Jim Acosta, once the undisputed champion of rudeness among White House alleged journalists, has been dethroned by Paula Reid of CBS News.

Reid ascended to the prestigious Throne of Rude

Reid ascended to the prestigious Throne of Rude as a result of her performance in a recent virus-update press conference. If you didn’t see it, here is the video.

Not one to rest on her recently achieved laurels, the next day Reid asserted her presence at a White House meeting between Trump and a few recovered victims ofCOVID-19. Although directed four times to leave the room, she refused to budge.

So, what’s driving Paula’s recently displayed antics? A case of histrionic personality disorder? Or, she just hates the Orange Man?

Perhaps it’s more complicated than that.

Maybe it’s about autarchy. I’m not ashamed, I had to look it up. It has multiple spellings—most recently as “autarky”. In short—sovereignty.

Why might Trump’s movement towards autarchy, particularly in the context of China, light-up Paula Reid? She a card-carrying globalist? A Charlie Chan fan? Connoisseur of Chinese food?

You can ask a similar question. What lit-up the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, when, according to The Hill, it “criticized President Trump’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, saying it is not in the best interest of the country.”





