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The last 6:48 of Trump's Meet the Press fit (You Tube) (Original Post) underpants Yesterday OP
OMG - taking asshole to a whole new level. Vinca Yesterday #1
So Joe Biden had the January 6th people attack the Capitol? Botany Yesterday #2
It's legend and lore in RW circles. A cottage industry underpants Yesterday #5
Fun Fact MAGA is much much smaller than it pretends to be. Botany Yesterday #15
Yep. You can't avoid it on Twitter underpants Yesterday #22
Wait, what? Who was the president on 1/6/21? Ocelot II Yesterday #9
Yes, Joe Biden had the FBI infiltrate the peaceful J-6th people to make Trump look bad. Botany Yesterday #16
We're supposed to ignore Trump's speech Mr. Mustard 2023 Yesterday #47
The orange person who told Joe Biden's secret army to march on the Capitol tinrobot Yesterday #50
It's impressive underpants Yesterday #63
I haven't seen it yet MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #58
Uh, if Biden had the Jan 6 people attack the Capitol, why does Trump want to compensate them from the slush fund? surfered Yesterday #3
Pedo is lying. His piggy lips are moving. n/t Justice matters. Yesterday #49
It's either LilElf70 Yesterday #4
😡 😂😂😂 underpants Yesterday #7
Good point LilElf70 Yesterday #11
Welker should have punched him in the face superpatriotman Yesterday #6
Now, now ... no need for violence 😎 FakeNoose Yesterday #26
He is psychiatrically decompensating at a rate PCIntern Yesterday #8
Maybe the 4th could really be an Independence Day. Botany Yesterday #55
and I'm so sooooorry.......I TOTALLY DESPISE THIS ORANGE OF SHIT!!!!!! a kennedy Yesterday #10
😂 underpants Yesterday #12
I've never seen such a spoiled entitled pig Coolgoober Yesterday #13
And I bet Katcat Yesterday #37
She should have told him flat out in terms that he would understand: Put Up or Shut Up. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #14
She did malaise Yesterday #17
I'll have to say, she was holding his feet to the fire. More than any other media figure. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #19
THIS malaise Yesterday #21
He usually is able to talk over everyone else... kentuck Yesterday #42
60 Judges threw his cases out because of "no evidence provided" Justice matters. Yesterday #54
Wimpiest man to ever wear the skirt of president Johonny Yesterday #18
That was truly horrifying. Klarkashton Yesterday #20
As long as the gop Katcat Yesterday #39
He is abusive to female journalists. NameAlreadyTaken Yesterday #23
I can't think of any man who has asked him those questions. yardwork Yesterday #36
Correct, not a single man has ever dared. The women will have to save us. OGBuzz Yesterday #46
trump lost it LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #24
I stand with Kristen Welker and all of the journalists Trump has attacked over the years. LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #25
He also said "Crooked Politicians are ruining people" KS Toronado Yesterday #35
And closes by steadying himself by grabbing her shoulder BeyondGeography Yesterday #27
Trump sent those people to the Capitol. Puppyjive Yesterday #28
She should have TOLD HIM TO LEAVE orangecrush Yesterday #29
Good for her for taking him all the way down! Trueblue Texan Yesterday #30
The patience these reporters have to have to interview the scum lord... Trueblue Texan Yesterday #31
How can anyone with an ounce of integrity think that this clown is a great leader??? eom Exp Yesterday #32
He said they would do it, they did it and it was recorded and broadcast on national TV. twodogsbarking Yesterday #33
trump didn't just walk out of the interview with Kristen Welker, he THREW the microphone on the floor and STEPPED ON IT LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #34
Thank you for posting this. yardwork Yesterday #40
He's a big fat bully Bayard Yesterday #38
It's how every asshole Trump "explainer" acts too. See how fast the OGBuzz Yesterday #51
I love Welker! She's not afraid to counter his lies immediately! nt Ilsa Yesterday #41
Ha! H2O Man Yesterday #43
What he does best....denigrating the messenger BeneteauBum Yesterday #44
"There's more evidence than ever presented" Rob H. Yesterday #45
Bookmarking to watch this later Maru Kitteh Yesterday #48
Surprised OM could stand up. Sneederbunk Yesterday #52
I tried to watch it and got halfway through the first answer. I'm going to find the transcript. marble falls Yesterday #53
Oh, If only the Republicans in Congress had a fraction of the courage that Welker displayed there Janbdwl72 Yesterday #57
Some of them are reading the tea leaves and trying to put some distance on the guy whose ass they used to kiss. marble falls Yesterday #61
The Thing's Complete Meltdown was Billsdaughter Yesterday #56
I made an effort and watched it! It almost made me vomit, he's so awful (and ugly). SharonAnn Yesterday #59
At 6;17 he seems to be having a very hard time getting up! Ars Longa Yesterday #60
When in the hell are we going to get back to LilElf70 Yesterday #62
MaddowBlog-On election claims, Trump triggered by 'evidence' callout on 'Meet the Press' interview LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #64

underpants

(197,514 posts)
5. It's legend and lore in RW circles. A cottage industry
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:28 AM
Yesterday

to bilk rubes out of money in many ways.

It’s standard content filler when MAGA influencers need clicks. Jan. 6th, 2020 election, COVID, etc.
I see it almost daily.

Botany

(78,035 posts)
15. Fun Fact MAGA is much much smaller than it pretends to be.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:52 AM
Yesterday

Its support is 500 miles wide and 1/10 of inch deep. Almost all the MAGA web traffic on
X (twitter) such as MAGA for America is from S. America, or Asia, or Russian cut outs in
Eastern Europe, or other foreign countries. Yes 30% of Americans are racist, sexist, anti
intellectual, Christo Fascist shit birds but it is all kabuki.

underpants

(197,514 posts)
22. Yep. You can't avoid it on Twitter
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 12:28 PM
Yesterday

I block them dislike even stay on Following and they still show up.

I see the best they can do with this is declare victory “dropped the mic” etc. which he actually did.


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Botany

(78,035 posts)
16. Yes, Joe Biden had the FBI infiltrate the peaceful J-6th people to make Trump look bad.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:57 AM
Yesterday

But it all goes back to the harm of transgender genitalia mutilations. Trump is out to lunch.
I had to stop watching it PDQ.

Mr. Mustard 2023

(367 posts)
47. We're supposed to ignore Trump's speech
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:54 PM
Yesterday

on Jan 6th telling people he'd be there to storm the capitol. He literally gave a speech calling for his goons to do it.

tinrobot

(12,120 posts)
50. The orange person who told Joe Biden's secret army to march on the Capitol
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:00 PM
Yesterday

You know, at the "Stop the Steal" rally he held about an hour before it happened.

Why Joe Biden's secret army was attending that rally is beyond me.

underpants

(197,514 posts)
63. It's impressive
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 04:58 PM
Yesterday

To have your own secrets Army outfitted in full MAGA regalia two weeks BEFORE you become President.

I’ve read some of the stories of how they (cottage industry for clicks) have contorted history, time, and reason - trust me, it’s beyond them too.

MustLoveBeagles

(17,860 posts)
58. I haven't seen it yet
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:13 PM
Yesterday

Please tell me there was push back on this. I'm in a public setting so don't want to subject others to his tantrums.

surfered

(14,697 posts)
3. Uh, if Biden had the Jan 6 people attack the Capitol, why does Trump want to compensate them from the slush fund?
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:21 AM
Yesterday

LilElf70

(1,674 posts)
4. It's either
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:22 AM
Yesterday

his way, or the highway. No matter how wrong he might be.

And he's wrong about many many things he says. Never any legitimate proof. I'm still waiting for proof of a stolen election in 2020. But of course, its still rigged, right? Using this logic of stolen elections, he then how the hell did he win, in 16 and 24? Must have been rigged, eh? I am so sick of the righteous bullshit.

Everyone needs to stay focused on November and ignore the daily dog and pony show.

FakeNoose

(42,727 posts)
26. Now, now ... no need for violence 😎
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 12:56 PM
Yesterday

She could have squirted her ink pen in his face and it would have achieved the same result.

PCIntern

(28,714 posts)
8. He is psychiatrically decompensating at a rate
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:34 AM
Yesterday

which may be exceeding his physical decline. It’s a race to the finish.

Botany

(78,035 posts)
55. Maybe the 4th could really be an Independence Day.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:05 PM
Yesterday

I did scroll through to the end and Trump stood up and walked away like an old mother fucker.

a kennedy

(36,571 posts)
10. and I'm so sooooorry.......I TOTALLY DESPISE THIS ORANGE OF SHIT!!!!!!
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:36 AM
Yesterday

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,364 posts)
14. She should have told him flat out in terms that he would understand: Put Up or Shut Up.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:50 AM
Yesterday

Spewing bullshit about election fraud is not putting up evidence. Mr. Tells-it-like-it-is never puts up evidence of election fraud, either in or out of court. Put up or shut up, you lying orange piece of shit.

kentuck

(115,801 posts)
42. He usually is able to talk over everyone else...
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:47 PM
Yesterday

...and when he is not able, as today, he gets angry and starts yelling and calling people names. That's all it takes folks! Just call him on his bullshit. It's gone on way too long.

Justice matters.

(10,158 posts)
54. 60 Judges threw his cases out because of "no evidence provided"
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:04 PM
Yesterday

So they are ALL "radical left lunatics" automatically inside his extremely damaged sick mind.

Johonny

(26,749 posts)
18. Wimpiest man to ever wear the skirt of president
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 12:09 PM
Yesterday

Guy folds like a deck chair if you push him just a little bit. It's hilarious that people think he's a "strong" leader. Guy can't make it through Meet The Press. We’re fucked against Iran.

NameAlreadyTaken

(2,338 posts)
23. He is abusive to female journalists.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 12:29 PM
Yesterday

He wouldn't be so nasty if a man had been asking him the same exact questions.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,085 posts)
24. trump lost it
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 12:31 PM
Yesterday

The Weaponization fund is NOT dead and the courts and Congress must block this asshole

KS Toronado

(23,994 posts)
35. He also said "Crooked Politicians are ruining people"
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:28 PM
Yesterday

Wish Kristen would have called him crooked to his face! And when he called her crooked "TAKES ONE TO
KNOW ONE! Yea I know that's grade school talk but he talks on a 5 grade level.

