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  1. europesays.com/people/244917/ Bill Gates Says He Will Not ‘Socialize’ in a Friendly Manner with AI: ‘I’m Not Like, Hey, Do You Like Me?’ #ArtificialIntelligence #BillGates #Hey #KristenWelker #NBC’sMeetThePress

  2. Column: Donald Trump’s war on NBC, ABC and freedom of the press

    Kristen Welker and her husband own a home in Washington, D.C., but the NBC correspondent also occupies spacious…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #Abc #ap #BrendanCarr #DonaldTrump #FCC #FederalCommunicationsCommission #firstamendment #KristenWelker #nbc #nytimes #trump #wsj
    europesays.com/3228793/

  3. The #FCC has limited power over issues like this, & its own website states the agency “cannot prevent the broadcast of any particular point of view,” so the notion of “punishment” for #KristenWelker, the moderator of #NBC’s “Meet the Press,” would historically [& legally] be a nonstarter.

    But #BrendanCarr has been quick to respond to #Trump’s requests to go after #media organizations. And he has taken aggressive action against some #FCC licensees…

    #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress

  4. Treating the #FCC like his own personal enforcer, #Trump said on social media Sunday that #NBC’s #KristenWelker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” over a TV segment he didn’t like.

    In a separate post, Trump complained in all caps about “fake polls” & said “something must be done about it,” adding, “FCC to the rescue!”

    #law #democracy #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #dictatorship #MafiaState
    cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/tr

  5. In Latest Threat Of Regulatory Retaliation, Donald Trump Says He’ll Report NBC News’ Kristen Welker To FCC For “Rebuke Or Punishment”
    #News #Politics #ABC #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #FCC #KristenWelker #NBCNews

    deadline.com/2026/08/trump-kri

  6. Ken Burns Insists Founding Fathers Would Be ‘Disappointed’ 250 Years Later

    The drafters of the U.S. Constitution “would be abjectly disappointed” by the state of the United States in…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #KenBurns #KristenWelker #MeetthePress
    newsbeep.com/us/745540/

  7. @ponderingpolitics.bsky.social reacts to MAGA #CNBC host #JoeKernen confront Donald Trump to his face about his corruption. Then it turned to stroking his teeny weeny, so much so, he EXTENDED the softball interview as opposed to running away from #NBC's #KristenWelker.
    youtu.be/64ULsX9gy0w?...

    BREAKING: Trump VISIBLY SHOCKS...

  8. Trump Meets the Press

    This goes on my list of most memorable television interviews. And I have seen many.

    Donald Trump sat for an interview with Kristen Welker, host of NBC’s Meet the Press. I have no idea why. Welker announced that she and her crew had been invited to follow Trump to a rally in Wisconsin, where Trump addressed farmers, one of his most supportive constituent groups. Why they continue to overwhelmingly support him is something else I don’t understand. His policies have crippled their export markets and put them on government subsidies, welfare, and threatened their livelihood. Still, he found himself addressing a friendly crowd. Then he sat down with Welker in a barn in the midst of a pouring rainstorm. As the interviewed progressed, the storm moved inside.

    You can find both the transcript and the full video here. You should really see it for yourself.

    It began as most Trump interviews do. They spoke about the war with Iran, the “anti-weaponization” fund, and the economy. Trump told his usual lies and Welker just moved on. Then something happened. When Welker moved on to talk about elections, including the recent primary in California, and Trump repeated his lies, Welker followed up and demanded proof. That is a rare event. Welker asked the president for any evidence on the gubernatorial race being fraudulent. He responded by accusing the reporter of being “crooked”. “They’re crooked, just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked,” said Trump.

    Welker then defended herself and tried to ask additional questions, with Trump replying: “You’re either crooked or you’re stupid. You play right into their hands with this crap. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they’re rigged.” Trump then brought up previously repeated false claims that he won the 2020 US presidential election.

    When Welker tried to ask additional questions, Trump continued to assert that NBC was “crooked” and ended the interview. “Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough,” said Trump, taking off his microphone. “Thank you, darling. Have a good time.” He stomped on the microphone as he left. These broadcast-standard microphones typically cost between $350 and $450.

    I’ve seen interview subjects walk out on interviews before. But never a president. Some mental health experts have analyzed the walkout through the lens of political psychology. They argue that his sudden exit and verbal attacks (e.g., calling the interviewer and networks “crooked”) illustrate his inability to cope with objective pushback. Professionals point out that because he is used to an environment where his statements are frequently accepted without challenge, being confronted with factual discrepancies causes significant volatility.

