Jim Acosta Lashes Out at Trump and Musk in First Show Since Leaving CNN

ACOSTA So I think ░░░░░░░░ s important to keep ░░░░░░░░ in mind is remember ░░░░░░░░ we were covering during ░░░░░░░░ 2024 campaign Project 2025 ░░░░░░░░ covered it time and ░░░░░░░░ throughout the 2024 campaign ░░░░░░░░ what did Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ out on the campaign ░░░░░░░░ With respect to Project ░░░░░░░░ he said I have ░░░░░░░░ idea what that is ░░░░░░░░ have nothing to do ░░░░░░░░ Project 2025 And yet ░░░░░░░░ and again we were ░░░░░░░░ out that yes he ░░░░░░░░ exactly what Project 2025 ░░░░░░░░ There were people who ░░░░░░░░ in the first Trump ░░░░░░░░ who drafted Project 2025 ░░░░░░░░ the Heritage Foundation And ░░░░░░░░ what we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ implemented by Elon Musk ░░░░░░░░ DOGE the so called ░░░░░░░░ and Awe campaign that ░░░░░░░░ re seeing right now ░░░░░░░░ you are seeing essentially ░░░░░░░░ 2025 in action If ░░░░░░░░ go and look at ░░░░░░░░ 2025 it states very ░░░░░░░░ that one of the ░░░░░░░░ is to wreak havoc ░░░░░░░░ the federal workforce to ░░░░░░░░ out the federal workforce ░░░░░░░░ people that they see ░░░░░░░░ deep state operatives people ░░░░░░░░ are not beholden to ░░░░░░░░ Trump and replace many ░░░░░░░░ those federal employees with ░░░░░░░░ loyalists Of course If ░░░░░░░░ do that you re ░░░░░░░░ to end up and ░░░░░░░░ ve already heard this ░░░░░░░░ from from folks here ░░░░░░░░ Washington who work at ░░░░░░░░ agencies You re going ░░░░░░░░ you re going to ░░░░░░░░ up with a brain ░░░░░░░░ You re going to ░░░░░░░░ up with a lot ░░░░░░░░ people say for example ░░░░░░░░ the FBI where they ░░░░░░░░ already hearing about a ░░░░░░░░ of retribution at the ░░░░░░░░ inside the Justice Department ░░░░░░░░ re already hearing about ░░░░░░░░ campaign of retribution at ░░░░░░░░ Justice Department You re ░░░░░░░░ to see what s ░░░░░░░░ place at USAID over ░░░░░░░░ OPM inside the Treasury ░░░░░░░░ What you hear from ░░░░░░░░ inside the federal government ░░░░░░░░ in Washington is that ░░░░░░░░ may end up seeing ░░░░░░░░ of good well intentioned ░░░░░░░░ professional people who work ░░░░░░░░ the federal government leaving ░░░░░░░░ government because they just ░░░░░░░░ t want to deal ░░░░░░░░ this anymore They don ░░░░░░░░ want to be a ░░░░░░░░ of this chaotic circus ░░░░░░░░ Trump has unleashed here ░░░░░░░░ Washington And they certainly ░░░░░░░░ t want to work ░░░░░░░░ somebody like Elon Musk ░░░░░░░░ as we were saying ░░░░░░░░ has has no what ░░░░░░░░ his job Who voted ░░░░░░░░ him He hasn t ░░░░░░░░ confirmed by the cabinet ░░░░░░░░ by the Senate to ░░░░░░░░ a part of the ░░░░░░░░ And yet he s ░░░░░░░░ given all of this ░░░░░░░░ And so I think ░░░░░░░░ key questions have been ░░░░░░░░ as to what is ░░░░░░░░ to take place moving ░░░░░░░░ with what Elon Musk ░░░░░░░░ doing inside the Trump ░░░░░░░░ And I think a ░░░░░░░░ of those questions have ░░░░░░░░ be aimed squarely at ░░░░░░░░ Trump I think the ░░░░░░░░ has to be asked ░░░░░░░░ President Trump Are you ░░░░░░░░ to take responsibility for ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk does in ░░░░░░░░ respective agencies if somehow ░░░░░░░░ s a data leak ░░░░░░░░ people at DOGE were ░░░░░░░░ access to this very ░░░░░░░░ information Will you take ░░░░░░░░ for that, Mr. President?”