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Trump slams CNN's 'Crazy Jim Acosta' in shutdown victory lap tweet

By LOUIS NELSON

President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated the end of a government shutdown with a tweet citing a reporter from perhaps his least favorite media outlet: CNN.

“Even Crazy Jim Acosta of Fake News CNN agrees: ‘Trump World and WH sources dancing in end zone: Trump wins again...Schumer and Dems caved...gambled and lost.’ Thank you for your honesty Jim!” Trump wrote online Tuesday morning.

"Nobody knows for sure that the Republicans & Democrats will be able to reach a deal on DACA by February 8, but everyone will be trying....with a big additional focus put on Military Strength and Border Security. The Dems have just learned that a Shutdown is not the answer!" the president added in a second post later Tuesday morning.

Trump's tweet appeared to cite Acosta's reporting and Twitter account, not the CNN reporter's own sentiments. Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, has at times drawn the ire of Trump supporters for his particularly pointed and, at times, confrontational lines of questioning during press briefings.

In addition to his frequent attacks against the mainstream media in general, Trump has often directed specific ire towards CNN, the network whose name he often affixes a “fake news” prefix. The president’s complaints about CNN’s coverage of him, which he views as unfair, has trickled down to his base of supporters, many of whom have also begun to distrust the network.

Atlanta’s CBS affiliate reported this week that a Michigan man had been arrested after threatening a CNN operator, saying "fake news. I'm coming to gun you all down."

After shuttering the government for three days over an impasse on immigration issues, the Senate voted Monday to reopen the government, with Democrats agreeing to support government funding legislation in exchange for a promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring up a bill in the coming weeks to address protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. The compromise has been characterized as a victory for Republicans.