    Here are the last few minutes from NBC’s transcript:

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    This $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund that’s going to compensate people who say the federal government weaponized the legal system against them. It’s been blocked by the courts, met with opposition from Republicans –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    And Democrats.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – in Congress, and Democrats.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Most, excuse me, mostly Democrats.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Mostly Democrats and some Republicans.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Some. Very few Republicans.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Just to be very clear, are you backing off the fund completely as your acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, or are you looking for another avenue to revive the fund?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    So let — let me explain what the fund is. People have been hurt so badly by radical left lunatics that worked for the Biden administration and Sleepy Joe. They’re vicious. They’re violent, what they did to people. And of course they went after me more than anybody else. They raided Mar-a-Lago and all the other things. But people have been badly hurt. They’ve committed suicide. They’ve lost their jobs. They’re lost their families. They’ve lost their wives. They’ve lost everything. They’ve lost everything over a fake weaponization of government. Now, let me just tell you –

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    So are you looking for a way to revive it?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Well, look. If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve. People have been destroyed. Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it. People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    You don’t –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    So me, personally, I think the weaponization fund is a great idea, and so do many other Republicans. You have to get it approved. If they get it approved, that’s great. If they don’t get it approved, I’d be disappointed.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    All right. We’re going to motor through this.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    But you have to understand, people have — have been destroyed by crooked politicians, and they should be reimbursed for that.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Do you think anyone who attacked police officers on January 6th should get taxpayer money?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    I wouldn’t be inclined to say so, but I have to see it. I can tell you this: 97% of those people, you look at them, the FBI or whoever it was, cause you had a lot of crooked cops, you had dirty cops. Comey was a dirty cop.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Well, there is no evidence to –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    A guy like Bolton was a dirty cop –

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But there is no evidence that– but there’s no evidence that people who –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Wait a minute, wait a minute. Oh, you think Comey was a straight cop?

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    We had 170 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Comey was a dirty cop.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    No, no, but the people who assaulted police officers.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    They had FBI — listen to me. They had FBI agents ushering them into the building. They had FBI “Go into the building.” Those people are walking around, they’re looking, “Oh, isn’t this nice?” They weren’t in– they were being ushered into the building.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    There’s no evidence of that, sir. There’s no evidence of that.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    You had a bunch of dirty cops, and frankly, what they did was weaponization of our government.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But sir, there– there’s no evidence of that. More than a thousand people pleaded guilty to crimes –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    No, well, yeah, no, there’s none. You know what they do?

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Would you –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Try looking at the tapes one time.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Would you take it off the table?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Look at the tapes one time.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Okay, but 172 people did plead guilty to assaulting police officers.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    You know why they pled guilty?

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Should they be exempt –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Because they told they were going to jail for 15 years –

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – from receiving funds?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    – if they didn’t.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Should they –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    They pled guilty because they were frightened. They went down. They were ushered into a building. Many of them were arrested without even going into the building.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    You’d be okay with them receiving taxpayer dollars?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    The people were destroyed by dirty cops and by weaponization. Many of those people should be compensated. Now, with that being said, the, as I understand it, the weaponization fund was going to set up a group of people, people that could be picked by anybody, fair people, smart people, and they will go on an individual case basis.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Okay.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Now, I don’t know what’s going to happen with the weaponization fund. 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.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    All right, this is, just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying, but let me ask about Todd Blanche.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    There’s a lot of evidence.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Let me ask about Todd Blanche.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Listen — listen to me — listen to me.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Let’s talk about Todd Blanche.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Well, it’s not been presented in a court of a law.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    The election was rigged. It was a dirty election.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Mr. President –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    And it’s happening again right now in California.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    — you’ve never presented evidence –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    It’s happening right now in California

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – that the 2020 election was rigged.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Right now, it’s look at what’s happening in California.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Where’s the evidence to that?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    It’s four days –

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    The Republicans are doing well in California.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    In California, it’s, no they’re not. They’re dropping fast because it’s a rigged election. Let me tell you, it’s four days and they aren’t even close to coming up with the –

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    That’s how they count the votes in California.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Do you know why they’re doing that? Because they’re cheating on the election.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    There’s — What? Do you have evidence to support that?

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    It’s– all I have to do is look. All I have to do is look.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But that’s not evidence.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    And I listen. And I listen to people. And let’s see what happens.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But sir, that’s not evidence, and that’s how they count the votes in California–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Do you think it’s appropriate that they have an election and five days later, they’re nowhere close to picking a winner?

