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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-07T14:50:42.139Z
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

Diamond_Dog
(41,316 posts)Mr.Bee
(1,937 posts)King Donnie the H8
niyad
(134,663 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,316 posts)How about despicable misogynist ?
niyad
(134,663 posts)SheltieLover
(82,145 posts)Grim Chieftain
(2,182 posts)SheltieLover
(82,145 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,677 posts)He is insane!
OGBuzz
(768 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,677 posts)that a straight jacket would be the only answer.
underpants
(197,514 posts)Hes not used to anyone showing anything less than praise and fealty.
He walks just after the 2:00 mark.
gab13by13
(32,934 posts)Blast him for not being able to answer your question.
highplainsdem
(63,428 posts)and Trump's losses in court because of the lack of evidence. Calmly make his tantrum look much worse.
ProfessorGAC
(77,477 posts)...she could have said "I'm neither crooked nor stupid, and if that's all you've got, it's best the interview is over anyway."
chicoescuela
(3,285 posts)He had an amazing shade of orange however and looked even more ridiculous than usual.
8647
underpants
(197,514 posts)
EndlessMaze
(105 posts)wnylib
(26,664 posts)He must do his own makeup. No makeup artist would do such a messed up, ugly job.
JBTaurus83
(1,730 posts)To fuck up the next election.
Hey Joe
(861 posts)Would love to see, just once, one of these highly
paid stenographers clap back on his immature insults.
His obvious lies about election fraud are so without merit that they REQUIRE more pushback from what is left of our press.
What a child our president is.
PatSeg
(53,789 posts)But he uses his old tiresome tactic of talking loudly over her and drowning out her words.
That said, I wonder what his doctors think of his nose. I remember when my brother's nose looked like that and it was skin cancer.
FakeNoose
(42,727 posts)Chump's big problem (well, one of his many problems) is that he can't listen to anyone for any length of time. He can't formulate an answer on-the-fly, and he makes things worse when he goofs or says something that wasn't planned. Kristen Welker isn't going to tip off the President what questions she plans to ask, so there's no advance planning on this one.
He thinks he can BS his way through any interview by making it up as he goes along. And most of the time he gets away with it because no reporter calls him on his lies and inventions. Kristen is having none of that, so "Good for her!"
We've all seen the interviews where Barack Obama could make quick adjustments and change course when someone objects or questions him. He was always ready to backtrack and take it in another direction when necessary. But Chump can't do any of that. He can't handle it, so he just gets up and walks out.
It's called "The Shart of the Deal."
PatSeg
(53,789 posts)he called her "darling". Guess he holds her in a slightly higher category, though whenever he uses the word "darling" it makes me cringe.
He has been pulling this crap since way before he went into politics. His idea of an "interview" is he talks and everyone else just listens.
"The Shart of the Deal."
bedazzled
(1,893 posts)Unworthy of respect because she's a woman.
To him, you are either an object of lust or a worthless pig.
PatSeg
(53,789 posts)Whenever men have called me "darling" it was condescending and dismissive.
ShazzieB
(22,993 posts)He thinks white women are second class citizens. I think black women are even lower than that in his estimation. He seems to hold them in utter contempt.
whathehell
(30,562 posts)other endearment is just sexist condescension.
PatSeg
(53,789 posts)Yet he used to say repeatedly that he "cherishes" women. It seemed to me that he didn't know what the word meant. Such an ugly monster.
Disaffected
(6,637 posts)crazy bastard.
underpants
(197,514 posts)kimbutgar
(27,649 posts)So disrespectful and insane. He lost 2020 and most likely 2024. He know about rigged elections because his minions did the rigging.
Talk about projection! 🤬
Ritabert
(2,716 posts)City Lights
(26,108 posts)He is the most repulsive person on the planet. If he can't have everything his way, he has a tantrum. I remain baffled as to how anyone can believe in him or admire him. He is a toxic dump of a human.
superpatriotman
(6,885 posts)The fascist is in the nude.
struggle4progress
(126,912 posts)paleotn
(22,931 posts)BeneteauBum
(887 posts)He is a hateful, deceitful old fool.
Peace ☮️
ShepKat
(560 posts)just can't wait for a journalist to say and do that first to his face and storm out
OGBuzz
(768 posts)instantly become appreciated and loved around the world. They will write their own ticket.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,241 posts)There's no useful information to be mined there, and the only bright spot would be if one of the interviewers finally had enough and broke his mouth.
riversedge
(81,865 posts)guess she has to keep her job and be as deceptive as Trump. Sorry to see this as I thought she was doing grand during the interview and doing her best to stand up to the bully IMHO
Cheezoholic
(4,015 posts)Klarkashton
(5,457 posts)Of course there is zero evidence of any of it.
He is a lunatic.
Ray Bruns
(6,853 posts)
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,085 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(183,085 posts)Trump is sometimes confronted with a word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction: evidence. Trouble soon follows.
Of course Triggered Trump abandoned his MTP interview: Kristen Welker used the one word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-08T12:08:36.770Z
âEvidence.â
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-meet-the-press-interview-election-claims
Nearly three months later, the president sat down with NBC News Kristen Welker for his latest Meet the Press interview, and when the host dared to use the e word, he couldnt simply shift his focus to a different reporter, so he instead abruptly ended the interview. MS NOW reported:
Youre either crooked or youre stupid, Trump told Welker, who kept a cool demeanor despite the presidents barrage of disparaging slurs.
Moments before he attacked her, Trump without providing any evidence said he believes elections in the U.S. are rigged. Then he lambasted television news networks, singling out NBC, CBS and ABC.
Theyre crooked just like youre crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked, Trump said.
In context, there was no great mystery as to what triggered the president and generated his interview-ending meltdown: After Trump wrapped up a conspiratorial rant about Jan. 6 rioters, Welker emphasized for viewers, Just to be very clear, theres no evidence of what youre saying. He was clearly not pleased......
And so, he unraveled, ultimately walking away from questions he simply wasnt prepared to answer, raised by a journalist who dared to ask him to back up his baseless claims.
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-07T14:50:42.139Z
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
It was a timely reminder of a few unavoidable observations. First, Trump tends not to do lengthy interviews with independent news organizations, which leaves him unprepared when they ask the kind of questions conservative outlets avoid.
Second, and relatedly, its no secret that the president has surrounded himself with sycophants and yes-men at the White House. He grew visibly enraged with Welker, not just because she professionally pushed back against obvious falsehoods, but also because she exposed Trump to reality in ways that obviously made him uncomfortable.
And third, amid public discussion about his mental fitness, the presidents furious reaction suggested hes also struggling to regulate his emotional outbursts.
As for the near future, the unpleasant exchange on NBC News should hopefully lead to additional questions in which Trump is again pressed for the 2020 evidence he claims exists, but which hes refused to show.
hatrack
(65,274 posts)LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!
And did you learn anything new when you obeyed the command to LOOK AT ME!!!!
Yeah, I didn't think so either.
hibbing
(10,623 posts)sheshe2
(98,758 posts)I was really waiting for him to blow a gasket there. The man is not healthy.

There he goes. Boom!

choie
(7,072 posts)from Kristen Welker and NBC in 1...2...
murielm99
(33,117 posts)Silence would be better. We shall see.
AverageOldGuy
(4,274 posts)Trump is not talking to us. Hes talking to Fox, OANN, Joe Rogan, UGC fight fans, the guys who drive loud jacked-up pickups. . .
Charmin One
(390 posts)I texted a MAGAT and he said he loved what Trump did. The MAGAT also called me a libtard.
Martin68
(28,141 posts)orangecrush
(31,541 posts)That's when she should have told HIM the interview was over
Farmer-Rick
(12,815 posts)In the side shot you can see where he stopped applying his very dark orange makeup. Why does he need makeup? Does he feel ugly when he isn't orange or isn't all dolled up in makeup? Maybe he should try some eyeliner, mascara rouge. Then it wouldn't be so stark. It's as if a clown applied his makeup.
I suspect he looks gray under that orange. That's the color people get when they can not get rid of fluids pooling in their body. It's a light gray tinge to a very pale skin tone.
Dulcinea
(10,383 posts)One day we'll find out what's really wrong. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17069-heart-failure-understanding-heart-failure
RockCreek
(1,548 posts)Although "man" should not really be used to describe that piece of orange excrement.
Ritabert
(2,716 posts)malaise
(298,684 posts)Let that sink in
niyad
(134,663 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(17,860 posts)Six117
(365 posts)he is both crooked and stupid.
Good for Ms.Welker.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(138,105 posts)GiqueCee
(4,925 posts)... is so broken and brain-dead that he is incapable of giving a straight answer to ANY question, and when Ms Welker pressed him, as any responsible journalist should, he threw an infantile tantrum, insulted her, and stomped out.
Any denizens of the dark shadowlands of KKKonservatism that still admire this repulsive, boorish pig deserve what fate befalls them as a result of his mindless malice and grotesque incompetence. The rest of us do not.
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,085 posts)malaise
(298,684 posts)That is all
tikka
(853 posts)Miles Archer
(24,818 posts)The other thing we will NEVER KNOW is how many Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are sporting masks and ICE uniforms.
I refuse to believe that their ranks are fully devoid of their presence.
IcyPeas
(25,937 posts)kentuck
(115,801 posts)If they are "fake news" and dirty, why does he go on their shows??
Because he doesn't usually care what the questions are, he gives the answers he wants to give. He sees it as an opportunity to keep lying to the American people and not have to answer for it.
Kudos to Welker for pressing him just a little today. That is more pushback than he is accustomed to. He could not handle it.
He said Comey was a "dirty cop". How would he know? He wasn't around long enough for him to find out and he certainly wasn't around during the Biden years? He fired him very early in his first term.
