'You're Crooked': Trump Abruptly Ends TV Interview, Walks Out Mid-Conversation

<p>US President Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NBC News journalist Kristen Welker, accusing her of being "crooked" before walking away from the conversation during a sit-down in Wisconsin. The tense exchange unfolded after Welker challenged Trump's repeated claims about rigged elections in the United States, prompting a heated response from the president. The incident has drawn attention as it highlighted Trump's ongoing attacks on mainstream media organisations and his continued insistence that American elections are flawed despite a lack of evidence supporting widespread voter fraud allegations.</p> <h2>Clash Over Election Claims</h2> <p>The interview reportedly began to unravel when Welker pushed back against Trump's assertion that elections in states such as California were "rigged".</p> <p>When asked whether he had evidence to support the claim, Trump responded: "All I have to do is look."</p> <p>Welker then replied that looking was "not evidence", triggering an angry reaction from the president.</p> <p>Trump accused Welker and several major American media outlets of bias, saying: "You're crooked, and Meet the Press is crooked, and so is ABC and CBS and CNN."</p> <p>He then cut the interview short, telling the journalist: "Let's call it quits, because I've had enough."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Oh Wow. <br /><br />Trump ended an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker mid-conversation in Wisconsin, calling her a liar to her face before walking off.<br /><br />Trump: "The elections are like a 3rd world country. You're Crooked...let's call it Quits . I've had enough."<br /><br />Welker asked him to stay,&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/AqDmpCkXm6">pic.twitter.com/AqDmpCkXm6</a></p> &mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://ift.tt/OXWxiIs 7, 2026</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://ift.tt/WcUf4oP" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <h2>Trump Walks Away</h2> <p>As the exchange grew increasingly tense, Trump ended the discussion and began to leave despite Welker's attempts to continue the interview.</p> <p>According to reports, the journalist reminded the president that she had travelled to Wisconsin for the conversation and asked him to stay. Trump, however, remained unmoved.</p> <p><strong>Also Read:</strong> <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/us-iran-war-news-live-news-update-trump-rules-out-sanctions-relief-unfreezing-iranian-assets-as-part-of-any-deal-1848712">Trump Rules Out Sanctions Relief, Unfreezing Iranian Assets As Part Of Any Deal</a></p> <p>"I've given you enough time," he said before criticising the media more broadly.</p> <p>The president argued that the United States could not become a great country with what he described as a dishonest press and urged journalists to "straighten out" the media.</p> <p>Despite the abrupt ending, Welker was still able to question Trump on several policy issues during the interview, including developments related to Iran and energy prices.</p>

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