Trump responds to Chris Licht's exit from CNN

What he's saying: "It worked out well," Trump said of the town hall held in New Hampshire. "But it didn't work out well for him."

• "He actually did a good job in the center. Very professional. Everything was set. Everything was beautiful. They got tremendous numbers, and they fired him. He's gone now."

The big picture: CNN ousted Licht on June 7 after his 13 months at the company.

• Licht’s leadership became untenable following a damning profile about him published by The Atlantic last week, Axios' Sara Fischer writes.

Between the lines: The New Hampshire town hall drew 3.3 million viewers for CNN, but the network faced blowback from critics and employees who argued it gave the former president a platform to lie in real-time, Fischer reports.

• Licht received a lot of criticism for the town hall in part because things within CNN's control didn't work. The crowd was very extremely Trump-aligned, allowing Trump to leverage the room to pile on the moderator, CNN's Kaitlan Collins.