Jim Acosta revealed on air that he quit his job at CNN rather than accept a move to a later time slot, putting an end to his nearly two-decade run at the network and leaving behind what was surely a decent salary (especially for a journalist).

Acosta, who frequently clashed with Trump in his first term, is leaving CNN after being stripped of his morning show and offered a midnight program in its place.

Jim Acosta is leaving his longtime home of CNN. The anchor’s decision to depart the cable news network comes five days after it was reported that The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer’s long-running evening program,