Social media post reveals jobless Jim Acosta saw the writing on the wall before quitting CNN

Newly unemployed Jim Acosta appeared to cognize his days were numbered astatine CNN weeks earlier announcing he'd refused a demotion to midnight.

Acosta has announced his caller vocation move after revealing that helium would beryllium leaving CNN successful a tantrum connected Tuesday. 

The anchor announced that helium launched a brand-new Substack  - conscionable hours aft making his last on-air broadcast with the bequest media outlet.

It appears that the caller task - which helium is calling 'The Jim Acosta Show' - has been successful the works since astatine slightest January 16, which is erstwhile the archetypal station connected the Substack is dated.

The station comes conscionable 1 time aft erstwhile CNN staffer Oliver Darcy broke the quality of Acosta's imaginable determination to midnight successful his Status newsletter. 

It comes with a header of 'Coming Soon' and the transcript reads only: 'This is The Jim Acosta Show.' 

The recently announced Substack, meanwhile, volition spot him hitch shoulders with others who person near their respective bequest quality stations for much autonomy, including Darcy.

Darcy's occurrence with a newsletter format shows a shifting scenery successful presumption of quality - 1 CEO Mark Thompson has seemingly caught upwind of upon airing his intent to displacement CNN's operations to being much digital-based past week.

'Welcome to my caller venture,' Acosta told much than 2 cardinal followers connected X, portion repeating a informing helium delivered during his last broadcast. 

The video was published soon aft 2 radical acquainted with the substance told The New York Times the writer was already pondering his adjacent steps, including a imaginable motorboat of his ain journalistic enterprise.

Hours before, the anchor engaged successful a precise nationalist divided from the station, taking shots astatine Donald Trump in the process. Acosta framed his aged force arsenic 'a tyrant', aft devoting overmuch of the hr to study connected his caller moves.

Trump was thrilled, decrying Acosta arsenic a 'major loser' successful a Truth Social station aft reports surfaced astir his determination to leave.

'Wow, truly bully news!' helium wrote connected societal media. 'Jim Acosta, 1 of the worst and astir dishonest reporters successful journalistic history, a large sleazebag, has been relegated by CNN Fake News to the Midnight hour, “Death Valley,” due to the fact that of extraordinarily BAD RATINGS (and nary talent!)."

Acosta reportedly was losing his greeting amusement successful the latest CNN revamp, with the thought of getting moved to a midnight shift.

Trump indicated helium had small religion successful Acosta's talent, aft the celebrated CNN fig announced helium would marque his aboriginal known astatine a aboriginal date.

"Word is that helium wants to QUIT, and that would beryllium adjacent better,' helium wrote. 'Jim is simply a large loser who volition neglect nary substance wherever helium ends up. Good luck Jim!'

 Acosta gave a melodramatic farewell connection to viewers connected Tuesday, revealing that the item of his vocation arsenic a writer was erstwhile helium asked Raul Castro astatine a associated property league with erstwhile President Barack Obama.

He indicated that Trump was a 'tyrant' arsenic helium delivered his closing missive to viewers.

'My closing message: It’s ne'er a bully clip to bow down to a tyrant… don’t springiness successful to the lies. Don’t springiness successful to fear. Hold connected to the truth… and hope,' helium said.

Acosta clashed often with Trump during his his archetypal term, adjacent arsenic the president mocked him and his web arsenic 'fake news.' 

The astir contentious infinitesimal of his White House vocation was erstwhile helium stubbornly refused to merchandise a microphone to a Trump staffer during a property league successful November. 

'CNN should beryllium ashamed of itself having you moving for them. You are a rude unspeakable person. You shouldn't beryllium moving for CNN,' the president said to Acosta, accusing him of being 'horrible' to radical successful his staff. 

The White House revoked Acosta's property walk aft the contentious speech but a consequent suit and a determination from a national justice sided with CNN, allowing his credentials to beryllium restored. 

Trump supporters often mocked Acosta connected the run way repeatedly shouting that 'CNN sucks' and accusing him of being 'fake news.' 

During an October 2020 rally, a masked Acosta shot back astatine Trump supporters during a unrecorded report. 

'As this assemblage is chanting that determination are members of the property present who suck, I should besides constituent retired … what besides sucks: getting the coronavirus,' helium said.