms at the one factory photo op. And he has a great time. But that's...

When you're Donald Trump and you're facing an inflation problem in this country that's very stubborn, when you've got a war in Ukraine that needs to be solved, you can't be out there doing laps at the Daytona 500. You need to be working in overdrive for the American people, and he's just not going to do that. He's essentially a part-time president who's delegated the presidency to Elon Musk.

When you're Donald Trump and you're facing an inflation problem in this country that's very stubborn, when you've got a war in Ukraine that needs to be solved, you can't be out there doing laps at the Daytona 500. You need to be working in overdrive for the American people, and he's just not going to do that. He's essentially a part-time president who's delegated the presidency to Elon Musk.

When you're Donald Trump and you're facing an inflation problem in this country that's very stubborn, when you've got a war in Ukraine that needs to be solved, you can't be out there doing laps at the Daytona 500. You need to be working in overdrive for the American people, and he's just not going to do that. He's essentially a part-time president who's delegated the presidency to Elon Musk.

The question that folks are going to have to start asking, and I think they're already starting to ask, is what the hell did we vote for here? People did not vote for Donald Trump to act like Dave, Kevin Kline in the movie Dave and just go have a good time being president of the United States. He was elected to solve people's problems. He's just not doing that right now. Not even close.

The question that folks are going to have to start asking, and I think they're already starting to ask, is what the hell did we vote for here? People did not vote for Donald Trump to act like Dave, Kevin Kline in the movie Dave and just go have a good time being president of the United States. He was elected to solve people's problems. He's just not doing that right now. Not even close.

The question that folks are going to have to start asking, and I think they're already starting to ask, is what the hell did we vote for here? People did not vote for Donald Trump to act like Dave, Kevin Kline in the movie Dave and just go have a good time being president of the United States. He was elected to solve people's problems. He's just not doing that right now. Not even close.

Yeah, Ben, really building the plane mid-flight right now on Substack, really enjoying that experience, loving being in independent media, being an independent journalist. So if folks want to watch the show on Substack, we're airing pretty typically at four o'clock every day Eastern, but some of that slides back and forth depending on you know, things that I'm up to.

Yeah, Ben, really building the plane mid-flight right now on Substack, really enjoying that experience, loving being in independent media, being an independent journalist. So if folks want to watch the show on Substack, we're airing pretty typically at four o'clock every day Eastern, but some of that slides back and forth depending on you know, things that I'm up to.

Yeah, Ben, really building the plane mid-flight right now on Substack, really enjoying that experience, loving being in independent media, being an independent journalist. So if folks want to watch the show on Substack, we're airing pretty typically at four o'clock every day Eastern, but some of that slides back and forth depending on you know, things that I'm up to.

Also writing some articles on Substack, folks can find it there. And then the shows can be found also on Apple Podcasts and on YouTube. So I've got some other things in the works as well that I'll maybe put that tease out there, but there's more to come. So folks, stay tuned for that. Not to sound like a TV guy, but more coming.

Also writing some articles on Substack, folks can find it there. And then the shows can be found also on Apple Podcasts and on YouTube. So I've got some other things in the works as well that I'll maybe put that tease out there, but there's more to come. So folks, stay tuned for that. Not to sound like a TV guy, but more coming.

Also writing some articles on Substack, folks can find it there. And then the shows can be found also on Apple Podcasts and on YouTube. So I've got some other things in the works as well that I'll maybe put that tease out there, but there's more to come. So folks, stay tuned for that. Not to sound like a TV guy, but more coming.

You bet. Great to see you, Ben. Love the Midas touch. You guys keep doing what you're doing. You're doing great.

You bet. Great to see you, Ben. Love the Midas touch. You guys keep doing what you're doing. You're doing great.

You bet. Great to see you, Ben. Love the Midas touch. You guys keep doing what you're doing. You're doing great.

I wanted to end today's show by thanking all of the wonderful people who work behind the scenes at this network. You may have seen some reports about me and the show. And after giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing in alternative time slots CNN offered me, I've decided to move on. I am grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I've spent here doing the news.

I wanted to end today's show by thanking all of the wonderful people who work behind the scenes at this network. You may have seen some reports about me and the show. And after giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing in alternative time slots CNN offered me, I've decided to move on. I am grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I've spent here doing the news.

People often ask me if the highlight of my career at CNN was at the White House covering Donald Trump. Actually, no. That moment came here when I covered former President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba in 2016 and had the chance to question the dictator there, Raul Castro, about the island's political prisoners. As the son of a Cuban refugee, I took home this lesson.