President Trump abruptly ended and walked out of a combative interview with NBC’s Kirsten Welker, who will now receive the praise and adulation that Margaret Brennan so emphatically wanted. Kirsten Welker is now the leading Democrat Presidential Candidate for 2028.
During an NBC interview, Welker continually interrupted President Trump and challenged his assertion of government weaponization against J6 protest attendees and voter fraud. President Trump was making the case that the current California vote counting of mail-in ballots, still taking place 5-days after election day, was representative of voter fraud within the U.S. election system.
Welker demanded President Trump provide the evidence. President Trump emphasized the evidence is in the process that is taking place in front of your eyes. Welker again demanded President Trump provide the evidence. Eventually Trump gave up in frustration. The Video and Transcript is Below:
I will post the full interview and transcript in a separate post.
[TRANSCRIPT] – KRISTEN WELKER: This $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund that’s going to compensate people who say the federal government weaponized the legal system against them. It’s been blocked by the courts, met with opposition from Republicans .
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: And Democrats.
KRISTEN WELKER: – in Congress, and Democrats.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: Most, excuse me, mostly Democrats.
KRISTEN WELKER: Mostly Democrats and some Republicans.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: Some. Very few Republicans.
KRISTEN WELKER: 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?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: So let — let me explain what the fund is. People have been hurt so badly by radical left lunatics that worked for the Biden administration and Sleepy Joe. They’re vicious. They’re violent, what they did to people. And of course they went after me more than anybody else. They raided Mar-a-Lago and all the other things. But people have been badly hurt. They’ve committed suicide. They’ve lost their jobs. They’re lost their families. They’ve lost their wives. They’ve lost everything. They’ve lost everything over a fake weaponization of government. Now, let me just tell you –
KRISTEN WELKER:
So are you looking for a way to revive it?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, look. If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve. People have been destroyed. Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it. People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You don’t –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
So me, personally, I think the weaponization fund is a great idea, and so do many other Republicans. You have to get it approved. If they get it approved, that’s great. If they don’t get it approved, I’d be disappointed.
KRISTEN WELKER:
All right. We’re going to motor through this.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
But you have to understand, people have — have been destroyed by crooked politicians, and they should be reimbursed for that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you think anyone who attacked police officers on January 6th should get taxpayer money?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I wouldn’t be inclined to say so, but I have to see it. I can tell you this: 97% of those people, you look at them, the FBI or whoever it was, cause you had a lot of crooked cops, you had dirty cops. Comey was a dirty cop.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Well, there is no evidence to –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
A guy like Bolton was a dirty cop –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But there is no evidence that– but there’s no evidence that people who –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Oh, you think Comey was a straight cop?
KRISTEN WELKER:
We had 170 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Comey was a dirty cop.
KRISTEN WELKER:
No, no, but the people who assaulted police officers.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They had FBI — listen to me. They had FBI agents ushering them into the building. They had FBI “Go into the building.” Those people are walking around, they’re looking, “Oh, isn’t this nice?” They weren’t in– they were being ushered into the building.
KRISTEN WELKER:
There’s no evidence of that, sir. There’s no evidence of that.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You had a bunch of dirty cops, and frankly, what they did was weaponization of our government.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But sir, there– there’s no evidence of that. More than a thousand people pleaded guilty to crimes –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, well, yeah, no, there’s none. You know what they do?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Try looking at the tapes one time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you take it off the table?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Look at the tapes one time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay, but 172 people did plead guilty to assaulting police officers.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You know why they pled guilty?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Should they be exempt –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Because they told they were going to jail for 15 years –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– from receiving funds?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– if they didn’t.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Should they –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They pled guilty because they were frightened. They went down. They were ushered into a building. Many of them were arrested without even going into the building.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You’d be okay with them receiving taxpayer dollars?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
The people were destroyed by dirty cops and by weaponization. Many of those people should be compensated. Now, with that being said, the, as I understand it, the weaponization fund was going to set up a group of people, people that could be picked by anybody, fair people, smart people, and they will go on an individual case basis.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Now, I don’t know what’s going to happen with the weaponization fund. I love the idea, because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden, he’s not smart enough to know what’s going on, but people that surrounded him, surrounded his beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, what they did to the lives of people, they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.