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    State and local officials acknowledge they are slow. They’re urging–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    No, they’re crooked.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – they’re urging the votes to be counted quickly. That’s how they vote in California.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    They’re crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    To be fair, I’m not crooked. But let’s continue.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Really? Well, you play right into their hands then.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Let’s continue.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    You’re either crooked or you’re stupid.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Let’s continue.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    You play right into their hands with this stuff. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they’re rigged. Do you know that I won an election in a landslide and I got 94% bad press.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But Mr. President –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    You know why I got that?

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – you’ve never presented –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Because you have no credibility.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    -evidence. But you’ve never presented evidence it was rigged. Let’s keep talking about, I want to talk about Todd Blanche.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    You have more evidence, there’s more evidence than ever presented.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Let’s talk about–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Your elections in this country –

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – you went to court.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    We’re like a third world country.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But sir –

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    Your elections are crooked and you’re crooked, and Meet the Press is crooked.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But Mr. President–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    And so is ABC and CBS and CNN.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    But Mr. President–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    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.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Mr. President, let’s — please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    I’ve sat in the rain with you–

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    I traveled all — I know. I traveled all the way–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    I sat in the rain with you for an hour.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    –to Wisconsin.

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    On and off in the rain, and I’ve given you enough time. You ought to straighten out your press, because you know what?

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    Mr. President–

    PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

    A country can never be great with a dishonest press.

    KRISTEN WELKER:

    – we traveled all — listen. We traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview.

    This is one for the record books.

    #####

    #Interview #KristenWelker #MeetThePress #Trump #WalkOut
  9. A brief glimpse of journalism?

    A country can never be great with a dishonest press.

    –Donald Trump, NBC interview with Kristen Welker, June 2026

    If you’ve been following the regular disjointed ramblings, rants and raves of President Donald Trump, even for comedic relief like I do, then you must surely know about his latest hissy-fit last week.

    Trump is now legendary for dodging direct questions, deflecting, incoherently rambling, and outright lying at press conferences and interviews. He also frequently insults the press, both print and broadcast (why is it invariably the women who get unfairly chewed out?).

    It was, therefore, no big surprise last Friday when, being pressed by Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press for direct answers to questions and evidence for the lies he was trying to pass off as fact, Trump, as he invariably does, resorted to crude insults. When that failed to make an impression on Welker, he stormed out of the interview.

    The full interview and transcript are available here if you’re desperate to watch an orange-tanned man-baby throw his toys out of the cot. I recommend you read the transcript only so you don’t have to punish your eyes as well as your brain. (By the way, orange-tanned sounds so deliciously like orangutan, but it must remain taboo to insult these magnificent creatures when describing Trump)

    Following Welker’s effort to coax some semblance of honesty out of Trump, some commentators have pronounced that what we witnessed was a “brief glimpse of journalism” in an era when basic journalistic standards have all but disappeared. The term often used these days to describe the journalistic cowardice we have become accustomed to from mainstream media is stenography.

    It describes the practice of not challenging the repetitive, frequent lies spoken mostly by politicians and then regurgitating them in whatever format the journalist uses. It further describes the process whereby journalists succumb to publishing the angle or bias (usually corrupt or bigoted) of the wealthy owners of their print and broadcast media.

    However, was Welker’s attempted grilling of Trump a refreshing glimpse of the journalistic standards that we can barely remember any more, or was it just an outlier?

    It is ironic that just prior to fleeing, Trump blurted that “A country can never be great with a dishonest press.” From where I’m standing, America has never been great, because that’s always been a lie sold to the rest of the world by a press that is synonymous with dishonesty.

    The truth is that objectivity in journalism is a myth. Journalists, like everyone else, are prone to biases. Publications and broadcast empires have always had improper relations with politicians and wealthy individuals, and are thus susceptible to both bias and corruption. The problem is that in the modern era, mainstream media are owned by wealthy degenerates who also own the politicians.

    It is ultimately up to us individuals to learn how to think critically and identify and root out the bullshit from the facts. It is not easy when you’re faced with wall-to-wall misinformation, disinformation and outright lies, but it is your responsibility.

    #DonaldTrump #journalism #KristenWelker #MeetThePress #NBC #stenography
  10. 😡👔TANTRUM IN A NECK-TIE
    When a guy in a $10K suit roars like a toddler who lost his Capri Sun, you don't need to panic. You need the ART. 🎭🕴️ Learn how Kristen Welker & Kaitlan Collins handle a tantrum in a neck-tie without flinching.
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    #Trump #Politics #Journalism #KaitlanCollins #KristenWelker #MeetThePress #Media #News #Composure #Tantrum #poise #psychology

  11. Elmo lights up the internet by staying neutral about the #Knicks-Spurs Finals, Trump storms out of his #MeetthePress interview with NBC’s #KristenWelker, and all the president's lashing out against the press, avoiding rain, and dodging questions has #JonStewart wondering... youtu.be/jErU4zwcMPE?...

