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Jim Acosta, the anti-Trump CNN reporter and anchor whose press credentials were revoked during the president's first term in office, announced on the air Tuesday he was leaving the cable news network, which sought to move him to the midnight shift.

"After giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing an alternative time slot that CNN offered me, I've decided to move on," Acosta said, adding he'd reveal his next step in the coming days.

Trump reacted to the news on Truth Social, saying: "Wow, really good news! 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. Jim is a major loser who will fail no matter where he ends up. Good luck Jim!"

While Acosta did not address Trump's remarks, his departure announcement took obvious aim at the president.

"Don't give into the lies, don't give into the fear, hold onto the truth and to hope," he said.

As WND reported one week after the presidential election in November, CNN was looking to lay off hundreds of employees, possibly including some stars, following Trump's landslide victory over Kamala Harris.

In 2019, WND reported how Acosta suggested CNN's competitor Fox News is controlled by the Trump White House, referring to it as "a beast with many heads."

Acosta claimed to radio broadcaster Hugh Hewitt that Fox News is a type of "state TV."

You don't think they get scripts?" Acosta asked Hewitt.

"You don't think they get a script that night when they come on? You don't think that they're reading from talking points that are almost identical from what the White House wants out that day?"

"Absolutely not. Do you think they actually get a script from the White House, Jim?" responded Hewitt.

Acosta replied: "It sounds like that's the case. We hear the same talking points from the surrogates that we hear on their show night after night. It certainly sounds that way."

CNN said regarding Acosta's departure: "Jim has had a long, distinguished nearly 20-year career at CNN, with a track record of standing up to authority, for the first amendment and for our journalistic freedoms."

"We want to thank him for the dedication and commitment he's brought to his reporting and wish him the very best in the future."