President Donald Trump Storms Out of 'Meet the Press' Interview Over Election Claims
United States President Donald Trump walked out of an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, with the episode airing on Sunday, June 7.
But the actual interview took place on Friday, June 5, with the pair sitting down at a farm in Wisconsin to talk about a series of topics. Among them was a conversation surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in which Trump has continuously claimed was "rigged."
He also made similar claims regarding the current primary elections in California. Welker challenged this, asking Trump if he had specific evidence regarding the California election, but he said: "All I have to do is look, and I listen." She then responded, "That's not evidence."
And from there, tensions grew. Welker also pressed the President on his $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund that will protect the individuals who claim they were improperly targeted by the government, which could include some involved in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capital.
"I don't know what's going to happen with the weaponization fund," Trump stated. "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."
"Just to be very clear, there's no evidence of what you're saying," Welker replied.
And with that, Trump took direct aim at Welker and the news program, saying that "you're crooked, your press is crooked. And ‘Meet the Press' is crooked."
Ultimately, he stormed off the set.
"Let's call it quits, because I've had enough," Trump said. "Thank you, darling. Have a good time."
Here is the full transcript of the interview.
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This story was originally published June 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM.