By The Opinion
US President Donald Trumpabruptly and visibly interrupted an interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ host Kristen Welkerafter she repeatedly demanded proof of her constant claims of electoral fraud.
The interview, recorded on a farm in Wisconsin, came to an end when Welker questioned Trump about a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund tied to the Justice Department.
When asked if people convicted of attacking police officers during the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 should receive taxpayer money through said fund, Trump avoided giving a blunt answer, stating that “many of these people were destroyed by corrupt police officers” and “should be compensated.”
The verbal confrontation escalated when Welker reminded him that there was no evidence of such accusations.
Given this, Trump reiterated that the 2020 presidential elections – in which he lost against Democrat Joe Biden – were “rigged” and assured, without providing evidence, that “fraud” is currently taking place in the vote count for the California primaries.
Trump suspends interview when questioned about evidence of his claims of election fraud in California? and does not show any evidence, except unsupported conjectures.
pic.twitter.com/RmP9ni3qVs—Jesús García? (@JesusGar) June 7, 2026
“There is tremendous evidence, there is nothing but evidence. The elections were rigged,” the former president insisted in response to the journalist’s replies, adding about the situation in California that “you just need to look.”
Given Welker’s insistence on obtaining verifiable data, Trump began to directly disqualify the interviewer and the media.
“They are corrupt, just like you are corrupt. Your press is corrupt and ‘Meet the Press’ is corrupt.”pointed out the president.
Finally, after accusing the network of being a “biased and corrupt channel,” Trump decided to end the meeting unilaterally: “We’re going to leave it here because I’ve had enough.”
Immediately afterwards, the president took off the microphone and abandoned the explain, despite Welker’s claims.
Nevertheless, The presenter said that once the cameras were turned off, the network reached an agreement with the president to do another interview “in the future.”.
The interview, which aired today but was recorded on Friday, was interrupted several times due to heavy rain interfering with the audio and other technical problems. EFE
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