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United States President Donald Trump angrily walked out of an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Friday after the host pressed him over his unfounded claims of election fraud, the footage of which aired on Sunday.
“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,” Trump told host Kristen Welker before standing up and leaving.
The interview, filmed on a farm in Wisconsin where Trump was addressing farmers, featured a tractor and hay bales as a backdrop.
The conversation faced several interruptions due to weather and audio issues as torrential rain pounded the roof.
“Is that wind or what?” Trump asked at one point, according to a transcript.
“Hear that sound?” he said later. “That sound of thunder, lightning, rain.”
Welker asked her technical crew if they should stop.
“No. People will understand – we’re on a farm,” the president replied.
Several questions followed about Iran and nuclear weapons, after which Trump accused Welker of being “a big liberal, a big progressive.”
“No, I’m just a journalist,” she countered.
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The tone escalated further when the discussion turned to Trump’s proposed taxpayer-funded program to compensate people he believes were victims of partisan prosecution under his predecessor, Joe Biden.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen with the weaponisation fund,” Trump said.
“I love the idea because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden … they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.”
“There is no evidence for what you’re saying,” Welker said.
Trump reaffirmed previous allegations that the 2020 election was “rigged” and claimed that the California primary held last week was likewise rigged.
Welker refused to back down and demanded that the president provide proof.
“You are either crooked or you’re stupid,” Trump finally shot back before leaving the camera’s view while Welker attempted to keep him engaged.
Welker told viewers on Sunday that she had discussed the weather disruptions with Trump on Saturday and that he had agreed to do another interview.
