Chuck Todd was removed and replaced as the anchor of NBC’s Meet The Press. Todd was replaced by the culturally correct Kristen Welker, a fellow traveler from the tribe of Valerie Jarrett whose daughter Laura Jarrett is Welker’s sidekick.
If you followed the 2020 Super-Tuesday deal between Barack Obama (the Chicago Network that includes Oprah, and host of the ’24 Democrat National Convention), James Clyburn from South Carolina (now the #1 primary state for Democrats in 2024) and the Joe Biden family, then you will clearly see how the datapoints and roadmap aligns for 2024. {Go Deep} The NBC shift (Jarrett et al) was part of their corporate move in preparation for the 2024 election.
Welker kicks off her first day in the anchor chair with an interview with President Donald Trump. The full interview is available in the video below. The transcript of the segment that was edited and broadcast today is below the full video; there is a big difference. WATCH:
Transcript of Interview that aired – KRISTEN WELKER: When you talk about retribution, are you talking about directing your attorney general to try to go after your political enemies?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
When I talk about retribution, I’m talking about fairness. We have to treat people fairly. These people on January 6th, they went – some of them never even went into the building, and they’re being given sentences of, you know, many years.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Are you going to pardon those people –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And nothing is happening.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– who’ve been convicted –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I’m going to look at them, and I certainly might if I think it’s appropriate. No, it’s a very, very sad thing. And it’s – they’re dividing the country so badly, and it’s very dangerous.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Well, Mr. President, we’re going to delve into that a little bit later on, but I want to stay on this idea of what you mean by retribution. Are you looking to appoint an attorney general who will prosecute the people you tell them to prosecute?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’m looking to appoint an attorney general who’s going to be tough on crime and fair. Very simple.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Speaker McCarthy announced that he was launching an impeachment inquiry this week into President Biden. Do you see this as a part of the retribution that you seek?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, not at all. I think, look, you look at the terrible things that have been happening with respect to Biden. Look at everything: Jamie Comer, Jim Jordan, who are fantastic people and very legitimate people. I watched Jamie Comer just a little while ago talking about a lot of different facets of what’s going on, and he was the one that said, “I guess there were – there were 12 things where it looks like it’s stone-cold guilty, and the gun charge is only one of the 12.” He said, “This is the only one that doesn’t implicate Joe Biden.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
So, but my question for you: Did you talk to Speaker McCarthy about this House impeachment inquiry?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, no. I don’t talk to him like that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Did you tell him that he should open a House impeachment inquiry?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, no. I don’t do that. I don’t think he’d do that. I mean, he wouldn’t do it based on me, no.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Did you talk to your Republican allies on Capitol Hill and say, “You should support this impeachment inquiry”?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, I don’t have to talk – they’re more proactive than I am. They think it’s terrible.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you think Republican hardliners should abandon their threat to shut down the government over their spending priorities now that there is this impeachment inquiry?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No. I think if they don’t get a fair deal – we have to save our country. We have $35 trillion in debt. We have to save our country. You know, the –
KRISTEN WELKER:
So, you would shut down the government? You’d support that?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’d shut down the government if they can’t make an appropriate deal, absolutely.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You are facing four indictments, 91 felony charges.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
If you would say it properly, I’m facing four Biden indictments. He told the Justice Department to indict him, or Merrick Garland said, “Let’s indict him.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me ask you this, Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They indicted their political opponent –
KRISTEN WELKER:
I just want to hear from you on this. I want to know what’s in your head. When you go to bed at night, do you worry about going to jail?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, I don’t really. I don’t even think about it. I’m built a little differently I guess, because I have had people come up to me and say, “How do you do it, sir? How do you do it?” I don’t even think about it. These are corrupt people that I’m dealing with. They’re destroying our country. I don’t even think about it. All I think about is making the country great, making America great. Look, these are political, these are banana republic indictments. These are third-world indictments. The president of the United States sees how we’re doing. We have a movement the likes of which has never happened in this country before. And you see it with the polls. I mean, I’m up on these people by 60 points and 59 points. And, I don’t mean I’m at 59, I’m leading them by 59. You almost say, like, “Why are they campaigning?” Asa Hutchinson, he’s at zero. Christie’s at two. Other ones are at one. DeSanctimonious is at nine. I just see a poll come – I mean, I’m leading him by 60 points.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And you say, “Why are they doing that?” But here’s what they did. They saw this happening, and he went to the attorney general of the United States, and he told them, “Indict Trump.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
There is just no evidence of that, Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Oh why? Because you mean he’s honest –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But let’s, let’s stay on track –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Look at all the lies he’s told–
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President, I want to talk about you.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Kristen, wait a minute, wait, wait. Could I say one thing? Look at all the lies he’s told over the last couple of weeks. He said he was at the World Trade Center and he wasn’t. He said he flew airplanes, right? He didn’t. He said he drove trucks, and he didn’t. Everything he says is, like, a lie. It’s terrible.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, I want –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Even his handicap in golf, he said he’s a six –
KRISTEN WELKER:
I want to stick –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
He’s not a six.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I want to stay focused on you, for the purposes of this interview –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Okay.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– okay? Because it’s important that we hear from you about all of this. Tell me –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I’d like you to, but you keep interrupting me.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Tell me – Mr. President, tell me what you see when you look at your mugshot?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I see somebody that loves this country, and me, that loves this country. I see tremendous unfairness. I think very few people would have been able to handle what I handled.
KRISTEN WELKER:
By the way, do you think your former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is still loyal to you? He just pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I hope he’s loyal to me.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you worry about him flipping?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I mean, I didn’t do anything wrong –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you worry about him –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I didn’t do anything wrong.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay. I want to ask you about the case related to Mar-a-Lago. A new charge suggests you asked a staffer to delete security camera footage so it wouldn’t get into the hands of investigators. Did you do that?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
That’s false.
KRISTEN WELKER
It’s false?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
That’s false, but let me tell you —
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you testify to that under oath?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Sure. I’m going to. I’ll testify —
KRISTEN WELKER:
You’ll testify to that under oath?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s a fake —
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– charge by this deranged lunatic prosecutor, who lost in the Supreme Court nine to nothing. And he tried to destroy lots of lives. He’s a lunatic. So it’s a fake charge. But, more importantly, the tapes weren’t deleted. In other words, there was nothing done to them. And they were my tapes. I could’ve fought them. I didn’t even have to give them the tapes, I don’t think. I think I would have won in court. When they asked for the tapes, I said, “Sure.” They’re my tapes. I could have fought them. I didn’t even have to give them. Just so you understand, though, we didn’t delete anything. Nothing was deleted.
KRISTEN WELKER:
So that’s false. The people who testified —
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Number one, the statement is false. Much more importantly, when the tapes came, and everybody says this, they weren’t deleted. We gave them 100%.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay. Let’s —
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And, and, and, just so you know, I offered them. I said, “If you want to look at tapes, you can look at them.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s move on to January 6th and the allegations that you tried to subvert the election. And, again, I just want to give you a chance to talk about this because voters want to hear about this. The most senior lawyers in your own administration and on your campaign told you that after you lost more than 60 legal challenges that it was over. Why did you ignore them and decide to listen to a new outside group of attorneys –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Because I didn’t respect them —
KRISTEN WELKER:
You’d hired them.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– as lawyers. Sure. But that doesn’t mean — you hire them, you never met these people. You get a recommendation. They turn out to be RINOs, or they turn out to be not so good. In many cases, I didn’t respect them. But I did respect others. I respected many others that said the election was rigged.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You called some of your outside lawyers – you said they had crazy theories. Why were you listening to them? Were you listening to them because they were telling you what you wanted to hear?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You know who I listen to? Myself. I saw what happened. I watched that election, and I thought the election was over at 10 o’clock in the evening.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You were listening to your instincts?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
My instincts are a big part of it. That’s been the thing that’s gotten me to where I am, my instincts. But I also listen to people. There are many lawyers. I could give you many books. There are books that are written on how the election was rigged. There are numerous books that were written on how the election was rigged.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Just to be clear, were you listening to your lawyers’ advice, or were you listening to your own instincts?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I was listening to different people. And when I added it all up, the election was rigged. There are books that are written –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Were you calling the shots though?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
In fact, Mollie Hemingway wrote a great book –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But were you calling –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– called “Rigged” –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– the shots ultimately?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Excuse me. Mollie Hemingway, who’s highly respected and great, she wrote a book, a bestselling book called “Rigged.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
Were you calling the shots, though, Mr. President, ultimately?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
As to whether or not I believed it was rigged? Oh, sure.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It was my decision. But I listened to some people. Some people said that. Like, guys like Bill Barr, who was a stiff, but he wasn’t there at the time. But he didn’t do his job because he was afraid. You know what he was afraid of? He was afraid of being impeached. He was petrified to be impeached. And he – how do you not get impeached? Don’t do anything.
