Former President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the demise of CNN+ after just three weeks by calling it a 'empty desert' and mocking 'low-rated' Chris Wallace - a nemesis especially after the first 2020 presidential debate.
'Congratulations to CNN+ on their decision to immediately FOLD for a lack of ratings, or viewers in any way, shape, or form,' Trump said in a statement.
'It was like an empty desert out there despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars and the hiring of low-rated Chris Wallace, a man who tried so hard to be his father, Mike, but lacked the talent and whatever else is necessary to be a star,' he continued.
The ex-president added: 'In any event, it’s just one more piece of CNN and Fake News that we don’t have to bother with anymore!'
Trump has previously expressed beefs against both CNN and Wallace - the moderator of the first 2020 presidential debate, which for the now ex-president was described by the Associated Press as 'disastrous.'
Former President Donald Trump (left) celebrated the demise of CNN+ and mocked the network's hiring of former Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace (right), who moderated the first 2020 presidential debate
Former President Donald Trump had a field day with the announcement that CNN+ would fold at the end of the month just three weeks after it launched
Wallace's father, Mike Wallace, was also a well-known broadcast journalist, and one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes.
Chris Wallace moved to CNN+ after leaving his Fox News Sunday program in December.
In the run-up to the September 2020 Cleveland presidential debate, Trump complained that Chris Wallace was 'controlled by the radical left.'
'Chris likes me because his world is all about ratings,' Trump also said. 'I would be willing to bet that he won't ask Biden tough questions.'
Wallace and Trump memorably sparred in July 2020, when the Fox News Sunday host pushed back on the president's boast about acing a cognitive test.
Wallace countered that 'it's not the hardest test.' 'They have a picture and it says "what's that?" and it's an elephant,' Wallace noted.
'No, no, no,' Trump responded. 'You see, that's all misrepresentation.'
Trump's complaints about CNN go back longer and he relished the news in February that boss Jeff Zucker had been ousted over not disclosing an office romance.
'Jeff Zucker, a world-class sleazebag who has headed ratings and
