‘Disgraceful’ former CNN star slammed for vile joke about Trump’s dead ex-wife – as White House hits back
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Former CNN reporter Jim Acosta was slammed after making a vile joke about President Donald Trump’s deceased ex-wife, Ivana.
Acosta made cruel comments about Ivana Trump’s grave site while discussing the Trump administration’s immigration policies on The Contrarian podcast on Monday.
The correspondent’s remarks prompted a response from the White House, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt telling Fox Digital he is a ‘disgraceful human being.’
‘Where are the ICE raids at the Trump properties?’ Acosta began his tangent on the No Kings Day episode of the show.
‘Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia? You’re telling me there’s nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork?’
The left-leaning 54-year-old went on to Trump’s personal life, asking: ‘How many immigrants has he married?’
‘He’s got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn’t she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that?’ he said as liberal reporter April Ryan and show host Jennifer Rubin cackled along.
‘Immigrants, always doing the jobs that Americans don’t want to do!’
Trump’s ex-wife Ivana, who passed away in 2022, is buried at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey
Trump’s first wife, Ivana, who passed away in 2022 from blunt impact injuries after falling down the stairs, is buried at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
The mother of Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric was born in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic – now the Czech Republic – and moved to Canada in the early 1970s.
After divorcing her first husband, Australian ski instructor Alfred Winklmayr, she moved to the US.
The model met Trump in New York City in 1976 and they married the following year.
Two of Trump’s three wives have been immigrants – Ivana and Melania, who is from Slovenia and came to America in 1996.
Aside from the White House’s take on Acosta’s dig, Trump supporters have taken to social media to tear into the correspondent.
‘Jim Acosta is a whole new level of Messed Up,’ one man reacted on X.
‘You are a truly SICK person. Go crawl under the rock you crawled out from!!’ another wrote about the former CNN Chief White House correspondent.
Acosta made the remarks that sparked internet fury while discussing the Trump administration’s immigration policies on The Contrarian podcast on Monday
Two of Trump’s three wives have been immigrants – Ivana and Melania (right), who is from Slovenia and came to America in 1996
Acosta left CNN in January after working for the network for 18 years. He now hosts The Jim Acosta Show on Substack and YouTube.
He has notably criticized and clashed with Trump, especially during his first term.
In a 2018 interview with NBC, the president called Acosta ‘an unprofessional guy’ following a heated exchange over a migrant caravan that was traveling from Central America through the US.
‘I don’t think he’s a smart person, but he’s got a loud voice.’