He was in charge when January 6th happened? It was his AG and Attorney General that chose to press charges against the cop beaters of January 6th. Biden was not yet in office. They only continued his efforts to prosecute the offenders of January 6th.
His timeline doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
Miles Archer
(24,818 posts)There's an important scene in the first "Expendables" movie (Stallone / Statham / Willis).
Eric Roberts, as drug lord James Munroe, tells David Zayas as General Garza that he's got to shoot 3 of his men who betrayed him as "an example to the others."
Trump's crowed like a rooster about the money he's made from his lawsuits.
And, he reads off a laundry list to Welker of the networks who are "crooked" (basically everyone but Fox and Newsmax).
So it's more Phony Soprano mob boss-speak for "What I did to them, I can do to you."
Also more of his rapist mindset in action.
kentuck
(115,801 posts)And he wants to get his propaganda out to as large an audience as possible.
But he doesn't want to be challenged in any way.
He leaves little doubt about what he can do to them. Maybe they will pay him huge gobs of money?
sop
(19,625 posts)senseandsensibility
(25,800 posts)I submit that this is the problem right there. The appropriate response when he insults and demeans you is not to "plead" for him to finish the interview. Wow. Just when I thought my opinion of "access" journalists could not sink lower.
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Cha
(321,162 posts)He has Nothing but lies, so he lashes out Projecting his Crooked Stupidity.
And yes, I know Journalists should stand up to that quivering mass of evil shite.
TY!
MerryBlooms
(12,455 posts)On how to not run rip off charity organizations. 😂
sakabatou
(46,448 posts)D_Master81
(2,709 posts)This is what happens and will continue to happen anytime an interviewer challenges him and doesnt just accept his BS responses. Interviewing the POTUS has officially become pointless.
Raine
(31,245 posts)total trash, his whole family.
MustLoveBeagles
(17,860 posts)If there ever was one.
Liberal In Texas
(16,481 posts)His face is red as a beet.
Kudos to her for trying to get him to answer the question in a legitimate manner.
Still, she could have pushed harder
"I won an election in a landslide..." Should have been answered by " that wasn't a landslide..."
and her "I had to travel to Wisconsin..." Pahleez! Who cares. Really.
Miles Archer
(24,818 posts)...who think they can appeal to his "better self," which is tragic, because he doesn't have a better self.
Hugin
(38,049 posts)About 44 seconds in he says MTP and the rest of the networks.
Torchlight
(7,116 posts)I can see why the rw wants to make it about her... otherwise, they'd have to talk his behavior and the content of his words, and that's far too inconvenient to his stooges.
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,085 posts)Trump is sometimes confronted with a word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction: evidence. Trouble soon follows.
Of course Triggered Trump abandoned his MTP interview: Kristen Welker used the one word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-08T12:08:36.770Z
âEvidence.â
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-meet-the-press-interview-election-claims
Nearly three months later, the president sat down with NBC News Kristen Welker for his latest Meet the Press interview, and when the host dared to use the e word, he couldnt simply shift his focus to a different reporter, so he instead abruptly ended the interview. MS NOW reported:
Youre either crooked or youre stupid, Trump told Welker, who kept a cool demeanor despite the presidents barrage of disparaging slurs.
Moments before he attacked her, Trump without providing any evidence said he believes elections in the U.S. are rigged. Then he lambasted television news networks, singling out NBC, CBS and ABC.
Theyre crooked just like youre crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked, Trump said.
In context, there was no great mystery as to what triggered the president and generated his interview-ending meltdown: After Trump wrapped up a conspiratorial rant about Jan. 6 rioters, Welker emphasized for viewers, Just to be very clear, theres no evidence of what youre saying. He was clearly not pleased......
And so, he unraveled, ultimately walking away from questions he simply wasnt prepared to answer, raised by a journalist who dared to ask him to back up his baseless claims.
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-07T14:50:42.139Z
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
It was a timely reminder of a few unavoidable observations. First, Trump tends not to do lengthy interviews with independent news organizations, which leaves him unprepared when they ask the kind of questions conservative outlets avoid.
Second, and relatedly, its no secret that the president has surrounded himself with sycophants and yes-men at the White House. He grew visibly enraged with Welker, not just because she professionally pushed back against obvious falsehoods, but also because she exposed Trump to reality in ways that obviously made him uncomfortable.
And third, amid public discussion about his mental fitness, the presidents furious reaction suggested hes also struggling to regulate his emotional outbursts.
As for the near future, the unpleasant exchange on NBC News should hopefully lead to additional questions in which Trump is again pressed for the 2020 evidence he claims exists, but which hes refused to show.
Bailey1122
(1 post)kentuck
(115,801 posts)She did not let his lies go unchallenged.
She told him, "There is no evidence for that".
When he vehemently claimed that the CA election was "rigged", she told him that was the way CA counted their votes.
Someone needs to tell him he needs to keep his nose out of our elections. He has no authority.
He could not handle being questioned on his lies. Because they are the foundation for his conspiracy theories and his next attack on our democracy.
The truth must be defended.