KRISTEN WELKER:
All right, this is, just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying, but let me ask about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
There’s a lot of evidence.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me ask about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Listen — listen to me — listen to me.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s talk about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Well, it’s not been presented in a court of a law.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
The election was rigged. It was a dirty election.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And it’s happening again right now in California.
KRISTEN WELKER:
— you’ve never presented evidence –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s happening right now in California
KRISTEN WELKER:
– that the 2020 election was rigged.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Right now, it’s look at what’s happening in California.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Where’s the evidence to that?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s four days –
KRISTEN WELKER:
The Republicans are doing well in California.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
In California, it’s, no they’re not. They’re dropping fast because it’s a rigged election. Let me tell you, it’s four days and they aren’t even close to coming up with the –
KRISTEN WELKER:
That’s how they count the votes in California.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Do you know why they’re doing that? Because they’re cheating on the election.
KRISTEN WELKER:
There’s — What? Do you have evidence to support that?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s– all I have to do is look. All I have to do is look.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But that’s not evidence.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And I listen. And I listen to people. And let’s see what happens.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But sir, that’s not evidence, and that’s how they count the votes in California–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Do you think it’s appropriate that they have an election and five days later, they’re nowhere close to picking a winner?
KRISTEN WELKER:
State and local officials acknowledge they are slow. They’re urging–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, they’re crooked.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– they’re urging the votes to be counted quickly. That’s how they vote in California.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They’re crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked.
KRISTEN WELKER:
To be fair, I’m not crooked. But let’s continue.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Really? Well, you play right into their hands then.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s continue.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You’re either crooked or you’re stupid.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s continue.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You play right into their hands with this stuff. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they’re rigged. Do you know that I won an election in a landslide and I got 94% bad press.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You know why I got that?
KRISTEN WELKER:
– you’ve never presented –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Because you have no credibility.
KRISTEN WELKER:
-evidence. But you’ve never presented evidence it was rigged. Let’s keep talking about, I want to talk about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You have more evidence, there’s more evidence than ever presented.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s talk about–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Your elections in this country –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– you went to court.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
We’re like a third world country.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But sir –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Your elections are crooked and you’re crooked, and Meet the Press is crooked.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And so is ABC and CBS and CNN.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You’re a one-sided crooked network. Sorry. Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, let’s — please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’ve sat in the rain with you–
KRISTEN WELKER:
I traveled all — I know. I traveled all the way–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I sat in the rain with you for an hour.
KRISTEN WELKER:
–to Wisconsin.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
On and off in the rain, and I’ve given you enough time. You ought to straighten out your press, because you know what?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
A country can never be great with a dishonest press.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– we traveled all — listen. We traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview.
Sundance needs to prep the President for the re-do. Even if it means reading from a list of prepared remarks. Smack down!
MEET THE DEPRESSED TODAY
Is modern journalism actually journalism? Welker today came to her interview with POTUS armed with one allegation after another, including going back years, to create nothing but a confrontation and an effort to score points. There are so many truly important issues going on today, that matter hugely, and rather than pursue them in a respectful and curious way, intended to glean newsworthy information, she just spewed the usual Democrat Party talking points and the collective views of decidedly liberal and politically/ideologically hostile press. I remember well Tim Russert, who was a tough but respectful and honestly curious journalist, and how he conducted Meet the Press. He had been a staffer to moderate Senate Democrats in the past, but he did his best to shoot straight. I never missed the show. Today, I rarely watch it. There has been a complete shift in the news business toward so-called advocacy journalism, which advocates for the left and the Democrats, and it is obvious. In fact, in journalism schools it is taught and preached. And its main target is Donald Trump, as they claim to be protecting our country from him when, in truth, they are leftists who are trying to damage him and promote their agendas.
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“We had 170 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers.“
Those who tell portions of the truth in order to deceive are craftsmen of destruction.
She left out the part where if thy didn’t plead guilty, then they would have their lives ruined by a government willing to stop at nothing and use every resource to destroy them.
There are those who know, and those who are too cowardly to see the truth.
There’s an entire Democrat Party salivating to do it all over again.
That woman does not care one wit about the innocent J6 victims. She is disgusting and I despise her. Trump was wasting his time thinking he could reach her, telling her the truth about what happened.