[END TAPE]
KRISTEN WELKER:
Now, as you just heard, former President Trump referred to the federal indictments against him as “Biden indictments.” The indictments have been charged by a special counsel. And according to the White House, President Biden has not spoken to the attorney general about them, and the White House found out about them from news reports. As for the impeachment inquiry, so far congressional investigators have not presented any evidence that President Biden has profited off of Hunter Biden’s business dealings. I also talked to former President Trump about his actions on January 6th and why he never sent help when the Capitol was under attack. In our conversation he directly contradicted the sworn testimony of one of his aides, who testified to the January 6th committee that the former president was so determined to go to the Capitol himself after his rally that he grabbed a service agent inside the president’s limo. Take a listen.
[START TAPE]
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I wanted to go down peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol. Secret Service, who I have great respect for, said, “Sir, it’s better if you don’t do that. It could be unsafe.” Because – they didn’t mean because of riots because, you know, it takes one guy with bad intentions, okay. So I didn’t have a dispute with them. You know you had that one person said I grabbed the man around the neck. Actually, I wish I was so strong to be able to do that. These are all tough guys, smart guys –
KRISTEN WELKER:
So you dispute that account?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Dispute it? Who wouldn’t dispute it? She’s – the craziest account I’ve ever heard. You mean that I was in “The Beast,” and she said I was in “The Beast,” and the Secret Service didn’t want — so I took a guy who was like a black belt in karate and grabbed his neck and tried to choke him –
KRISTEN WELKER:
What happened –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
How ridiculous. Just so you understand, and I have great respect for Secret Service, by the way. They’re fantastic. The Secret Service said, “Sir, it would be better if you didn’t.” I said, “I’d love to do it.” They said, “It would be better.” And so we went back to the White House. Just so you understand: I spoke. I made a very nice speech.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Tell me how you watched this all unfold. Were you in the dining room watching TV?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’m not going to tell you. I’ll tell people later at an appropriate time. Just so you understand, however –
KRISTEN WELKER:
What did you do when the Capitol was –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And I made beautiful statements.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– under attack, though –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Let me just tell you –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– in the moment that the Capitol was under attack?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Did you see the statements I made in the Oval Office and just outside of the Oval Office?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Absolutely. I was there that day.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
“Go home. Our police are great. We love our police. We love everybody. Go home.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
That was –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
This was –
KRISTEN WELKER:
That was before –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– a beautiful statement –
KRISTEN WELKER:
That was at 4 o’clock in the afternoon –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
When that statement was made –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– more than –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– I don’t know –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– three hours after the attack –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
But there –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– started –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– but there were tweets that were put out –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– before that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I want to know who you called on that day.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
By the way, Nancy Pelosi –
KRISTEN WELKER:
I want to talk about that day.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I don’t have — why would I tell you that? Listen. Nancy Pelosi –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Don’t want to talk about that?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– was in charge of security. She turned down 10,000 soldiers. If she didn’t turn down the soldiers, you wouldn’t have had January 6th.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Did you call military or law enforcement?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
What?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Did you call military or law enforcement at the moment the Capitol was under attack?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’m not going to tell you anything. I told –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Let me put it this way. I behaved so well. I did such a good job. Nancy Pelosi turned down 10,000 soldiers. If she didn’t do that –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Nancy Pelosi doesn’t have the authority that you had as commander and chief, though.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– and now I understand – I understand that the police testified against — listen to me, Kristen. Listen to me. I understand that the police testified against her – the chief, very strongly against her. Capitol Police, they’re great people. They testified against her. And they burned all the evidence. Okay? They burned all the evidence.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They destroyed all the evidence about Nancy Pelosi.
KRISTEN WELKER:
What do you say to people who wonder why you — you, as commander in chief, you have authorities that Nancy Pelosi doesn’t have, as commander in chief.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, no. She has authority over the Capitol.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Why didn’t you send help in that moment, though?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Uh, frankly, just so you understand, I assumed that she took care of it. She turned down —
KRISTEN WELKER:
But when you realized that the National Guard wasn’t coming? When help wasn’t coming?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, you don’t realize anything until quite a while. National Guard are not coming. I asked her to be there three days in advance. And she turned it down.
KRISTEN WELKER:
She says that that request was never officially made, just so you know.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Oh, stop it. Let me just tell you –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me ask you about pardons –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
The mayor of D.C. –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
The mayor of D.C. gave us a letter, saying that she turns it down, okay? We have it. Nancy Pelosi also was asked, and she turned it down. The police commissioner of Capitol Police –
KRISTEN WELKER:
I’m talking about the day of, though.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Wait a minute.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Yeah.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Capitol Police said that he wanted it. And Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t accept it. She’s responsible for January 6th.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s – Mr. President.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Nancy Pelosi is responsible. And the J6 Committee refused to interview her.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, you’re the president though. You have – You have authorities that no one else has, as the commander in chief. Do you think you showed leadership on that day?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Yes. Absolutely. I did.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, if you were re-elected, would you pardon yourself?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I could’ve pardoned myself. Do you know what? I was given an option to pardon myself. I could’ve pardoned myself when I left. People said, “Would you like to pardon yourself?” I had a couple of attorneys that said, “You can do it if you want.” I had some people that said, “It would look bad, if you do.” Because I think it would look terrible. I said, “Here’s the story. These people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, Marxists, sick people. They’ve been after me from the day I came down the escalator with Melania. And I did a great job as president.” People are – great economy, great jobs, great this, great that, rebuilt the military, Space Force, everything. We – I could go on forever. Let me just tell you. I said, “The last thing I’d ever do is give myself a pardon.” I could’ve given myself a pardon. Don’t ask me about what I would do. I could’ve. The last day, I could’ve had a pardon done that would’ve saved me all of these lawyers, and all of these fake charges, these Biden indictments. They’re all Biden indictments, political. They indicted – they want to arrest their political opponents. Only third-world countries do that, banana republics. So, ready? I never said this to anybody. I was given the option. I could’ve done a pardon of myself. You know what I said? “I have no interest in even thinking about it.” I never even wanted to think about it. And I could’ve done it. And all of these questions you’re asking me about, the fake charges, you wouldn’t be asking me because it’s a very powerful, it’s a very powerful thing for a president. I was told by some people that these are sick lunatics that I’m dealing with. “Give yourself a pardon. Your life will be a lot easier.” I said, “I would never give myself a pardon.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
Even if you were re-elected in this moment?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Oh, I think it’s very unlikely. What – what did I do wrong? I didn’t do anything wrong.
[END TAPE]
KRISTEN WELKER:
Now a bit of context here on Mr. Trump’s allegations he ordered troops in the days leading up to the January 6th attack. The Defense Department says the former president never gave a formal order to have 10,000 troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol. Of course it’s unreasonable to blame former Speaker Pelosi or lawmakers on Capitol Hill for what happened that day. Pelosi’s office said at the time that the claim that she turned down troops was quote “completely made up.” When we come back former President Trump explains how would handle calls from within the GOP for a federal ban on abortion.
