In particular was a part where CNN reporter Jim Acosta had already asked a few already rude questions, and then descended into "Are you a white supremacist, Mr. President? Are you a racist?" type of grandstanding, at which point Trump told him to sit down and give the microphone to another reporter. A White House intern walked over to take the microphone from Acosta, and as she did so, Acosta brushed her hand away. She reached again and grabbed the microphone to take it, and Acosta gripped harder on the microphone and refused to let her take it. She knelt down on her knees to wait, to draw herself away from being the center of attention, and finally after another minute or so Acosta finally gave her the microphone.

Laura Ingraham said some in the media are now calling him "Jim Accost-her" for his treatment of the girl.