CNN reporter Jim Acosta claps back at Trump Jr. in Twitter feud over border wall

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• CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta fired back at Trump Organization executive Donald Trump Jr. after he described a video Acosta posted as "one of the best self-own videos ever."
• Acosta, who was covering President Donald Trump's inspection of the US-Mexico border in Texas, challenged Trump's description of a "crisis" at the border in his video.
• Acosta and Trump Jr. went back and forth on Twitter on Thursday.

CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta fired back at Trump Organization executive and President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., after he described a video Acosta posted as "one of the best self-own videos ever."

While covering President Donald Trump's inspection of the US-Mexico border at McAllen, Texas, on Thursday, Acosta scrutinized the characterization of the border as a "crisis." Trump and White House officials have described the border as a "crisis" to justify a border barrier.

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