KRISTEN WELKER:
In the last election, more than a quarter of voters said the issue of abortion mattered most to them just behind inflation and the economy and last night, nine Republican candidates were back in Iowa, speaking to the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a reminder of how potent the abortion issue is in that early state. Mr. Trump didn’t attend the event but I asked the former president how he would handle abortion in a second term.
[START TAPE]
KRISTEN WELKER:
I do want to talk about the issue of abortion which is –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Okay.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– important to a lot of voters all across the country. Just this week, women in Idaho and Tennessee, I don’t know if you saw this, filed suit against their states saying their lives were put at risk after they were denied abortion services, because of their states’ restrictive laws put in place after Roe was overturned. So my question for you, Mr. President, is: How is it acceptable in America that women’s lives are at risk, doctors are being forced to turn away patients in need, or risk breaking the law?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Ready? Little bit of a long answer. I hope you have time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I hope you have time. I’m here for as long as you have.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
So you have Roe v. Wade, for 52 years, people including Democrats wanted it to go back to states so the states could make the right. Roe v. Wade – I did something that nobody thought was possible, and Roe v. Wade was terminated, was put back to the states. Now, people, pro-lifers, have the right to negotiate for the first time. They had no rights at all, because the radical people on this are really the Democrats that say, after five months, six months, seven months, eight months, nine months, and even after birth you’re allowed to terminate the baby –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, Democrats aren’t saying that. I just have to, Democrats are not saying that. Does it bother you though that women say their lives are being put at risk? Do you feel you bear any responsibility, because as you say, you are responsible for having Roe v. Wade overturned.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
What’s going to happen, this is an issue that’s been going on for a long time. And it’s a very polarizing issue. Because of what’s been done, and because of the fact we brought it back to the states, we’re going to have people come together on this issue. They’re going to determine the time, because nobody wants to see five, six, seven, eight, nine months. Nobody wants to see abortions when you have a baby in the womb. I said, with Hillary Clinton when we had the debate, I made a statement, “Rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month, you’re allowed to do that, and you shouldn’t be allowed to do that.”
KRISTEN WELKER:
Again, no one is arguing for that –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Again, listen, look –
KRISTEN WELKER:
That’s not a part of anyone’s argument, Mr. President.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Look, the Democrats are able to kill the baby after birth.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me talk to you –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Nobody wants that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Democrats don’t want that either.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
So we’re going to come together –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But let’s – I want to – I want to know what you want. I want to know what you’re going to do if you’re –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
We are going to come together –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you sign federal legislation that would ban abortion at 15 weeks?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, no. Let me just tell you what I’d do. I’m going to come together with all groups, and we’re going to have something that’s acceptable. Right now, to my way of thinking, the Democrats are the radicals, because after four and five and six months. But you have to say this, after birth. You have New York State and other places that passed legislation where you’re allowed to kill the baby after birth.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, I want to give voters who are going to be weighing in on this election –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Yeah.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– a very clear sense of where you stand on –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I think they’ll – I think they’re all going to like me. I think both sides are going to like me.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But, let me, let me – but Mr. President –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
What’s going to have to happen is you’re going to have to –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, let me just ask this question, please–
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Kristen, you’re asking me a question. What’s going to happen is you’re going to come up with a number of weeks or months. You’re going to come up with a number that’s going to make people happy. Because 92% of the Democrats don’t want to see abortion after a certain period of time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
If a federal ban landed on your desk if you were reelected, would you sign it at 15 weeks –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Are you talking about a complete ban?
KRISTEN WELKER:
A ban at 15 weeks.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, people, people are starting to think of 15 weeks. That seems to be a number that people are talking about right now.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you sign that?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I would sit down with both sides and I’d negotiate something, and we’ll end up with peace on that issue for the first time in 52 years. I’m not going to say I would or I wouldn’t. I mean, DeSanctus is willing to sign a five-week and six-week ban.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you support that? You think that goes too far?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I think what he did is a terrible thing and a terrible mistake. But we’ll come up with a number, but at the same time, Democrats won’t be able to go out at six months, seven months, eight months and allow an abortion.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, when you talk about negotiating, I think a lot of people think to themselves, this is an issue that they care about deeply in their hearts –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I care about it too. Oh, I care about it too.
KRISTEN WELKER:
And they know where they stand, and they want to know where you stand. As you know, some anti-abortion groups are really looking for some clarity from you. So let me just ask you to put a fine point on this. Should the federal government impose any abortion restrictions, or should it be completely left up to the states?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, I don’t think you should have – I don’t think you should be allowed to have abortions well into a pregnancy.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But what about the question I just asked you –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
We’re going to agree – no – we’re going to agree to a number of weeks or months or however you want to define it. And both sides are going to come together and both sides – both sides, and this is a big statement, both sides will come together. And for the first time in 52 years, you’ll have an issue that we can put behind us.
KRISTEN WELKER:
At the federal level?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It could be state or it could be federal. I don’t frankly care.
KRISTEN WELKER:
So you’re not committed to a ban at the federal level.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I will say this. Everybody, including the great legal scholars, love the idea of Roe v. Wade terminated so it can be brought back to the states.
KRISTEN WELKER:
It sounds like that’s what you think too, that it should remain a state issue –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I, I would, I would say this: From a pure standpoint, from a legal standpoint, I think it’s probably better, but I can live with it either way. It’s much more important, the number of weeks is much more important. But something will happen with the number of weeks, the amount of time, after which you can’t do it. And you know what? The most – the most powerful people that are anti-abortion are okay with that now. And you know what? They weren’t okay with that even a year ago.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Your former vice president, Mike Pence, believes that a fetus should have constitutional rights. Do you believe that, Mr. president?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, Mike Pence said something about 15 weeks too, which was a big change for Mike Pence, because Mike Pence had no exceptions. I have exceptions, by the way. I think people should have exceptions. I think if it’s rape or incest or the life of the mother, I think you have to have exceptions. It’s very important.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Does a fetus have constitutional rights, Mr. president?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And a lot of people, when they don’t have exceptions – now, I will tell you that I think most people, most Republicans are willing. You go: life of the mother, rape, incest. I think most of them are there.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But should a fetus –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
That’s a big statement.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– have constitutional rights, Mr. president?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I don’t know, I don’t know what he’s saying, because before, he wanted, you know, you couldn’t have abortions at all –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But what are you saying? What do you think –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Now all of a sudden – excuse me – now all of a sudden he’s saying 15 weeks. I said, “Wow, where did that come from? That’s a radical change.” Look, something is going to happen that’s going to be good for everybody. And that’s what I’m – I’m almost like a mediator in this case. They wanted Roe v. Wade terminated because it was inappropriate. We got it done. Something is going to happen. It’s going to be a number of weeks. Something is going to happen where the both sides are going to be able to come together. And then we’ll be able to go onto other things, like, the economy, our military –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Are you saying a federal ban with exceptions, is that what you’re saying?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
What I say is very simple, because you can’t put words in my mouth like that –
KRISTEN WELKER:
I just want to understand.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– because you’ve been hearing me talk about this–
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– issue –
KRISTEN WELKER:
Yeah.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– and I think talk about it very productively. It could be a state ban, it could be a federal ban, but Democrats want that too. Democrats don’t want to see abortion in the seventh month, okay. I speak to a lot of Democrats. They want a number. There is a number, and there’s a number that’s going to be agreed to, and Republicans should go out and say the following. They – cause, I think the Republicans speak very inarticulately about this subject. I watch some of them without the exceptions, et cetera, et cetera. I said, “Other than certain parts of the country, you can’t – you’re not going to win on this issue. But you will win on this issue when you come up with the right number of weeks.” Because Democrats don’t want to be radical on the issue, most of them, some do. They don’t want to be radical on the issue. They don’t want to kill a baby in the seventh month or the ninth month or after birth. And they’re allowed to do that, and you can’t do that.
