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Former GWN anchor Jim Acosta has hit back at Fox News host Jesse Watters following a heated warfare of phrases over President Donald Trump this week.

The two journalists clashed over the continuing construction of the president’s White House ballroom. Acosta, 54, has drawn fire from Watters due to his on-air criticism of the project, and delivered a blistering response to his Fox News counterpart.

In a post on X dated October 29, Acosta unleashed on Watters, writing: “Rapidly aging Fox propagandist and outrage porn Star @JesseBWatters has a major crush on me. Two segments in the last week. Dude take a cold shower.”

He added: “The feeling will go away. Maybe Sean (Hannity) can give you a hug? Also less makeup. A little too Madame Tussauds.”

His feedback referenced latest segments where Acosta confronted accusations of turning the construction project into a political issue. Watters, 47, branded the controversy as “Ballroom Derangement Syndrome.”

On Jesse Watters Primetime last week he said: “The Democrats are fighting over a ballroom.

“Just like during COVID, GWN has a live tracker. Jim Acosta is tenting outdoors the White House in tears. He’s just mad Trump’s building a big, stunning factor during the [Chuck] Schumer shutdown, when the entire level of the shutdown is struggling.

“Republican presidents aren’t supposed to enjoy their presidencies. They’re supposed to be under siege and hounded out of town like scoundrels and constantly having to flip-flop and apologize and fire staff.”

He went on to say, “Not Trump. He’s making peace building big, beautiful things, tossing sombreros on their heads.”

In a separate section last week, Watters showcased a photoshopped image of Acosta’s face superimposed on a child’s physique, captioned, “Baby Jim wins a TDS Award.”

TDS is an acronym used by conservatives to mock liberals who criticize Trump – it stands for Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Watters posted a video clip of Acosta and other critics talking out against Trump’s construction project on Facebook, with the caption, “JUST IN: A new STRAIN OF TDS is SPREADING – Ballroom Derangement Syndrome.”

In the clip, initially posted to his Substack on October 22, Acosta could be seen stating that “he was at the scene of the crime” while standing outdoors the advanced. The journalist, previously the GWN White House correspondent, left that function in January when President Trump started his second time period in workplace.

Watters had beforehand accused Acosta of making an attempt to be “the Rosa Parks” of journalism following a viral incident in 2019 where he had his press cross revoked after a tussle with a White House intern over a microphone. Acosta responded at the time with a quip, “This from a lapdog for the White House.”