CNN's Acosta: Trump 'Crazy Like a Fox'

CNN’s Jim Acosta on Sunday said President Donald Trump is "crazy like a fox," when asked about his mental state.

"I tell folks, I’m not a psychiatrist," Acosta said on CNN's "Reliable Sources."

"I can’t assess the president’s mental state, but I will tell you is my sense of it, covering him for a pretty long period of time now, is that he’s more crazy like a fox."

“What Trump tries to do is really control the narrative by saying sensational things that sound wild and nutty sometimes and he does this because he knows it dominates the news cycle,” Acosta added. “That makes it a priority for us in the news business to talk about him nonstop, and he loves that and he capitalizes on that.”

Acosta has had his fair share of heated exchanges with Trump, including in November when his confrontation with the president at a press conference resulted in the White House revoking his credentials for a short time.

Acosta was also asked about a source who called Trump "insane" in his new book, "The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America."

Acosta said he thinks the person was "venting his frustrations."

"I went back later to this official and I said why did you say that?" Acosta said, saying the official told him, "I was just frustrated with the president's lack of understanding of the Constitution, the constraints placed on the presidency."

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