[END TAPE]
KRISTEN WELKER:
One important fact we do want to highlight: abortions later in pregnancy are exceedingly rare. When we come back, we turn to foreign policy. the war in Ukraine and whether Mr. Trump would consider sending the U.S. military into Taiwan if China were to invade.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Welcome back. The Republican party’s biggest fight may be on the issue of Ukraine where Republican candidates led by former President Trump are turning away from the party’s traditional national security roots and questioning the U.S.’s commitment to the war. I asked Mr. Trump about what he believes are the stakes in Ukraine for the United States.
[START TAPE]
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you think that our security, the United States’ security, is linked to Ukraine’s security?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I think that Europe has to do more. We’re in for $200 billion. They’re in for $25 billion. And it affects them more than it affects us. It certainly affects them much more than it affects us.
KRISTEN WELKER:
So you do think that it’s linked in some way?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I think Europe is taking advantage of a stupid president.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You’ve probably –
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Look. Look. Biden should say to them, “You have to equalize. You have to catch up.” You know, Europe is about the same size as our economy if you add them all up, add the countries up. It’s about the same size. And Biden should say to them, like I did with NATO – you know, NATO, they all owed money. I said, “Get your money in.” And we had over $430 billion put in almost immediately. And the head of NATO, Stoltenberg, secretary general, nice guy, he said to me, the most amazing thing I’ve ever done – and he said it publicly too.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me ask you about your strategy though. Because you have said you want to end this war in 24 hours.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Yeah.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You saw the meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Putin. Do you think that complicates your strategy, if you were re-elected, to try to end this war in 24 hours?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, look, it would have been easier if the war didn’t start. And you’d have hundreds of thousands of people living, most importantly. But it would have been a lot easier if it didn’t. But I can get it done and I can get it done quickly.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Some people hear you say you’re going to end the war in 24 hours and they worry that means President Putin is going to get to keep the territory he’s unlawfully claimed.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, no, no, no. I’d make a fair deal for everybody. Nope, I’d make it fair.
KRISTEN WELKER:
It doesn’t mean that? It wouldn’t be a win for Putin?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You know, that’s something that could have been negotiated. Because there were certain parts, Crimea and other parts of the country, that a lot of people expected could happen. You could have made a deal. So they could have made a deal where there’s lesser territory right now than Russia’s already taken, to be honest. And you could have made a deal where nobody was killed. They had a deal. They would have had a Ukraine country. Now nobody even knows if Ukraine is going to be totally taken over. I will say this: something’s going on, and it’s not good for Ukraine.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I want to ask you about something President Putin said about you this week. I don’t know if you’ve seen it. This was very recent. President Putin said, quote, “We surely hear that Mr. Trump says he will resolve all burning issues within several days, including the Ukrainian crisis. We cannot help but feel happy about it.” What do you make of that? Do you welcome this support?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I like that he said that. Because that means what I’m saying is right. I would get him into a room. I’d get Zelenskyy into a room. Then I’d bring them together. And I’d have a deal worked out. I would get a deal worked out. It would’ve been a lot easier before it started. Essentially, for four years, I kept them from doing anything. Because you know what? I will tell you this. I never said this. Ukraine was the apple of his eye. I said, “Don’t ever do it. Don’t ever do it.” He would have never done it. But again, oil prices. He wouldn’t have done it because of me. But oil prices. The prices were so high that he had so much money. So he had all this money to prosecute the war. The one who drove up the prices was Biden.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Given that President Putin has bombed maternity wards, 20,000 kids kidnapped from Ukraine by Russia. Mass graves.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s all terrible. It’s all terrible.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you welcome his support, his all but endorsement?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Look, I had a very good relationship with him. And yet nobody was tougher on Russia than me. I stopped Nord Stream 2. You never heard of Nord Stream 2. That was the pipeline until I got involved. I said, “Nord Stream 2.” People that were sophisticated, military people, and political people never heard of Nord Stream 2. I had it ended. The pipeline was dead. Biden came in and he approved it. There was nobody tougher than me with Russia. And yet I got along with Putin. Let me tell you, I got along with him really well. And that’s a good thing, not a bad thing. He’s got 1,700 nuclear missiles. And so do we. But, look, that’s a good thing. Getting along is okay. But I got along through strength. And the war would have never happened. The war would have never happened. Now what’s happened, it’s so bad, the oil price is so high, it’s hard to get it stopped. The oil price is so high. When he goes above $50 and $60 a barrel, he makes a lot of money on the war. Now, it’s a humanitarian thing. It’s a lot of different reasons. But I will get that war stopped very, very quickly.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I want to talk about another region that you’ve talked about.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s too bad we have to wait so long.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s talk about another region you talked about: China. If you were to cut a deal between President Putin and President Zelenskyy, do you run the risk of emboldening China to invade Taiwan?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No. Not at all. Because China, he’s another one I got along to, until we had the China virus come in. Once Covid came in, okay? It was like – And I made a great trade deal with China, one of the greatest deals ever made for the farmers and for the manufacturers, $50 billion a year. It was a great deal. I don’t even talk about it. Because once Covid came in, it was, like, I didn’t want to talk about anything. I was a much different person. What happened to this world, not our country, the whole world. What happened with Covid. And it just shouldn’t have happened. It shouldn’t have happened. What happened, what China did to the world was so bad. But I had a great relationship with —
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you send troops to Taiwan?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I had a great relationship with President Xi, a really great relationship. And he was going to stop fentanyl from coming in. He was going to do a lot – He was going to criminalize it if you made it. You know, in China, they have a death penalty for drug dealers. He was going to make that with fentanyl dealers too. But then the election didn’t work out and he never had to do that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I know you’ve been asked this, but very quickly, if China were to invade Taiwan, have you made a determination, again, since voters are about to go to the polls, would you send the U.S. military into Taiwan if President Xi were to invade? President Biden says he would.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I won’t say. I won’t say. Because if I said, I’m giving away – You know, only stupid people are going to give that – I heard the other day, DeSanctimonious said something about he was willing to do this or he was going to do that. I say, “Well, why is he saying the strategy?” You can’t say that. So when you ask me that question, I would never say that. Because you give away all your options.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But you don’t take it off the table?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I don’t take anything off the table, no.
[END TAPE]
I understand the concept of “Go Where The Sinners Are” and taking the fight to the enemy’s turf.
But, giving these people his time seems somewhat pointless.
Their strategy is to muzzle him as much as possible. It’s a smart strategy. But at the same time, they need ratings so they slip up every now and then like this.
There are a ton of people out there who still get their news from the networks.
You’re wrong.
No they are right, the left just listens to the idiots
Condemn the liars .. Cut the snakes head off before it grows ! Shame them all.
We need a March against the media.👍💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸
Let’s start there. No more lies or no more dinner
Yep. They did slip up.
😜
Exactly! I know people who donnt have cable and don’t keep up with politics on the internet. Those people who are not TDS suffrers s are who he reaches in these kinds of intervews. I try to put myself in ther positionwhen watching and even with all the edits and her lttle “fact finding” statements in between the edited segments, he comes off veey persuasve. I am also enjoying the liberal explodding heads on Twitter.
well…fox news is no longer a viable option so what’s that leave? the view?
There’s newsmax
Americas Voice, there is a lot out there if you hunt.
Founded by a major Clinton Crime Family donor.
OAN
RAV
CTH
you may not understand, due to PDJT’s need to be sneaky.
view it as him leading a Revolution that coincides with the Election Steal, and he is using the campaign as a disguise to organize, inform, and confront
think of this as Braveheart, walking to the middle of the field, looking them in the eye, and showing them he isnt scared and he is coming for them
Thumbs up!
