Even Trump insiders admit that @SecretaryAcosta press Conf did little to help him......

[riversedge]

https://www.axios.com/alex-acosta-jeffrey-epstein-press-conference-trump-1576696c-bb7b-4ed5-95a8-e843288a19bd.html

Jonathan Swan 2 hours ago
Acosta digs a deeper hole



Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Trump insiders tell Axios that Labor Secretary Alex Acosta did little to help himself at his high-stakes news conference defending his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida.

The state of play: Trump hates being goaded into action by media outcries, and a source close to the president said there was "zero" chance he fires Acosta right away. "Zero," the source repeated — but allowing for Trump's impetuousness, another close source said: "I wouldn't say zero."

Between the lines: Trump will decide Acosta's fate based in part on his instinct about how Acosta performed on camera, and how the awkward presser plays.

In part, this is Trump as theater critic, making decisions almost as a detached observer of his own administration.

The bottom line: Acosta remains in a tough, shaky position.

The secretary has no ideological support with conservatives close to Trump............................

[beachbum bob]

1. when the case and facts are revisited, Acosta is in deeper shit for what he said and claimed

as we have heard from the DA/prosecutor that was involved in the case

[Freethinker65]

2. No. Acosta was pathetic. But Trump just manipulates the media to chase something else.

Threaten ICE raids again.
Executive order something controversial.
Tweet some bullshit.
Etc.


Acosta and Epstein fade from view.