CNN goes all in to blackmail Reddit user who made the gif Trump Tweeted.

[BmorePat87]

(07-05-2017, 01:23 PM)6andcounting Wrote: CNN keeps saying they "tracked" him down. If that's true the Reddit guy didn't initiate anything once CNN contacted him in real life.


because CNN were upset he made a WWE meme about them

Per your source, they contacted him and he didn't respond. He then posted the apology and reached out to them, asking them not to reveal the information. 

Whether or not they contacted him first, he may have proposed the "deal" as the narrative suggests. Of course, we'd need to know his side of the story and he doesn't seem willing to talk.