I like your analogy!
I understand perfectly well that his time would be better spent elsewhere.
The kind of people who watch those shows aren’t persuadable. And, the ratings these shows get don’t make them worth it.
your time will come to get even and enjoy it
Au contraire.
He just exposes them for the sanctimonious, biased, scripted, deceitful, amateurishly and without talent buffoons with an obvious agenda for the whole world to observe.
Enlightening.
People already know all of that, hence these show’s poor ratings.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I could not agree with you more. People who want to hear PDJT speak will seek him out. Those who don’t, won’t.
I give him credit, in terms of giving this type of interview, relative to never backing down from any enemy but that’s it. The audiences for these shows salivate all over themselves, slapping knees and wiping their noses, every time Welker disrespectfully interrupts, insinuates a wrong of him and lies about a previous position of his.
PDJT’s time is far too precious than to be wallowing around in their cesspool.
It’s really no different an experience than when any of us try to have a discussion with a liberal on SM. Where does that lead? Every time? No where. Same result here.
Honestly, his words in these interviews are comprehended exactly as much as the forty or eighty or one hundred times or however many times he disavowed white supremacy groups.
Mr President, please understand, these people hate you (and us) and you will NEVER win them over. There is no working with them.
Exactly,
Minds ARE NOT changed with these kinds of interviews. The ratings these shows get don’t provide a justification either.
He has his reasons for doing these, but I would advise him to use his time better.
Minds are changing everyday.
Are you familiar with all of the support that came out online by black posters from checkered backgrounds after the Atlanta arrest?
I have feeling that Trump, like usual, has a method to ‘his madness’ with this interview, like he did with Fox several months ago.
But who knows, maybe you could offer your advice to the Trump campaign instead of trying to convince us.
So, either you’re with us (MAGA) and Trump, or you’re not.
It’s as simple as that!
“But who knows, maybe you could offer your advice to the Trump campaign instead of trying to convince us.”
Condescending much? Maybe YOU could offer your advice to the Trump campaign instead of convincing us. Get it? Condescending. His opinion is as valid as all here. You don’t own who belongs to the MAGA movement, so come down off your high and mighty imaginary horse.
Get it?
I don’t second guess what Trump does or does not do, so I have no advice to offer Trump.
Thank you, Lube!
To all those that say “PDJT SHOULD”, (or “shouldn’t”) the responce is simple.
Start with $5 million from your Dad, and build an empire of over 1000 businesses, then with -0- political experience run for the highest office in the land, running AGAINST the RNC, the DNC, the I.C., the MSM, etc. and WIN.
Then, have the most productive Term in office of any POTUS, EVER despite constant undermining by the aforementioned powerful forces.
I could go on, but the punchline is THEN you can weigh in on what you think “PDJT SHOULD (or SHOULDN’T) do, with some degree of credibility.
Until then, opinions are like assholes, everubody HAS one, and at some point everybody IS one, just best to not display it, for all to see.
😘😘😘😘
Nothin personal 😎
I do find these critics to be amusing. I want to see what they’ve accomplished.
A man who treated that seed money given to him by his father as a loan and not as a gift.
🙄
Correct. The way I look at it, his going on that NBC show simply helps them pay their bills while NBC and the people they are sided with want to see him penniless and in prison for life. Why feed the enemy?
The “enemy” was slaughtered.
“Mr. President”
—How many times did Kirsten Welker say that????
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat
She unknowingly
beat
into the psyche of many
that Donald Trump is President.
-Winner❣️❣️❣️
At this point, MSM has no alternative but hide the drooling, stumbling, mumbling occupier in chief. President Trump has made himself available to all media – willing to answer every single question they throw at him. His mere presence on these programs fill the void MSM helped create, advance and hide.
Whatever degree of dislike MSM viewers may feel for Trump, he’s the one showing up. He’s the only identifiable leader this nation has right now. It’s more than brilliant to do these interviews with hostile media – it’s Presidential…and he’s killin it! At some point, I believe this strategy leads some MSM viewers to notice what they cannot see – Biden. A few may even begin to have questions.
Right. I believe he peels off Biden voters or new voters everytime he does an interview like this.
Or, causes the committed neverTrumpers to just give up and stay home because deep down they know Trump was/is 100x the President that Biden is pretending to be.
It most be demoralizing for them to see President Trump kick-ass in an interview like this, knowing their guy is completely incable of articulating his energy, economic or foreign policy.
She did show him more respect than many interviewers have.
If Trump only spoke to the converted …
See how ridiculous that is?
Kind of like the Master said about not coming to heal those in good health but the afflicted; or spreading the word to all people.
It shows that Mr. President has the ability to go toe to toe with the opposition in a hostile environment and control the interview..
Dems and Rino’s don’t do interview like this, if they do they get slaughtered. People that don’t agree with President Trump see this and respect this, if they even a little bit fair-minded.
This election is about winning people on the left who can think logically. The rest are doomed to be lead by the media. There are still undecideds out there. Many are young people who didn’t vote in the last election . Serious undecided voters will seek out interviews like this to see how a candidate thinks on their feet and to see if they have consistent platforms.
Just imagine Biden doing a hostile interview like this. You can’t.
Sometimes it is good to wait for time to pass and then look back on a topic, Bamanicious.
Look at what the left is doing with this interview (link below) and, as PDJT would say, “a perfectly good answer”……..they have once again manufactured lies and resurrected the Putin’s Puppet narrative.
In hindsight, we were right (it won’t be the last time in this forum). Interviews with the left are pointless. PDJT should not even acknowledge them except for what they are; maggots.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/msm-gaslights-america-week-about-trump-accepting-compliment/
Happy to have made your acquaintance here.
A lot of people are hearing truth for the first time. Interesting next year.
I totally disagree.
How many people never actually hear President Trump speak?
He got
a
whole lotta information out.
The people who watch that show already don’t like him.
Largely true, but Donaldus Maximus is going for the jugular by speaking directly to the undecideds – 10-15%.
Even if they don’t like him. At some point people sit across the kitchen table and realize how much better off they were Before Biden.
What a vicious premeditated opponent we have. Lord please keep us in Your steadfast protection and empower our hearts to do Your Will. In Thy Will Be Done!
I listened to the full interview, watched both participants’ facial expressions and body language. I agree 100% with Whiteboard and Black Knight. There was a strong and serious purpose for President Trump to visit the enemy’s house and talk with one of their on-air “tools” who revealed herself to be a not-so-smart Fake News Narrative Parrot.
President Trump so easily exposed her (& thus NBC) for their indefensible stupidity and blatant dishonesty throughout the entire Inquisition (this was NOT an “interview” in any traditional sense of the word).
This was simply another page added to PDJT’s “Drain the Swamp” strategy. It’s now on the record, regardless of how viewers will infer his responses or interpret the implied attempted character assassination behind Ms. Welker’s verbal offensive preceding and included within almost every question she uttered.
Against the tireless onslaught of accusations and implied wrongdoing, IMHO, President Trump defended himself quite well, despite the legal constraints and practical political constraints under which he currently is operating.
We know NBC will edit this to exclude any part of the Inquisition that they believe detracts from their goal of implying negative actions and behavior of the 45th president in order to hopefully interfere with voters’ continued positive opinions of him. It’s simply more election interference.
The fact that PDJT simply talked over and around most of Welker’s obfuscations of facts and her insistence on repeating false narratives was a win for the president, IMO. He leaned forward and glared at her during many of his responses telling her she was wrong, and it implied that he knew that she knew her own questions and statements were asinine. His body language was expressive, confident and forceful, while she basically remained in one (obviously rehearsed) position the entire time….except for her eyes, which widened quite a lot as her tore her narratives apart. THAT was entertaining.
I give PDJT an ‘A’ for his masterful performance. She gets a C (average).
She was there to talk about Donald Trump.
