Trump Just Slammed the Door on Meet the Press Host for Crooked and Stupid Interview
NBC flew to Wisconsin for a presidential interview.
They got something they didn't expect.
What Trump said on his way out is already in every group chat in America.
How Meet the Press Turned a Wisconsin Farm Visit Into a Deposition
Trump sat down with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on Friday.
The conversation was supposed to be about farming and his economic agenda.
It became something else entirely.
Welker hit Trump on gas prices, which have climbed more than a dollar since Operation Epic Fury began – from $2.98 a gallon in late February to over $4.17 today.
Trump's answer was direct: "It's all coming down as soon as the war's over."
Welker pressed harder, citing polling that said 70% of farmers can't afford fertilizer.
Trump pushed back, reminding viewers he handed farmers $28 billion during the China trade war.
"I love the farmers," Trump said. "The farmers trust me."
They moved to the California primary, where something genuinely suspicious is happening in real time.
Spencer Pratt – the Republican – walked away from election night holding a 10-point lead over socialist Democrat Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayor's race.
Days later, with ballots still being counted, that lead has nearly evaporated.
Pratt and Raman are now separated by a few thousand votes.
Trump called it exactly what it looks like: "The election was rigged. It was a dirty election and it's happening again right now in California."
Welker demanded evidence.
Trump explained that when votes flip toward the leftist candidate over four days of counting, that is the evidence.
She didn't accept it.
He told her she was either crooked or stupid.
Then he took off his microphone.
"I sat in the rain with you for an hour," Trump told her – before delivering his exit: "A country can never be great with a dishonest press. Let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."
Welker Spent 39 Minutes on January 6 and About Five on Farmers
This isn't Welker's first rodeo with Trump – and it isn't the first time the setup was identical.
Back in October 2020, Trump walked out on CBS after Lesley Stahl spent the interview challenging his COVID response and refusing to acknowledge Democratic misconduct.
In 2023, Welker's debut as Meet the Press host featured Trump as her inaugural guest – and liberal media screamed she was "normalizing" him.
Conservative media noticed she was grinding him through the same fact-check machine every legacy outlet runs.
She doesn't interview Trump – she prosecutes him.
Every question is a challenge to produce documentation.
Every answer gets interrupted with a counter.
FBI Director Kash Patel said last month that arrests are coming related to the 2020 election – a statement Welker never raised.
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California Election Results Keep Moving and Spencer Pratt Keeps Losing Ground
Trump traveled to Chippewa Falls specifically to talk to farmers, and Welker spent the 39-minute session pressing him on January 6 and election fraud allegations.
Farmers got about five minutes.
On California, Welker dismissed Trump's concerns as evidence-free while the evidence was developing in real time.
Pratt – the Republican who lost his home in the Palisades Fire and launched his candidacy in response – held a 10-point lead on election night.
By Sunday it was gone.
An assistant U.S. Attorney was already at the Los Angeles County vote-counting facility watching it happen.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton called on Newsom to stop mailing ballots to every registered voter in the state.
The media demanding Trump produce documentation is watching a Republican lead evaporate in the most Democrat-controlled county in America and calling it routine.
Trump saw it for what it was.
He gave Welker 39 minutes.
Then he said thank you and left.
Sources:
- Harold Hutchison, "I've Had Enough, Thank You Darling: Trump Walks Out On NBC Interview," The Daily Caller, June 7, 2026.
- CJ Womack, "Trump Storms Off Meet the Press Interview, Rips Welker, ABC, CBS, CNN as Crooked," Fox News, June 7, 2026.
- Matt Margolis, "Trump Storms Out of Meet the Press Interview," PJ Media, June 7, 2026.
- "California Primary Election Results for Key 2026 Races," CBS News, June 5–8, 2026.
- "Spencer Pratt or Nithya Raman? See Updated Primary Election Results in the Race for LA Mayor," NBC Los Angeles, June 8, 2026.
- "Nithya Raman Now Just 1 Percentage Point Behind Spencer Pratt in Race for LA Mayor," ABC7 Los Angeles, June 8, 2026.