She is a self-centered, self-absorbed, delusional idiot. Rude, vacuous, beach girl, basically. “You have no evidence!!” B.S.
Well said. I would only add that her type, both male and female, are anti-human at their core. I mean that truly. It is the central tenet of their philosophy and worldview and it does those of us who are pro-human to never, ever forget it for one moment.
Welker is not a reporter. She is a soldier for the Left, with an ambition to be idolized as tough, and never giving up turf. This is what I hate about the press. Her commitment is to the end message she wants to make. I hope that it comes back to bite her on her big, crooked butt! And the staging arranged by NBC for the event is a laugh, as they are not representative of the common man, nor the worker. Just big government in the hands of a communist elite!
But she said she isn’t crooked. And NBC did a fake check that discounted Trump and supported her. And instead of blaming journalists for not investigating fraud in elections, she pointed out that courts never judged that Trump was telling the truth about cheating. So there we have it. And that is her definition of a journalist.
Will California let the DOJ observe the counting?
How about arresting all lying News readers who are following orders and include those directing them and let them sit in prison for no reason for several years ?
J6 people walked peacefully into “Our” capitol and were set up by ALL government agencies…… ALL of them
And let us never forget MIKE PENCE the TRAITOR.
Imagine that your “interview” with POTUS is just a nasty argument where you constantly talk over him.
She, and her network, are dumpster fires.
Why does the FCC turn a blind eye to the liars at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and MSNOW?
Where are the shareholder lawsuits against the executives of these lying companies?
How appropriate… he crushed their microphone as he left. Nothing like a “fair” interview and so typical of the media today. It’s why I quit watching, listening and reading their “news” years ago.
Nothing, but NOTHING, the media hates and fears worse than Dead Air. I knew a guy in college whose family owned a small radio station and he said the had to give Detailed explanations to the FCC of ANY dead air event.
Worse than having him rebuke her is to have him walk out and leave them with dead air on the schedule.
Tee hee hee!
People will plead guilty to a crime for lots of reasons although innocent. Torture. Overwhelming charges and penalties. Crooked DAs and Judges instead of taking a chance of spending the rest of their life in prison with a 96% DC jury. I also still contend most of the people fighting with the cops were defending themselves because they were attacked first. I also believe there is overwhelming evidence of this, which is why all the J6 tapes have never been released.
Plus the numerous FBI agitators and paid agitators. The whole thing was a set up. The Nancy Pelosi special – the wrap up smear.
I’ve watched hours of the evidence Welker wants the retards of her audience to believe doesn’t exist. Desperate gaslighting from the loosing side.
On that day I was watching several live streamers, independent types, and you could watch the whole thing unfold in shocking real time. It was on that day that I UNregistered as a Republican. The Republican party is complicit in what occurred and I will never forget it. And I hope Mike Pence cannot get work, even as a hamburger flipper, unless he comes to true repentance. He let a nation down that day.
One might even suggest her purpose was to reinforce the official DS narrative about Jan 6th and election fraud, which in itself is revealing. Something’s coming down the pike and its approach is seemingly causing unease in the ranks of the guilty, if this overly combative interview is anything to go by.
I see the DemocRats and the left are having a field day with this one.
Why do these interviews? Why give her or Margaret Brennan the time of day? That goes for anyone in the administration and or the Republican Party. Avoid them. This is so irritating when the president goes on these type of interviews I won’t even watch them.
Not sure losing your cool and walking off was the best course of action. Trust me, I get it. I wouldn’t last two seconds with that women. He (and his staff–you Susie!) know what these folks are like yet you continue to give them your time Mr. President. Please make this last time you deal with any of these legacy media types.
If NBC wants to restore any kind of credibility with that show, they will not just get rid of the insufferably opinionated Welker but they will bring back the panel that the show once had to interview their guests. The panel was usually press people of all stripes taking turns asking questions of the guests. It was far more fair than having just a single biased “moderator” asking all the questions, or in Welker’s case presenting diatribes against guests she doesn’t like. In fact, much of the purpose of a “moderator” was to keep the show going and on track by moderating the interaction between the guests and the panel. After all, the show is called “Meet the Press“, not “Meet Welker”.