President Donald Trump hailed CNN’s “relegation” of one-time White House press corps nemesis Jim Acosta in a tongue-in-cheek Truth Social post Tuesday morning, just minutes before Acosta announced his departure from the liberal network he used as a platform to politic against Trump.

“Wow, really good news!” Trump wrote. “Jim Acosta, one of the worst and most dishonest reporters in journalistic history, a major sleazebag, has been relegated by CNN Fake News to the Midnight hour, ‘Death Valley,’ because of extraordinarily BAD RATINGS (and no talent!).

“Word is that he wants to QUIT, and that would be even better.

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