'I've Had Enough!' Trump Storms Out of Meet the Press Interview in Wild Fashion -- Explodes On NBC's Kristen Welker
Source: Mediaite.com
President Donald Trump stormed out of a Meet the Press interview Sunday — after moderator Kristen Welker repeatedly fact-checked his claims on a variety of topics including; Jan. 6, his “anti-weaponization” fund, and election fraud.
The heated six-minute final block of the interview began with Welker pressing Trump about the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund he continues to promote — despite his administration officially abandoning its efforts to launch the fund. Welker pressed — attempting to confirm that Trump is indeed throwing in the towel.
“Just to be very clear, are you backing off the fund completely as your acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, or are you looking for another avenue to revive the fund?” Welker asked.
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eppur_se_muova
(42,829 posts)Trmp's idea of an "argument":
IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,527 posts)He probably planned to walk off all along. Will use the footage as "proof" of media bias against MAGA.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(138,401 posts)
Layzeebeaver
(2,299 posts)Especially around the cankles…
Traildogbob
(13,273 posts)I thought damn his growing base is bull shit. Then ya threw in the Cankles part. Well done.
Hugin
(38,064 posts)*click* shuffle-shuffle-shuffle *click* shuffle-shuffle-shuffle *click*
AloeVera
(4,571 posts)Hugin
(38,064 posts)Click away the login dialogue with the “X” in the upper left hand corner. Watch the educational video.
AloeVera
(4,571 posts)Can't wait to see Trump clamber out of a chair like that!
Thanks for the laugh.
Ilsa
(64,695 posts)Need a good laugh not related to current politics.
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,722 posts)
calimary
(91,259 posts)Sure enjoyed Carol Burnett's show. Always made me laugh!
travelingthrulife
(5,712 posts)
Tetrachloride
(9,759 posts)
underpants
(197,614 posts)Oh! She had to travel ALL THE WAY TO WISCONSIN….global elite, fly over states, etc.
Trump being the asshole he is
Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.
wnylib
(26,724 posts)Biglinda 52
(135 posts)wnylib
(26,724 posts)
Raftergirl
(1,886 posts)Leghorn21
(14,122 posts)He’S a FiGhTeR!! 
😵💫
displacedvermoter
(5,158 posts)she lets him call her and all her journalist colleagues crooks, and really only seems pissed cause she went all the way to Wisconsin to be made a fool of. She could have stayed in her studio and he could have phoned in the insults...
WiVoter
(1,701 posts)T was her first guest as host of MTP.
AloeVera
(4,571 posts)She fought back against the crooked slur but not against the stupid one. Then pleaded with her abuser to stay. This is what passes for "hard-hitting" journalism today. It means you take the hits and ask for more.
live love laugh
(16,549 posts)How dare she question anus mouth.
Submariner
(13,478 posts)of the first interview in 2019 with the woman raped as a 13 year old in 1992, and asked him WTF is up with this you pedophile.
But no one ever asks.
Is it fear of the interior decorator with the nuclear codes, or just media complicity to drag out the story and help rip the country apart?
WiVoter
(1,701 posts)Holy shit
orleans
(37,360 posts)
calimary
(91,259 posts)Pout, Donnie. Pout.
ShazzieB
(23,025 posts)He seems to be experimenting with makeup shades. He went browner for a while and has now switched to a truly violent shade of orange. 
Blue Full Moon
(3,750 posts)KPN
(17,571 posts)his true character … cruel, bully, juvenile, irrational, volatile for a start.
Hopefully, enough sane people vote in 2026 and 2028 to restore sanity to the WH, the country and the globe.
hamsterjill
(17,911 posts)We need more of this type of interview until he finally throws some ketchup on live television.
ShazzieB
(23,025 posts)All his life, he's bulldozed his through every situation by repeating his lies until people get sick of it and give up. Welker wasn't doing that, and he couldn't handle it. Kudos to her for getting him so flustered that he had to call the whole thing off!
I agree that we need more of this sort of thing, where reporters stand firm and refuse to capitulate to him. It won't happen with the White House press corps, because they don't want to piss him off and lose their access to him, but other interviewers need to start following Welker's lead.
hamsterjill
(17,911 posts)He needs to be treated like that.
I agree as to the journalists in the press corps. For right now.
