Jim Acosta compares Trump’s G-7 press conference to ‘a cat chasing a laser pointer’

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CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta likened what he described as the erratic nature of President Trump’s press conference at the G-7 summit to a cat chasing a laser pointer.

One example he used dealt with Trump floating the idea to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin back into the G-7 next year. The country was expelled from what was then G-8 after it annexed Crimea from the Ukraine. Another example Acosta used was about Trump’s handling of climate change questions.

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