    Knicks Fans Brand Elmo a Trait...

  12. Donald Trump LOSES HIS MIND in a FULL meltdown and INSTANTLY decides to FLEE his interview with #MeetthePress host #KristenWelker when she challenged him on spreading #California election lies. #JohnIadarola and @[email protected] break it down on #TheDamageReport. youtu.be/Mq7rxSJQogo?...

    Trump FLEES Interview In Full ...

  13. AT LONG LAST?

    A confrontation with Kristen Welker brought to mind another moment, seventy-two years earlier, when fear itself began to crack.

    Not because history repeats itself.

    But because sometimes it rhymes.

    Read the latest EX POST!™ Evening Edition.

    ❦ @EXPostNewsMedia

    #Trump #KristenWelker

  14. Das von #KristenWelker mutig und scharfsinnig geführte Interview mit #Trump beschäftigt nach wie vor. Nicht, weil er dabei ein Mikrophon sondern die Wahrheit mit Füßen getreten hat. Mimik und Wechsel der Gesichtsfarbe, das abrupte Aufspringen und der Griff an die Schulter der Journalistin sind Anzeichen für mühsam unterdrückte Handgreiflichkeit. Er wird irgendwann zuschlagen. Oder mit Scheiße werfen. Das Probem ist, dass die Republikaner mit Vance ein Ersatzungeheuer auf Stand By haben.

  15. For the rest of today, to honor the USA's current chief executive and that country on its 250th anniversary, I will be ending all my Mastodon posts with the words: "Sorry. Let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."
    #MeetThePress #KristenWelker #FamousLastWords #NewsMedia

  16. Trump Abruptly Ends ‘Meet the Press’ Interview After Clashing with Host Kristen Welker

    President Donald Trump suddenly walked out of an interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press host Kristen Welker on Sunday, upset by her fact-based questions and accusing the press of being “dishonest.” The whole thing played out on a rainy afternoon at a farm in Wisconsin, where Trump didn’t hold back—he kept pushing back on Welker’s questions about a range of topics. Welker stood her ground and challenged Trump’s false claims, like his suggestion that FBI agents somehow helped […]

    bluepress.blog/2026/06/08/trum

  17. #Trump is completely insane. Does he act like this with foreign leaders? He can’t handle being challenged at all. No wonder all his cabinet does is flatter & lie to him. Try to deal in facts & truth & he turns into a toddler having a temper tantrum.

    #FreePress #KristenWelker #MeetThePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda

  18. #FactCheck #TrumpLies

    #Trump sat for an interview with “#MeetThePress” moderator #KristenWelker Friday, discussing topics including the war with #Iran, #GasPrices & the “anti-weaponization” #SlushFund.

    Throughout the interview, which aired Sunday, Trump made a series of false, misleading or exaggerated comments [#lies].

    #NBC News reporters dug into some of Trump’s remarks. Here are the facts behind the claims.

    #FreePress #trumpaganda #propaganda
    nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

  19. #Trump raised his voice & began calling #KristenWelker & the #media “crooked,” attacking her credibility & complaining about what he called “the fake, dirty press.” As Welker tried to switch subjects, Trump continued attacking the #press & Welker personally. Welker pushed back, & visibly frustrated Trump abruptly ended the interview.

    #FreePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda
    youtube.com/watch?v=4EusZcKt5fs

  20. #Trump abruptly ends #interview with NBC’s ‘#MeetThePress’

    During the conversation Trump dismissed the idea that launching the #war with #Iran this year betrayed his campaign message of “No new wars.” At the end, #KristenWelker pressed Trump on the “#settlement” #SlushFund & his false claims about the #California #election.

    #FreePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda
    apnews.com/article/trump-iran-

  21. Trump storms out of tense NBC interview about Iran war strategy, election fraud claims

    US President Donald Trump lasted through scrutinising questions about his Iran war strategy and repeated weather disruptions during…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #California #donaldtrump #electionfraud #iran #JoeBiden #KristenWelker #MeetthePress #nbc #Nuclearweapons #UnitedStatesofAmerica #Wisconsin
    newsbeep.com/us/690530/

  22. RE: mastodon.social/@deadline/1167

    Every time his bubble is burst, he is closer to a stroke. Particularly when it comes from a Woman, because he's a massive misogynist

    #Trump #FourthEstate #Journalism #KristenWelker

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