But as more journalists outside the corps stand up to him, the ones who make up the corps are going to be forced to be more assertive, or they’re going to look like cowards, and will start being called out.
3catwoman3
(30,031 posts)
SergeStorms
(20,989 posts)That the MAGAts love from him. That's why he's their guy, because they're just like him. Crude, rude, selfish, racist, misogynistic, and don't care about anyone else but themselves.
Their god sent him to make murka' great again. 
Aussie105
(8,300 posts)"Merca, we don't like you no mo, no more!
Hit the road Don!''
And the background singers do a slow repetitive WTF, WTF!
Beartracks
(14,703 posts)... that most Republican candidates for office are falling over themselves to kiss his ass, support his regime, and be just like him.
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Festivito
(13,941 posts)If he saw f b I agents, letting people into the white house on january sixth, then those f b I agents should have been brought to trial.
When he claimed there was fraud in the twenty twenty election, he didn't bother to give the lawyers any evidence. Which ends with the lawyers being disbarred, or in the process of being disbarred, because they presented a case with no evidence.
One would think a good journalist would know this.
Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,451 posts)His crew was in charge of the FBI, she should have mentioned that.
kairos12
(13,795 posts)Hugin
(38,064 posts)Bluetus
(3,232 posts)the fact that he rarely stands for any public appearance now.
All those Oval Office shots have him in the middle (no surprise) but nowadays he is almost always seated with his posse behind him. And when he sits, he falls asleep in the most obvious posture. These scenes look to me like people standing around a hospital bed, waiting for the guy to die.
The only way he could stay awake in the NBNC interview was that he was screaming continuously. And to him, this is normal. Tomorrow he won't even remember it -- literally. That is how dementia works. I've seen it 1000 times. And I guess he has already agreed to a follow-up interview with Welker. WTF? This guy is pretty close to flatline mentally.
lostincalifornia
(5,640 posts)monster turns on them.
PATRICK
(12,441 posts)So not disappearing from questioning like Reagan or vacationing like Bush,Jr.("Now watch this drive!"
we are going to get condensed rage and rant outs instead of any sustained policy explanations. At least they are short outbursts and the Truth Social posts are done on sycophant crutches. BS and rage, cutting questions short. Maybe they will let his appearances fall apart rather than biting their nails when he attempts one of those marathon rants on live TV hepped up on the devil knows what and in steep physical decline.
The only thing his "friends" are happy with is bowing to his will. If it is suicidal all the better for their eventual move to phase 2. Real danger of course in getting blame from the suspicious hordes of Trump enthusiasts. Doctors, advisors? Scapegoating the news media for stressing him? God knows they have shamefully enabled his moral decline and crimes to the nth degree as the irritated Ringmaster Foxtrots toward July 4th. Despite his paranoia it is his sycophants keeping him dancing in the silly stuff to his detriment.
FloridaBlues
(4,693 posts)paleotn
(22,985 posts)Actually and figuratively. A massive CVA can't be too far away. 
ChicagoTeamster
(1,403 posts)
mwmisses4289
(5,006 posts)acknowledge his bad behavior.
https://giphy.com/gifs/crying-screaming-whiney-d1ytb3wOL6PiF1iSan
debsy
(1,080 posts)So many other things also come to mind but I won’t waste my time.
AverageOldGuy
(4,309 posts)Listen — you know, I know, everyone at DU knows Trump is a POS.
But we are not who he cares about. This whole thing is performance art aimed at stupid people and they will love it. He owned the libs and that’s what they care about.
Truth , facts, reality — all are irrelevant.
Bluetus
(3,232 posts)Why was he there at all, and not on NewsMax.
Maybe it is to impress the 30% of the population that wants to hang with him, but is having doubts. From inside that wasteland that is called Trump's brain, that very well may be all it is.
However, he had a terrible week. He continues to hemorrhage support among the public. The war is a complete mess. And his biggest problem is that Congressional Republicans are starting to run away from him because the election is now just 5 months away, and 2 of those months are "dog days" when nothing happens. So basically the GOP senators and reps are looking at polls that are lousy. Even if an individual is not in jeopardy, they have no interest in being in the minority. They see nothing positive in June. July and August are basically lost to summer vacations. So they see a 30-day period in September to try to improve their situation before early voting starts. Time is running out, and Trump keeps getting worse.
