{"id":626865,"date":"2026-06-08T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626865\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:25:09","slug":"trump-walks-out-of-interview-with-nbcs-meet-the-press-after-clash-over-election-claims-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626865\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump walks out of interview with NBC\u2019s Meet the Press after clash over election claims | Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump<\/a> walked out of an interview with NBC\u2019s Meet the Press after he repeatedly made false claims that the US 2020 presidential elections was rigged in 2020 and questions around compensation<\/a> for those charged in the January 6 insurrection.<\/p>\n

The US president\u2019s abrupt exit came during a tense exchange between himself and NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker during a Friday interview in Wisconsin that aired on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump falsely<\/a> claimed<\/a> that the California gubernatorial race was \u201crigged\u201d while asserting untrue claims of cheating in the 2020 US presidential elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s four days and they aren\u2019t even close to counting [ballots],\u201d Trump argued, as Welker argued that is standard for California\u2019s election process<\/a>. Trump also claimed that Republican candidates in the state weren\u2019t performing well. Current polls have forecasted a tight race between Democratic frontrunner Xavier Becerra, who advanced<\/a> to the general November election, and Republican politician Steve Hilton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Welker asked the president for any evidence on the gubernatorial race being fraudulent, he also accused the veteran reporter of being \u201ccrooked\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re crooked, just like you\u2019re crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked,\u201d said Trump.<\/p>\n

Welker then defended herself and tried to ask additional questions, with Trump replying: \u201cYou\u2019re either crooked or you\u2019re stupid. You play right into their hands with this crap. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they\u2019re rigged.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump then brought up previously repeated claims that he won the 2020 US presidential election, assertions that remain unverified.<\/p>\n

When Welker later tried to ask additional questions, Trump continued to assert that NBC<\/a> was \u201ccrooked\u201d and ended the interview. \u201cLet\u2019s call it quits because I\u2019ve had enough,\u201d said Trump, taking off his microphone. \u201cThank you, darling. Have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Welker reminded Trump that she traveled to Wisconsin<\/a> for the interview, Trump replied: \u201cI\u2019ve sat in the rain with you for an hour. On and off in the rain and I\u2019ve given you enough time. You oughta straighten out your press.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier in the interview, Trump also became irritated as Welker asked if those who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers during the January 6 riots would be eligible for funding included in Trump\u2019s controversial<\/a> \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund.<\/p>\n

Trump claimed \u2013 sans evidence \u2013 that rioters were actually invited into the US Capitol by FBI agents and took plea deals due to fears of longer prison sentences.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know why they pleaded guilty? Because they were told they were going to jail for 15 years \u2026 because they were frightened. They were down. They were ushered into a building,\u201d Trump said, refusing to answer if such individuals should receive taxpayer funding.<\/p>\n

A representative of NBC News did not return the Guardian\u2019s request for comment on Trump\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump walked out of an interview with NBC\u2019s Meet the Press after he repeatedly made false claims…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-626865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}