{"id":2449093,"date":"2026-06-07T21:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2449093"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:25:28","slug":"president-donald-trump-storms-out-of-meet-the-press-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/president-donald-trump-storms-out-of-meet-the-press-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump Storms Out of Meet the Press Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s seemingly endless <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/donald-trump-shuts-down-stupid-question-from-rachel-scott\/\">war with the media<\/a> continues after the commander-in-chief abruptly ended an interview on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Meet the Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s call it quits, because I\u2019ve had enough,\u201d Trump, 79, told <strong>Meet the Press<\/strong> moderator <strong>Kristen Welker<\/strong> on Sunday, January 7, after the reporter questioned the president about the so-called \u201cweaponization\u201d fund meant to pay reparations to those jailed for their participation in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/january-6th-attack-on-the-us-capitol-web-archive\/about-this-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6 insurrection<\/a> on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The president also seemingly took issue with questions regarding his constantly debunked claims that the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/presidential-election-2020-did-donald-trump-or-joe-biden-win\/\"> 2020 election<\/a>, which he lost to former President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/joe-biden\/\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a>, was \u201crigged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you darling, have a good time,\u201d Trump told Welker as he reportedly \u201ccrushed his lapel mic underfoot on his way out,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/07\/trump-election-fraud-doj-fund-weaponization-storms-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per <em>CNBC<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/gavin-newsoms-wife-slams-trumps-60-minutes-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/gavin-newsoms-wife-slams-trumps-60-minutes-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Gavin Newsom&#8217;s Wife Slams Trump&#8217;s Treatment of &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; Anchor<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, had some choice words for President Donald Trump after his recent 60 Minutes appearance. \u201cMy family and I watched the 60 Minutes interview with Donald Trump and Norah O\u2019Donnell last night, and we were shocked,\u201d Siebel Newsom, 51, shared via X on Monday, April 27. \u201cSeeing a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before storming out, the president claimed that the current <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/did-spencer-pratt-win-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/\">race for Los Angeles mayor<\/a> is also being \u201crigged.\u201d (Voters are waiting to see if Democrat <strong>Nithya Raman<\/strong> or Republican <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/spencer-pratt-on-why-running-for-mayor-is-his-destiny\/\">reality TV star-turned-politician<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/spencer-pratt\/\"><strong>Spencer Pratt<\/strong><\/a> will take on incumbent Mayor <strong>Karen Bass<\/strong> in November.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4348870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NUP_210999_00006donaldtrumpwalksoffmeetthepress.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">(Adam Bettcher\/NBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe election was rigged, it was a dirty election and it\u2019s happening again right now in California,\u201d the president claimed, despite never producing any evidence to back up the allegation that the 2020 election or any election to follow has been \u201crigged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re cheating on the election,\u201d he continued, claiming that \u201call I have to do is look\u201d and to \u201clisten to people\u201d in order to prove his claims, adding \u201clet\u2019s see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cDo you think it\u2019s appropriate that they have an election and five days later, they\u2019re nowhere close to picking a winner? They\u2019re crooked, just like you\u2019re crooked, your press is crooked and Meet the Press is crooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is far from the first time the president of the United States has attacked members of the press \u2014 particularly women reporters. During an Oval Office press conference on Wednesday, June 3, the president criticized celebrity.land\u2019s chief White House correspondent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/donald-trump-criticizes-cnns-kaitlan-collins-for-not-smiling\/\"><strong>Kaitlan Collins<\/strong><\/a>, calling the news organization a \u201cvery corrupt organization\u201d before personally attacking the reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a young beautiful woman. Never smiles. I never see a smile off her face,\u201d he told her colleagues and those in attendance. \u201cI see her standing there with hatred in her eyes, like she has hatred, because we had borders, because we have a strong military, because we cut our taxes, because we do things that everybody wanted, and then we win our election in a massive landslide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd you should be ashamed of yourself. You used to be a conservative. She was a conservative from Alabama, can you believe it?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/megyn-kellys-history-with-president-donald-trump-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Megyn-Kellys-Complicated-History-With-President-Donald-Trump.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Inside Megyn Kellys Complicated History With President Donald Trump\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/megyn-kellys-history-with-president-donald-trump-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Inside Megyn Kelly\u2019s Complicated History With President Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMegyn Kelly and President Donald Trump have had their fair share of ups and downs over the years. Before Trump first ran for office, he and Kelly were cordial. However, things began to fracture after the pair got into a disagreement following the 2015 republican primary debate, where Trump criticized Kelly for how she handled [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before ending his Sunday interview on <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, the president also defended the controversial January 6 \u201cweaponization\u201d fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was up to me, I\u2019d pay them the kind of money that they deserve,\u201d Trump said of the pardoned insurrectionists, some of whom were found guilty of physically assaulting police officers in an attempt to overthrow the government. \u201cPeople have been destroyed. Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president, like his claims of rigged elections, has provided no such evidence to back up his claims that the insurrection was \u201cpeaceful\u201d and that those found guilty for their role had their lives \u201cruined.\u201d As of December 2025, at least <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensforethics.org\/reports-investigations\/crew-reports\/at-least-33-pardoned-insurrectionists-face-other-criminal-charges-but-many-are-now-going-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 pardoned insurrectionists<\/a> have since faced other, non-related criminal charges, including child abuse and possession of child pornography.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s seemingly endless war with the media continues after the commander-in-chief abruptly ended an interview on Meet the Press. \u201cLet\u2019s call it quits, because I\u2019ve had enough,\u201d Trump, 79, told Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker on Sunday, January 7, after the reporter questioned the president about the so-called \u201cweaponization\u201d fund meant to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2449094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738,22048],"class_list":["post-2449093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/President-Donald-Trump-Storms-Out-of-Meet-the-Press-Interview.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449095,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449093\/revisions\/2449095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}