Therefore, that might be why Trump was on NBC instead of Fox. His people know that if the Dems take even one house, the agenda is over, and if the Dems take both houses, there will be a lot of activity collecting evidence and sworn testimony that can be used to prosecute these criminals if we take the White House in 2029. So these insiders are ready to jump ship. They want no part of the last 2 years if the election goes badly.
My theory is that the insiders pushed Trump to go on NBC in a "Let Trump be Trump" moment.
Midnight Writer
(25,934 posts)That was a set-up, too. Bush's political advisors wanted a dramatic demonstration of "liberal media bias".
His walk-out triggered weeks of follow-up outrage by Right Wing media (Limbaugh and Co.) demanding Dan Rather be fired for asking questions of a Republican.
hermetic
(9,312 posts)Lock him up!!
LymphocyteLover
(10,332 posts)
Bayard
(30,575 posts)
efhmc
(17,178 posts)But we don't have the power to carry out our fantasies, or the inclination to wreak havoc and steal the national treasury.
sop
(19,704 posts)Pity journalists like Welker took this long to finally confront this lying piece of shit with a tiny bit of reality. They could have saved the country from the Trump nightmare had they just done their jobs.
Ray Bruns
(6,888 posts)
Wednesdays
(23,356 posts)
ihaveaquestion
(4,875 posts)We are both dealing with aging parents who are behaving very much like this...irrational, irritable, delusional, and only occasionally rational. It's exhausting!
Aussie105
(8,300 posts)Wife at 81 has her irrational rage attacks, paranoia, people she can't identify talk to her in negative ways, want her money, want her out of the house, etc.
No money in the world would entice me to look after someone like that if that was a going job, but she is family, memories, etc.
Make the best of it.
Get rest when you can.
Put photos up around the house of better times, of relatives, etc.
choie
(7,084 posts)Because that motherfucker gets away with EVERYTHING.
Uncle Joe
(65,903 posts)Thanks for the thread Mr. Sparkle
orangecrush
(31,679 posts)Is a member of the press going to stand up to him?
As soon as he said "You're crooked!" She should have replied "I will not tolerate you slandering me, this is over."
WTAF?
Grim Chieftain
(2,246 posts)Class, dignity, and decorum out the wazoo!
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,452 posts)Ilsa
(64,695 posts)the agonal breathing starts. We'll do an alert on DU and start a timer.
1WorldHope
(2,201 posts)At least she hung in there. I don't understand why everyone is attacking her. After all we can't expect her to do what nobody else will do. I'm kind of surprised he didn't hit her. Maybe a lot was missed by just reading it and not seeing the interview.
enough
(13,797 posts)“Mr President please, I travelled all the way to Wisconsin!”
1WorldHope
(2,201 posts)
IbogaProject
(6,145 posts)Slinks out, or retreated withbout answering to tough questioning are more accurate descriptions.
twodogsbarking
(19,678 posts)
Blue Owl
(59,886 posts)
sinkingfeeling
(58,199 posts)AdamGG
(1,905 posts)a video screen between him and the interviewer. Then, just have someone at a control panel ready to play different clips of Dump saying the exact opposite things of what he is likely to say in the interview.
The person at the control panel could have 30 different clips ready to roll that completely contradict the things that he is about to say. Then, the interviewer could be politely prepared to say, "Yes, Mr. Prseident, but in August, 2024 you said that this was the case..." and then play the clip and ask for his response.
After a few instances of this (if he got through that many), he would tell the interview how nasty they are and storm out, but it would be fun to watch. Maybe add something around the chair set up so that there are some kind of bars or small steps that he to step over to get into the chair, so that when he storms out there is a chance that in his haste he will trip and fall over them.
I want to watch that.
hadEnuf
(3,678 posts)He is a compulsive bald-faced liar, and if you don't agrees with his absurdities you are retaliated on by the government. That is the definition of just about every dictatorship that has ever existed.
Wake up, press. Don't matter what network you work for. You do not contradict Trump - or else. Do you like working in that type of toilet?
twodogsbarking
(19,678 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,190 posts)His boy learned his lessons well.
Karasu
(2,253 posts)the slightest.
Anything less than absolute media submission is too much for him.
ShazzieB
(23,025 posts)Sorry, Donnie, no matter how orange you paint yourself, you'll still look like you've got one foot in the grave. Because you have!