BeyondGeography

(41,215 posts)
27. And closes by steadying himself by grabbing her shoulder
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 12:58 PM
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Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:48 PM - Edit history (1)

to keep his fat ass from falling on the ground.

smdh

Puppyjive

(1,011 posts)
28. Trump sent those people to the Capitol.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:01 PM
Yesterday

He fucked up and he knows it. He sent them on a criminal mission that was on display for the world to see. They got caught, they plead guilty. We owe them NOTHING. What a lying sack of shit who is horrible to women.

Trueblue Texan

(4,676 posts)
30. Good for her for taking him all the way down!
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:03 PM
Yesterday

You know he hates her now. She'll never get that interview he promised.

Trueblue Texan

(4,676 posts)
31. The patience these reporters have to have to interview the scum lord...
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:06 PM
Yesterday

...reminds me of when I had to work with dementia patients. Some could be extremely hostile and uncooperative. Some threatened violence and I had more than one tell me to leave their homes. He is barely holding it together. Welker did an amazing job.

Exp

(1,048 posts)
32. How can anyone with an ounce of integrity think that this clown is a great leader??? eom
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:06 PM
Yesterday

twodogsbarking

(19,565 posts)
33. He said they would do it, they did it and it was recorded and broadcast on national TV.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:14 PM
Yesterday

Now he is crying because he fucked up as usual. Same old.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,085 posts)
34. trump didn't just walk out of the interview with Kristen Welker, he THREW the microphone on the floor and STEPPED ON IT
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:27 PM
Yesterday

trump is a baby whose feelings were hurt


yardwork

(69,806 posts)
40. Thank you for posting this.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:40 PM
Yesterday

I didn't watch the final seconds so I missed this.

This kind of violence is a marker for domestic violence. It tends to support the accusations of violent rape.

Bayard

(30,499 posts)
38. He's a big fat bully
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:39 PM
Yesterday

Its how he has always acted in debates too. The other person can't get in a word edge wise. In the words of Pres. Biden--Just shut up man.....

OGBuzz

(768 posts)
51. It's how every asshole Trump "explainer" acts too. See how fast the
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:02 PM
Yesterday

lickspittles talk on Newsnight with Abby Phillip, talking at warp speed and nobody else gets in a word edgewise. I watch it for pure entertainment value, better than WWF or UFC

BeneteauBum

(887 posts)
44. What he does best....denigrating the messenger
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:49 PM
Yesterday

No opinion except his is valid…..people like that have a serious problem with reality.

Peace ☮️

Rob H.

(5,972 posts)
45. "There's more evidence than ever presented"
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:51 PM
Yesterday

Cool. Then explain how so many post-election lawsuits went on to be either dropped before they went to court or were dismissed outright.

marble falls

(72,917 posts)
53. I tried to watch it and got halfway through the first answer. I'm going to find the transcript.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:04 PM
Yesterday

Janbdwl72

(293 posts)
57. Oh, If only the Republicans in Congress had a fraction of the courage that Welker displayed there
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:11 PM
Yesterday

Things we hope would be a bit better.

marble falls

(72,917 posts)
61. Some of them are reading the tea leaves and trying to put some distance on the guy whose ass they used to kiss.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

Billsdaughter

(193 posts)
56. The Thing's Complete Meltdown was
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:08 PM
Yesterday

DELICIOUS!! His utter stupidy, incompetence was on full display. And Kristen Welker was magnificent! Composed, Calm but professionally tenacious.

Ars Longa

(619 posts)
60. At 6;17 he seems to be having a very hard time getting up!
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:18 PM
Yesterday

Grampy’s gettin’ old!::
Maybe get him a lift chair next time…
patriot:

LilElf70

(1,674 posts)
62. When in the hell are we going to get back to
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:13 PM
Yesterday

friggin Epsetin?

Distraction, distraction, distraction.

I swear, it's a MAGAT creed.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,085 posts)
64. MaddowBlog-On election claims, Trump triggered by 'evidence' callout on 'Meet the Press' interview
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:54 PM
2 hrs ago

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:

“Evidence.”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-08T12:08:36.770Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-meet-the-press-interview-election-claims

In the years following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump would routinely boast that he’d soon present evidence in support of his absurd electoral conspiracy theories. That never happened, of course, because there was no evidence to share: The Republican lost fair and square.....

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 couldn’t simply shift his focus to a different reporter, so he instead abruptly ended the interview. MS NOW reported:

“You’re either crooked or you’re stupid,” Trump told Welker, who kept a cool demeanor despite the president’s 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.

“They’re crooked just like you’re 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, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying.” He was clearly not pleased......

And so, he unraveled, ultimately walking away from questions he simply wasn’t 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

"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

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-07T14:50:42.139Z


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, it’s 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 president’s furious reaction suggested he’s 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 he’s refused to show.
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