Acosta told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that Trump halted funding for the World Health Organization because he wanted a “distraction” to take the spotlight during the daily coronavirus press briefing.
“These briefings, all together, are coming across like something out of Baghdad Bob,” Acosta said. “Baghdad Bob being the Iraqi military official who was claiming during the Iraq War that the United States was not making its way into the Iraqi capital, the president is sounding very Baghdad Bob-like in the way that he’s assigning blame to everybody but himself.”
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, known as Baghdad Bob, was the outlandish spokesperson for Iraq under Saddam Hussein during the Iraq War. He became infamous for making absurdly false statements, regularly claiming victories over coalition troops and seemingly having an endless supply of insults.
CNN’s Jim @Acosta cites “Monday meltdown when he played that propaganda video,” declares “these briefings altogether are coming across like something out of ‘Baghdad Bob,’” Trump “sounding very ‘Baghdad Bob’-like.” #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/Dlu2neCBZG
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) April 14, 2020
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