Not to shine a light on the cockroaches in Washington.
She was there to try to coerce a statement from President Trump that would consume the news cycles for the next week, hurt his polls and give legal ammo to Jack Smith. She tried and failed.
Standard Operating Procedure for these snakes.
Most of all she wanted to put herself near the center of attention for a week. Liberals ARE NOT SELFLESS.
Good thing was that he saw it and even told her “why should I tell you that?”, “I’m not going to tell you that”. Everything they do is a set up for him in one way or another.
“You knew I was a snake”
Welker: “Tell me –
President Trump: ” Well, I’d like to, but you keep interrupting me.”
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
Mannerless cow.
(And yes, I did taste my words before I spit them out.😎)
exactly.
he is confronting the enemy. not begging her to be nice.
An effective counter to the DELIBERATE INCESSANT INTERRUPTING would be for him to sit back, fold his arms and stop talking.
Then when queried on his silence he should say,
“Are you finished? I will not sit here and answer questions if you continue to interrupt in the graceless fashion you have been doing. If you actually want an answer, I expect you to listen to my answers. If your intent is to disrupt, which I believe it is, the next time you do so, I will end this interview.
Now…your next question.”
Each and every interview with these provocateurs should be conducted the same way.
His interview, his ground rules. Deprive her and others of the very thing she’s after…just like you’d do with all toddlers who demand their own way.
I’d love to see it.
She was too afraid she’d look like Kaitlin Collins if she didn’t constantly interrupt. Instead, she looked like a jackass rather than a pushover.
That’s exactly what I do when I’m talking to anyone that interrupts. I just turn it off. When they ask me why I’m not talking I tell them they are being rude so there’s no point in my talking to them. It works every time.
This is why Tucker Carlson is such a good interviewer. He asks a question then allows his guest to answer. In his last on air interview on Fox with President Trump, shortly before he was fired, he only asked or spoke about 5 times.
It was a fabulous interview.
Or I could send my cat with him to cast a disapproving
glance her way…
…he learned this from me.
Betsy….even a cat know if someone talk BS… btw a nice and smart cat…..
Especially do cats know, sejmon. And thank you. I took one look at him and knew he was a cat after my own heart 😉
And yes!!!! You either want to hear your subject’s views or you want to make it about you. Tucker is confident in his own personae, and he uses it to his advantage….and therefore ours. Couldn’t agree more.
Me too! It is a huge pet peeve of mine for someone to ask me a question and then keep talking or interrupt before I’m finished.
Those folks that keep talking after asking a question get infuriated with me for not trying to talk over them with an answer.
When they finally inquire why I want answer their question, I simply state that when they shut up and stay shut up, I’ll reply. They get mad but embarrassed. And they shut up!
To the other types I just say, If you disagree with an interruption with what I’m saying, fine. Wait until I’m finished speaking. Otherwise, I’m done and I’ll walk off on them. Again, pisses them off but puts them in their place.
I don’t know if I’m taking the high ground or not, but I just don’t give a damn anymore and ain’t putting up with it from anybody anymore.
Fortunately, in my life I became WELL aquainted with “the low road” and so have no problem “going there” if I deem it neccesary.
Its the only reason I am still breathing.
So glad you are, my friend.
Some advice my British father in law gave to my husband when he was in his teens in post WWII Britain growing up in poor circumstances when communities looked after their own.
“Warn them once,” he said. That advice served him well.
Or…”I was always taught not to interrupt when another is speaking.”
As I taught my grands nearest to me starting at about two…
MANNERS MAKETH MAN
I got them just as they were starting to talk and they were all three apt pupils, quick learners. Now almost off into the world, the twin grandlads anyway at 18, their sister not far behind, they are three to be proud of for their exquisite manners and consideration of others. Couldn’t be more proud.
I was raised the same way.
Maybe that’s why it bothers me so bad when others do that to me.
I understand that completely. I would never do that to others…ever.
Excellent advise Betty.
What one tolerates one gets more of.
He could and should put an end to their shenanigans.
They don’t have any interest in anything he is saying. They simply want to get in his face. I’m actually surprised he puts up with it.
He didn’t have to do that, though.
He did admonish her about asking a question and not allowing him to answer; in his own way.
He allowed her to be as tough, hard and rude as she wanted to be
and got his points across very well.
She had to back off; in spite of her condescending,
“Mr. President”
blatant interruptions,
as President Trump stayed focused…
said what he wanted
-(including …you aren’t going to
“put words in my mouth”)
and he took charge
-many a time.
Phew! PDT rocked ❣️
Yes, he did, P. He handled it well. But it’s time he demanded the respect he deserves as a past (and, please God, future) President of these United States.
I could name many others she wouldn’t dare interrupt. And those are not even in the same league as President Trump.
Or as I have always believed..
Good manners cost nothing. That she has none speaks more to her breeding, or lack of it, than it does to anyone she interacts with. He’d do her an immense favour I believe by demanding the courtesy which she was incapable of giving.
Meet the DePress is controlled media disinformation/propaganda…Why is our Lion President even wasting time with these hyenas! SMH…
Summary of President Trump’s Meet The Press interview is this (only needs short summary):
Trump wins by doing the interview, appears kind to new host Kristen Welker, but only says what HE wanted to say (not what she wanted), and lets her look like a bully via interruptions.
It’s a big win for Trump. And the left will be mad now because Welker “gave him a platform,” etc.
It’s CNN 2, but even better.
Good job by Team Trump to schedule this.
I think he wants the exposure to the other side, many who are thinking twice about voting democrat again.
He should only do interviews with serious people.
Great point, Sharongn.
…Beat The Press!
“Meet the Mess.”
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What an insufferable bitch she is
Yes she is. No doubt she’ll go far.
She definitely has the right pedigree!
She’s another dime-a-dozen bi*ch cockroach. They’re a plague infesting every aspect of society.
TY, exactly what I was thinking the whole time.
Careful now; she may be of some protected class.
See her next Tuesday …
A malignant one, to boot.
…..bolshev*k goa*……
Egad, she is just more cringe. Nothing changes with the Stasimedia. He keeps on track and it’s admirable.
“Let’s Move On”, once she cannot take the lead. “We will delve into that a little later on.” So what is this constant harangue on retribution.
I think President Trump is brilliant for taking his valuable time to appear on NBC because he knows he comes off as a rational, caring, non-criminal public servant who only has the best interests of the country in mind. He comes off that way because HE IS that way, and plenty of the sheeple who watch the Lame Stream media will agree. Hearts and minds ahead of ’24.
well if this was a fair world.
i’m sure this whole interview will not be air’d on TV. and snippets will be selected for messaging against us.
he is confronting the enemy
since the coward Jarrett has to use puppets. its like he is talking to her through this fool
“I have all the time in the world”
-Brilliant
Questions with built-in assumptions (and incorrect assumptions at that) designed to inject & reinforce false narratives instead of actually letting the guy explain his position to the point where he has no other alternative other than to land zinger after zinger pointing out the ignorance of this annoying little brat.
Every single interview PDJT does with a member of the democrat media goes the same way.
They keep getting their ass kicked and they never learn . . . . but then again, being completely uneducable and stupid to begin with is pretty much a prerequisite for members of the democrat press these days.
they just need 1 soundbite to refule the derangement.
people that hate PDJT WILL NEVER like him
refuel
That’s because they are broken and can only be programmed what to respond to.
They could no longer think if they had to do it or die, they would die.
They do not even know any reason WHY they hate him with such a passion.
Remember, there are more livers than haters.
J6 was just a sample
President Trump is the only person that can walk willingly into a U shaped ambush time after time and not only survive but win. Theres only two ways: immediately counter ambush and over run the enemy or call indirect fire down on your position. Either way is suicidal but he pulls it off time after time.