And those bags under his eyes! What would cause them to swell up like that? Those little piggy eyes look tinier and piggier than ever.
I wonder how much Adderall he had to snort to be able to stay on topic for that long, without wandering off track. I'll bet he collapsed once he got out of there. All that anger anger and arguing must take a lot of energy, and we know he's half asleep most of thevtime (except when he's tweeting at 3 am). He must have been absolutely exhausted after that!
WiVoter
(1,701 posts)He's have handled that better. AI experts anyone?
Sneederbunk
(17,710 posts)
democratsruletheday
(1,951 posts)cuz he just melted down when pressed by Welker. Gutless, cowardly, POS that he is.
progressoid
(53,470 posts)
Jilly_in_VA
(14,723 posts)so have we!
BigmanPigman
(55,728 posts)If Meet The Press is so inaccurate and awful then why did he even agree to an interview?
Just like everything else he does he it makes ZERO sense.
louis-t
(24,686 posts)
OAITW r.2.0
(32,874 posts)Trump can't answer that one. We need to trust Don that the majority of Americans are liars/cheaters/terrorists. But, him, a convicted 34x felon (so far) is telling us the truth?
If Republicans really gave a fuck about our future, they'd impeach Trump tonight.
3825-87867
(2,041 posts)she should have screamed, "Don't touch me, I'm not a 13 year old!"
IzzaNuDay
(1,359 posts)suggests his bowels turned on him. well, we know he was full of poop so what else is new?
Aussie105
(8,300 posts)But he has put himself in a position where every distortion he comes out with is visible and open to scrutiny and challenge.
Now in a home for the Terminally Confused, he'd fit right in.
czarjak
(13,744 posts)orleans
(37,360 posts)if anything happens i'll find a clip of it
and i did. sounded like he told her to have fun when he was trying to get up and walk away
Mtnmama
(172 posts)He is so psychotically ill, so out of touch with reality, to tolerate this behavior from anyone, much less the president, is lunacy. Republicans are allowing his sickness to permeate the whole country.
SamuelAdams
(294 posts)But his cult sees a grown man throwing temper tantrums as strong and manly.
dlk
(13,405 posts)Could you imagine the mainstream media’s response if this was a Democrat?
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,452 posts)Trump is sometimes confronted with a word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction: “evidence.” Trouble soon follows.
Of course Triggered Trump abandoned his MTP interview: Kristen Welker used the one word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-08T12:08:36.770Z
“Evidence.â€
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-meet-the-press-interview-election-claims
Nearly three months later, the president sat down with NBC News’ Kristen Welker for his latest “Meet the Press” interview, and when the host dared to use the “e” word, he couldn’t simply shift his focus to a different reporter, so he instead abruptly ended the interview. MS NOW reported:
“You’re either crooked or you’re stupid,” Trump told Welker, who kept a cool demeanor despite the president’s barrage of disparaging slurs.
Moments before he attacked her, Trump — without providing any evidence — said he believes elections in the U.S. are rigged. Then he lambasted television news networks, singling out NBC, CBS and ABC.
“They’re crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And ‘Meet the Press’ is crooked,” Trump said.
In context, there was no great mystery as to what triggered the president and generated his interview-ending meltdown: After Trump wrapped up a conspiratorial rant about Jan. 6 rioters, Welker emphasized for viewers, “Just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying.” He was clearly not pleased......
And so, he unraveled, ultimately walking away from questions he simply wasn’t prepared to answer, raised by a journalist who dared to ask him to back up his baseless claims.
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-07T14:50:42.139Z
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
It was a timely reminder of a few unavoidable observations. First, Trump tends not to do lengthy interviews with independent news organizations, which leaves him unprepared when they ask the kind of questions conservative outlets avoid.
Second, and relatedly, it’s no secret that the president has surrounded himself with sycophants and yes-men at the White House. He grew visibly enraged with Welker, not just because she professionally pushed back against obvious falsehoods, but also because she exposed Trump to reality in ways that obviously made him uncomfortable.
And third, amid public discussion about his mental fitness, the president’s furious reaction suggested he’s also struggling to regulate his emotional outbursts.
As for the near future, the unpleasant exchange on NBC News should hopefully lead to additional questions in which Trump is again pressed for the 2020 evidence he claims exists, but which he’s refused to show.