Hunter Biden’s ongoing return to the public spotlight took another colorful turn this week when he blasted White House reporters for failing to openly confront President Donald Trump and suggested journalists should tell the president to “go f*** yourself” when they dislike his comments.
The remarks came during a lengthy interview with former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who has reinvented himself as one of the more vocal anti-Trump personalities in media following his departure from the network.
The exchange centered on Trump’s often-combative relationship with reporters and a recent incident aboard Air Force One in which the president sparred with members of the press traveling with him.
Hunter appeared frustrated that journalists did not publicly challenge Trump more aggressively.
“Why is it that none of your former colleagues turned to him and said ‘Go f*** yourself, Mr. President!'” Hunter asked Acosta.
Acosta responded that he had often confronted Trump during his first administration and claimed some reporters have become reluctant to challenge the president directly.
“If I were on Air Force One and Donald Trump had called one of my colleagues ‘Piggy,’ I don’t know if I would have been able to contain myself,” Acosta said. “I probably would have said, go f*** yourself.”
The conversation quickly spread across social media, where critics argued the exchange highlighted a longstanding problem many conservatives have identified for years, the blurring of lines between journalism and political activism.
Biden has embarked on an unusually aggressive public relations campaign. In recent weeks he has launched a new Substack newsletter, dramatically increased his social media activity, appeared on multiple podcasts, and begun promoting an upcoming documentary project about his life.
The president’s son has also used those appearances to defend his family, attack political opponents, revisit old grievances, and criticize the Trump administration.
For many observers, however, the Acosta interview revealed something far more significant than another Biden-versus-Trump dispute.
It exposed a starkly different view of what journalism is supposed to be.
Traditional reporting has long operated on the premise that journalists ask questions while elected officials provide answers.
Biden appears to prefer a model where reporters openly engage in political combat.
That distinction may explain why his comments generated such strong reactions across both political camps.
According to Hunter Biden, reporters should literally be shouting obscenities at the President of the United States.
That’s the standard now.
For nearly a decade, conservatives have been told it’s a conspiracy theory to suggest many national reporters see themselves as political actors.
Then Hunter Biden sits down with Jim Acosta and essentially says, “Why aren’t they acting even more like political actors?”
Case closed.
Ladies and gentlemen, the defense rests.
The interview felt less like a discussion about journalism and more like a job performance review. Hunter seemed disappointed that reporters weren’t fighting hard enough for Team Blue. Maybe next time he’ll hand out participation trophies. What makes the whole thing especially rich is the selective memory on display.
We’re asked to believe the media suffered under Trump because he was mean to reporters. Meanwhile, millions of Americans spent years watching journalists openly campaign against him, repeat false narratives, bury damaging stories, and then wonder why public trust collapsed.
The trust crisis didn’t happen because Americans suddenly became anti-media. It happened because Americans have eyes. And ears. And internet connections.
As for Jim Acosta, listening to him fantasize about telling the president off on Air Force One was a reminder that some people never quite got over November.
The Hunter-Acosta brain trust appears deeply concerned that journalists aren’t using enough profanity. That’s one way to spend your Saturday, I suppose.
The real takeaway from this interview is simple. Hunter Biden wants reporters to stop pretending they’re neutral. The problem is that millions of Americans already figured that out years ago.
