Donald Trump Walked Out Of NBC’s Meet The Press After Kristen Welker Challenged Election Claims

President Donald Trump walked out of an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” after host Kristen Welker challenged his false claims about elections and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“President Trump walked out of an interview with NBC News in Wisconsin after he was challenged on his claims of election fraud and struggled to provide evidence for those claims”

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The Washington Post reported that Trump said, “Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough,” after a tense exchange lasting about four minutes, then stood up and walked off the set in a barn in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

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The Hill said comedian Jon Stewart described the NBC interview as “Trump’s ‘worst nightmare’,” adding that Trump removed his microphone, stood up and walked off after Welker challenged his false claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him.

CBS News said Welker pressed Trump for evidence on his claims of election fraud in the 2020 election and claims that election fraud is currently happening in California, which allows for last-minute mail-in ballots.

CNN reported that Trump told Welker, “First of all, I didn’t guarantee no war,” during questioning about what had changed from the campaign promise she described as “no new wars.”

Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump’s walkout as a “hissy fit,” saying in a clip that “This interview, first of all, it was interrupted several times by rain,” and that the talk ended in “a full-blown Trumper tantrum.”

The Independent described Kimmel’s diaper image of Trump and quoted Kimmel asking, “Can you imagine any other president in the history of any other place doing that?”

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The Hill said Jon Stewart told “The Daily Show” that the interview began with a “reasonable question, ridiculous answer” about the war in Iran, but then turned into a moment Stewart described as “a man trapped in a barn with his worst nightmare.”

Stewart also said Welker “lit the fuse on the bulls— bomb,” and later added that Trump’s “fail-safe failed to save.”

In the NBC interview, CNN reported Trump responded to Welker’s “no new wars” framing by saying, “So when you say I promised – I didn’t promise anything.”

The Washington Post reported that Trump appeared agitated when Welker asked about the $1.8 billion fund he has sought to pay people claiming they were victims of politicized prosecutions, and it said the Justice Department agreed to set up the fund but officials backed off amid court challenges and pushback from Republican senators.

“Trump has been getting angry at journalists again, this time clashing with NBC Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker after she challenged him over his comments about various primaries being rigged”

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CBS News said Trump defended the idea of using money from the “anti-weaponization fund” to pay Jan. 6 rioters, while Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration is “not moving forward” with the fund.

The Washington Post said Welker pressed Trump on whether the 172 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 attack would be eligible for money, and Trump declined to rule it out.

CNN reported that Trump told Welker, “First of all, I didn’t guarantee no war,” as part of questioning about the Iran war Trump started this year.

The Hill said Stewart mocked Trump’s repeated claims about the 2020 election by describing the moment as “the fail-safe –– in case of journalism, break glass,” and then adding that Trump’s “fail-safe failed to save.”