‘You’re a terrible person’ – Trump berates reporter

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump berated a CNN reporter, calling him a “rude, terrible person” during a heated press conference at the White House yesterday.

Mr Trump had called the conference to trumpet his party’s success in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but the press briefing turned hostile when he opened the floor to questions. Jim Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, asked Mr Trump about his reference to migrants travelling towards America as an “invasion”.

“Honestly, I think you should let me run the country and you run CNN,” Mr Trump snapped, adding “and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better”.

Mr Acosta persevered in his attempt to question the president, but Mr Trump told him: “That’s enough. Put down the mic. You are a rude terrible person,” he added. “The way you treat [White House press secretary] Sarah Huckabee is horrible... You shouldn’t treat people that way.”