Trump plants and insults an NBC journalist for asking him questions he doesn't like

BarcelonaThe President of the United States, Donald Trump, has once again demonstrated his hostility towards the media. Yesterday, Sunday, the Republican leader abruptly abandoned a previously arranged interview for the well-known political analysis program Meet the Press, on the NBC channel. It is not the first time Trump has made it clear that he does not like questions or being questioned, especially if they come from female journalists. Here you can read the full transcript of the interview.The tension erupted when Welker rebutted Trump's statements about alleged electoral fraud in California, reminding him that a slow count by officials is not an indication of manipulation. Out of his mind and without providing any proof, Trump lashed out at the press, calling it "corrupt."

"You are corrupt or stupid. You know these elections are fraudulent. Your outlet knows it," Trump snapped at the presenter. Then, he took off his lapel microphone and unilaterally ended the conversation with a condescending remark: "Thank you, honey, have a good time," while Welker tried in vain to convince him to continue, arguing that they had traveled specifically to Wisconsin for the meeting. The journalist's insistence that the American president provide proof of a series of accusations did not please Trump at all.

Before leaving, Trump defended the creation of a fund of 1.776 billion dollars to compensate those investigated by the Department of Justice for having supported him, including participants in the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol. He insisted on this to the journalist, despite the fact that the Department of Justice and Congress themselves have rejected this idea. "Well, look. If it were up to me, I would pay them the amount of money they deserve. People have been destroyed. Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think about it. There are people who have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them," Trump said.

"We won Venezuela"

In one of the other improbable moments of the conversation, Trump boasted about his military operations, stating emphatically: “We won Venezuela. We didn’t lose anyone. We took control of the whole country and now we have a great relationship,” he said. The president also assured that the Iranian army is “practically decapitated” since American bombers attacked its nuclear facilities a few months ago. He confirmed open negotiations with the son of the former Supreme Leader of Iran, who he said is “seriously injured,” and issued an ultimatum: either a quick agreement is reached or they will “militarily raze them.”

Faced with Welker’s insistence on whether these conflicts break his historic electoral promise of “not starting new wars,” Trump defended himself by attacking her personally: “Why should I build an army? Now, I didn’t want to use this, but I’m doing you a great favor and everyone else. We have the best financial market in history, it’s the best moment in history as a country, because as you know, in the last term we were a dead country, Kristen. I know you, you’re a great liberal, a great progressive,” he assured.

This new episode adds to Trump’s history of insults towards reporters who question him, such as the incident last November aboard Air Force One, when he told a journalist to shut up, saying: “Shut up, piglet.”