Jun. 17, 2025 . Alex Christy

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta traveled over to the Center for American Progress on Tuesday to praise the No Kings protesters, claim Saturday’s Army parade was really President Trump’s “Kim Jong-un birthday parade,” and, more humorously, claim that Trump’s attacks against the media put liberal priorities like high-speed rail at risk. Seriously, he said that.

During a panel discussion on the alleged threat Trump poses to free speech, Acosta would toot his own horn, “I’ve been, sort of, trying to shout this from the rooftops or wherever anybody will listen to me. At the end of a bar in Kansas City, whatever. The president of the United States is a danger to this country. Full stop. And I think what we saw over the weekend with the No Kings protest is a mobilization, but to some extent, a recognition that that is the case, and I think you're starting to see some of this reflected in the polling.”

Acosta would also claim:

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