White House blasts ‘disgraceful’ Jim Acosta over vile joke about Donald Trump's late ex-wife Ivana

WASHINGTON, DC: Jim Acosta has found himself in hot water after making a vile joke about Presdient Donald Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana Trump, calling her an example of an immigrant “doing the jobs that Americans don’t want to do.”

The 54-year-old former CNN correspondent made cruel remarks about Ivana's grave while bashing the Trump administration's immigration policies on Jennifer Rubin's ‘The Contrarian’ podcast on Monday, June 16.

Jim Acosta makes a cruel joke about Ivana Trump

During the podcast, Jim Acosta attacked Donald Trump not just for the ICE raids, but also for being a hypocrite on immigration because of his immigrant spouses, especially his late first wife, Ivana Trump.

“Where are the ICE raids at the Trump properties? Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia?” Acosta said, according to the New York Post.

“You’re telling me there’s nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork? Give me a break,” he asked in a clip flagged by reporter Jason Cohen.

Acosta then veered off the conversation to Trump's personal life, asking, “How many immigrants has he married?”

“He’s got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn’t she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that?” he asked, as Rubin and left-wing reporter April Ryan laughed.

“Immigrants, always doing the jobs that Americans don't want to do!” Acosta added.

White House slams 'disgraceful' Jim Acosta over distasteful joke about Ivana Trump

Reflecting on Jim Costa’s cruel joke about Ivana Trump, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt bashed the podcaster, telling Fox News Digital that “Jim Acosta is a disgraceful human being.”

Ivana, the president's first wife, was buried at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, following her death in July 2022. She died from blunt impact injuries after falling down the stairs in her New York City home.

Born in what is now the Czech Republic (the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic), the mother of Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump, immigrated to Canada in the early 1970s.

After divorcing her first husband, Austrian ski instructor Alfred Winklmayr, she moved to the US.

The model met Trump in New York City in 1976, and they married the following year.

The POTUS' current wife, Melania Trump, is also an immigrant. She arrived in the US from Slovenia in 1996.

Internet bashes Jim Acosta for vile joke about Ivana Trump

Aside from the White House's outrage over Jim Acosta's distasteful remark, Donald Trump supporters have taken to social media to criticize the journalist. 

One said, “You are a truly SICK person. Go crawl under the rock you crawled out from!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮,” and another wrote, “He’s an evil and sick human."

“Such a douche and a has been. Don't know who's in the middle but Ruben needs professional help. Imagine hating someone that much 24/7 for  10 years. They're so deranged that they have no idea how pathetic they are. Hahahaha. 3 more years losers!” a person remarked. 

One more lambasted Acosta, writing, “Really rude to make jokes about the dead…remember one day you will be among them, do you want jokes about being dead?? Grow up a**hole stop being rude!!"

“Acosta was once doing so well financially. But, the tides have changed. Is Jim going to be buried someday in an unmarked grave in a homeless encampment?” one more under an article by the Daily Mail.

“Wow what a nasty person this guy is but then it is cnn he is working for so what would anyone expect,” another comment read. 

“The hatred from this man is vile. Why make fun of a dead lady who has nothing to do with him. Acosta should be institutionalized and treated before he destroys himself with hatred,” an individual expressed.

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