Yep 👍
It is embarrassing the way they lie and fact-check him and splice and dice the tapes, that is why I loathe when he goes on these programs with these evil fake news liars. Kudos to our President for handling it with his usual flare and even getting Molly’s book out there so people can read on their own how the 2020 election was rigged. I am also glad they changed the messaging from stolen to rigged because no matter how you look at it, it was rigged, stolen too but rigged is so much better messaging.
Thanks for the transcript!
She’s just so condescending and arrogant.
Wow – Thank You so very much for that last comment “The transcript of the segment that was edited and broadcast today is below the full video; there is a big difference.” – has to be one of the biggest understatements of the year!
I know they edit their shows but goodness, this is so outrageously prejudicial against PDJT and her chiding, dismissive attitude are disgusting.
Hadn’t realized how different their aired broadcasts are vs the actual comments until now. My how far has the press fallen.
its your enemy, not your press.
that inform us of nothing. They purposefully injure our perceptions of reality to abuse us
Kari Lake, being familiar from her years in journalism, flipped the script on them, by having her OWN film crew, film the entire interview.
When they broadcast their edited to make her look bad version, she promptly posted both versions, side by side.
Ever notice how when they have people representing “our” point of view, from an outside the studio location, they ALWAYS have trouble with their earpiece?
Thats cause the technician gives it a wipe, with silicone spray, so it won’t stay in.
Its THEIR territory, and they do not play fair.
Welker got her ass handed to her. Good for Trump not accepting her false premises,
It’s disgraceful how these reporters ask a setup question and when they don’t get the answer they want to hear, they interrupt and ask over and over and over. That isn’t an honest interview. That is BS. I get it to ask a couple times, but they completely ignore any answer that doesn’t fit their agenda. Maddening!
my favorite is – let’s move the on. you know they have lost the argument at that point and can’t stand that Trump keeps talking.
Do they forget Trump had his own TV show.
It’s an interrogation in search of a sound bite suitable for catapulting. It also subliminally turns people off because when they can’t win the argument they make it painful to listen to contrary information.
Old what’s his name has been replaced by a blackish what’s it her. Big whoopee.
Thank you, Sundance.
You’re a helluva patriot to subject yourself to these cretins so I don’t have to.
And, President Trump? Well, he’s a much better man than me.
Both Trump and Sundance deserve hazard-duty pay
She’s awful, she helped rig the second debate.
He noted that debate.
And he even got Pelosi
AND Maxine Waters in there!!! 😂😂😂😎
Used to watch this woman when she was making her way up the ranks on the local Philadelphia NBC station. She must be very proud of herself.
WoW!
Does anyone believe a thing this *bleep* says?
What a tedious, diatribe of crap!
“There is no proof that the election was stolen”…really??
Where have you been?
“There’s no proof that the election was stolen.”
A perfect rejoinder would be:
I guess YOU didn’t SEE the proof, it’s all there, I saw it and so did MANY others, but the Democrats and RINOs CENSOR real news, so maybe YOU didn’t see the proof?
Americans can’t seem to get REAL information from the illegitimate Biden regime. Ever. All they get after the coup is propaganda! That’s why the Supreme Court must weigh in now to defend freedom of the PRESS from government media CENSORS.
I hadn’t heard that take on Pelosi and the Trump admin offer of 10k troops on Jan 6th. Kristen is an idiot to fall for Pelosi lies, especially since it is an easy thing to find out how it officially works. For goodness sake Kristen, Trump can’t just order the National Guard wherever he wants!!!!
She is a very well paid whore of the Deep State.
She is a willing complicit coconspirator of a coup against these United States, it’s citizens, and it’s Constitution. Lat alone the world.
There is only one charge, arrest, trial, and hanging awaiting them all if the USA is to survive.
I had to bail on the video after about 5 minutes.
What a disgusting marxist waste of oxygen. “No evidence. It has been debunked. It has been looked into.”
Yeah, right – we shouldn’t believe our lying ears and eyes.
They do every dirty tactic to him and us, and when he says anything close to returnign the favor they act like he is the devil
this fraud fake news enemy of the people reporter, cant see Biden is sending his AG after PDJT and us? Bullshit she knows, she is hit man for the people destroying our future.
We know PDJT is using the election to lead a Revolution. These reporters need to pay for their abuse of us.
Imagine if the whores posing as journalists asked these type of questions to ALL our so called leaders?!
This c word spent most WH briefings looking severely constipated as Peter Doocy would ask any questions.
She should cut out the middlemen and just collect her check from the CIA, like many others, like David Ignatious and Devlin Barrett, do.
Trump answered more questions in this interview than Biden has since stealing the office
She’s either a skunk or skank
.
Gateway Pundit has video of postal workers along with other gutter dwellers depositing multiple ballots in October of 2020 along with video of the primary ballot box being stuffed in Bridgeport Conn. this incriminating footage shows the steal in Detroit. Adding that crime to the video of Atlantas illegally stuffing the ballot box there’s more than enough evidence to warrant a full investigation. I’m waiting for President Trump to run this election video at his rallies. These interviews are designed to make Trump look bad. Use the evidence to prove election fraud. Repeatedly and on as many occasions as possible. Never ever again give an interview to the slime of the press.
the stolen election just means what it means to piss you off.
at this point election are just vehicles to get the fight started. no ballots count when you have coup and a puppet government.
you dont fix a coup with ballots. you dont declare war before you are close to your enemy. you use the election as a disguise and vehicle to the Standoff.
Many commentators are against PDJT doing these interviews.
IMO: By doing these interviews he is reaching a lot of people that had no idea of his views or his accomplishments. I am sure many viewers will be pleasantly surprised.
I believe PDJT did a great job and he certainly came across as being in command and very much a Commander In Chief.
Much as I always love to hear what President Trump has to say – even all his repetitions of promises and policies – what he achieved; I did not want to watch the interview. Could NOT get past the 7th question (I think) in the transcript provided by Sundance. Thank you Sundance for your work – appreciate that very much.
Putting off reading more of the transcript.
President Trump ventures into the putrid Demons lair, grabs her by the slimy tail and makes her shit marshmallow’s to keep up with him.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👻
“Lets’ trap Trump on abortion” even though America has moved on.
The federal government has no power regarding abortion. It is in the hands of the states. Waffle there, lose ground.
He Cant say I’m leading a Revolution using the election as a disguise.
This interview is not to win over democrats.
This is to show you he is fair and honest and they try and destroy him. the goal is to madden you and show you there is no other path besides the Disguise.
He showed you AG Barr and Durham (you should have learned no AG and no Special Prosecutor will solve anything or help you)
He showed you the January 6 event to show support for YOU CONGRESS to LEGALLY review the fraud (You should have learned the Legal path via your Congress is not a viable option; and that protesting in DC is pointless)
It all ends with 1 thing. A STANDOFF in every possible county all at once, non-stop until you lose or they lose.
the fact that this comment is uncomfortable, shows us how close we are to saying we will get them in 2028.
Not me.
2024 is it, and overall I would say I am in agreement with you.
2024 IS for all the marbles, one way or another.
And either way, I’m ready.
I don’t understand what you mean by “standoff”.
Note how this apparatchik creates a false narrative of her own imagination by asking if PDJT if he “directed” McCarthy to bring impeachment charges against Biden … “as retribution” for his own impeachment. What a tool. What a fool.
Typical … it’s not a question … it’s a political statement.
right but who cares.’ the brainwashed arent going to hate us anymore than they already do.
they need a soundbite to keep the brainswashed Dems in the metaphorical FIRING LANE between them and us.
they use people to make the Standoff NOT PEACEFUL.
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1703419985215836414?s
best line: “you’re off to a bad start”
If she’s all that State Media has left they should be worried..
Biden is doing the Obama pallets of Cash to Iran (swap prisoner) because Jarrett is still the shot caller.
It’s just Obama and Jarrett funding their Ayatollah again.
