CNN debate moderator Jake Tapper's sharpest anti-Trump commentary over the years

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CNN raised eyebrows among critics when it announced that Jake Tapper would moderate the first presidential debate this year, specifically over his hostile coverage towards former President Trump.

Trump expressed some optimism that CNN could be fair to him in a podcast interview last week, saying there's a "good 10% chance" of it happening and how he "used to get along" with Tapper, who will be joined by fellow anchor Dana Bash.

"Jake Tapper is a well-respected veteran journalist who has covered politics for decades and has extensive experience moderating major political debates, including CNN’s Republican Presidential Primary Debate this cycle," a spokesperson for CNN told Fox News Digital. "There is no one better equipped to co-moderate a substantial and fact-based discussion and we look forward to the debate on June 27 in Atlanta."

CNN'S JAKE TAPPER, WHO CALLED TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY A ‘NIGHTMARE,’ TAPPED TO MODERATE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Here are five of Tapper's sharpest anti-Trump moments:

Trump's presidency was a ‘long national nightmare’

Emotions were high on CNN's airwaves as the presidential election was called for Joe Biden in 2020. Tapper declared, "for tens of millions of our fellow Americans: their long national nightmare is over."

"It's been a time of extreme divisions, many of the divisions caused and exacerbated by President Trump himself," Tapper said in an