It’s not ransom when you enjoy it.
what a gig.
usurp the American Presidency and then redirect their money to your country.
Indeed …
pert near soiled muhself from laughing
Where are they breeding these hideous snakes like this woman?
People aren’t normally born this evil.
the LEFT doenst see the evil parts. they see the soundbite.
PDJT has the transcripts and full videos – to show you voting is a vehicle to start a STANDOFF and is not the solution.
Yes, people are born this evil. They just don’t go on TV and aren’t visible until they are a statistic.
I do not understand why this interview went sideways suggesting President Trump would be negotiating terms of unborn murder!!! SCOTUS HAS RULED!
THIS IS A STATE MATTER…PERIOD. END OF STORY.
President of the United States has no authority and no duty and no power to negotiate the terms of unborn murder.
it would be best if President Trump would realize THE TRAPS set by his interviewee and be more agile and not walk into the wilderness with this asshats.
Other than that, I believe this interview went quite well.
noting: there is a REASON why tapper was replaced by a WOMAN. The media is depending on eliciting some mysogynistic and man splaining ….they want to frame President Trump as a dude with woman issues. He could tear tapper apart at the seams and attack him live and insult him. And no one cares. Now put a woman in front of him holding the set up questions and its clear the media wants to frame him as a man with issues.
IT WILL NOT WORK.
God Bless America
Exactly.
This was not Tapper’s show. It was Todd’s.
Tapper, Todd its easy to confuse the skumbags, but the point regitigers making is unchanged.
honest (but careless) mistake.
careless, in the sense that I could care less who these asshats are…so many, the question becomes who isn’t the asshat?
✅
KW implied DJT didn’t say anything at the beginning of the 1/6 protest. He certainly did say go ‘peacefully and patriotically’ to the Capitol. This was his comment before anything started. KW is lying again.
the lies are needed to keep useful idiot democrat voters aggressive and attacking all protest you do. to create a buffer zone from the coup crew and the American People.
we went from 2016: our grandmothers getting punched in the face, our kids knocked and kicked, our vehicle damaged.
to 2020: a blatant in your face steal of an election: jailing people for life basically, including people THAT WERENT EVEN in DC
to 2024: creating a Standoff from years of exposing there is NO OTHER WAY. we vote to make the steal obvious to help give courage to those that WISH THIS WOULD ALL JUST GO AWAY (but it wont)
How many times did she bring up, well it has lost 60 times in court.
Is it her (Kirsten Welker) job to act
as Joe Biden’s defense spokesperson?
-Meet The Left
Perfect messaging.
Meet the Left
She’s her master’s hired help.
Well, this interview does delineate battle line, where good meets evil. President Trump and his supporters will defeat the Marxist Totalitarians, and that is the end of that story. I never heard of Welker before reading this script. I hope I never hear of her again. God Bless America!
Im not sure why he talks to anyone on the left, it always turns upside down.
because he is talking you. not the Left.
Are you mad yet.
or, are you willing to say “we will get them in 2028”
the record: governors of states request national guard activation (usually for disaster relief/recovery but in narrow cases for backup to law enforcement.). The governor of the state of virgina never made the request. Further: DC capitol police work directly for the speaker of the house. DC Capitol police requested several times BEFORE jan6 for additional forces….there are about 6,000 uniformed capitol police capable and trained to law enforcement…only 1300 were assigned to the capitol on jan6. no one seems to want address THAT problem. Nancy pelosi and the house manager (I forget the official title), refused to release inner communications with the jan6 committee. Nancy pelosi never requested additional capitol police and nor did she recommend the capitol police make urgent to the governor of virginia to get national troops activated.
none of these powers can come exclusively from the President of the United States. A state of emergency must be declared and made official by the governor. This never happened. There is no record of the DC capitol police and the governor even considering such action.
there was ONE MURDER that happened on January 6th. Ashley Babbitt. And unarmed veteran who was shot in cold blood while attempting to crawl through a broken window. There was no warning shot. There was no grave threats of harm from the capitol police from this woman. She was not given any warning. The shot fired was aimed in the lethal window. The DOJ dismissed any charges against this capitol police. Everyone knows the capitol police officer committed murder. The same “officer” who was three time reprimanded for serious safety regulations in the recent past, including one incident where he left his loaded (in the chamber) service handgun in a public restroom in the capitol! And further back , on two occasions for drug and alcohol treatment. This is WHO the capitol police put on duty on that day. Someone was going to get shot and murdered…they put their “best” man on point to make sure it happened.
lastly…we are still no closer solving the mysterious two bombs alleged by the capitol police and FBI. hmm…isn’t that strange. Two bombs placed and detected just moments before the regular session to certify the election and the FBI remains clueless about who might have made and placed the bombs and how it would be that both bombs were found at just the right moment in time, just as members were objecting to the certification and asking for votes to debate the volume of reporter irregularities and fraud cases in many states! Also noting: no one seems interested in getting Ray Epps to testify and put under oath for him unique role involvement in jan 6. Why is that?
stage 4 – transfer of power….more people are becoming aware and more people are withdrawing consent AND pushing back and making NEW POWER THROUGH CHAMPIONS>
MAGA!
President Trump 2024
God Bless America
the dispair feeling like we are becoming masters at detailing how they are screwing us.
what is it all for, if its not to inspire anger and action
Looked at from a different view, entirely.
Suppose the situation were reversed, PDJT HAD won reelection, the Left had over 1 MILLION protesters surrounding the Capital building, where the electors votes were being counted.
There were only 1/5 of the Capital police on duty, NO NG troops, and the protesters KNEW it was their last chance to stop PDJT from being reelected.
Point being, we missed a golden opportunity, to use up a lot of pine tar and feathers!
After five minutes I gave up. This is unwatchable.
“The transcript of the segment that was edited and broadcast today is below the full video; there is a big difference.”
Lies, lies and more damn lies.
Lies by omission are still lies. Lies by distortion and/or editing are still lies.
Our media is shameless & corrupt.
Sundance, you truly are the best!!
Bless you.
Absolutely. I think that was the point of posting both. NOT for our convenience of being able to read the interview instead of watch the whole video. When you listen to a video segment , then compare the transcript: they are totally different!!! The network puts out an edited lying BS version of transcipt and people read it and have no idea what P. Trump actually said in real life. It’s more fake news and manipulation!!
LibDiddlers are so mad at NBC today for giving Trump a voice.
Boycott NBC, Boycott NBC!
lol
If you listen to the whole interview she got a butt handed to her
which is why only snippets will be shown on their cable shows.
My takeaway. I respect and love President Donald J Trump, the Patriot who loves his country and wants to Make America Liveable and Great Again. He’s pragmatic, personable and powerful.
The interviewer, is insignificant.
Trump 24
MAGA
President Trump is
THE
factual-slayer!!!!
He sliced and diced
that leftist 🤥 mouth piece .
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
-EVERY
every question
every topic
every interruption
God , I looooove
Donald J Trump
-the man
– the President
✝️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I can’t watch nor read these interviews. They make my blood pressure go too high. Kristen Welker is just like Leslie Stahl. Everything President Trump says will be refuted with ‘there is no evidence of that.’ Welker is nothing more than a Pelosi boot licker.
She’s just like Leslie Stahl in more ways than one!
She’s awful
I thought he had her on the ropes through most of the interview. She seemed almost frantic to get a word in edgewise.
He got his message out to others who may not know some of the truths he presented… She definitely did not what him to expound on some of them…
Should he be doin these interviews? They don’t like him and don’t want him to return to the throne that he won in 2020
He is going to the places where converts could potentially be. Not the places where there is an echo chamber. He is showing that he is interested in all the country, not just the part that follows him.
None of these people /msm should be allowed in public with out insult.
Tar and feathers same with others s in senate and Congress if not true they poison the minds of your kids your family and do it for a check knowingly.
Some buildings need condemn.
And the apartments below them!
Mules