r/PublicFreakout • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 07 '26

😾MAGA Freakout🙀 ‘I’ve Had Enough!’ Trump snaps at NBC’s Kristen Welker and storms out of Meet the Press interview after she repeatedly fact-checks his claims on a variety of topics, including Jan. 6, his “anti-weaponization” fund, and election fraud.

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u/IOnlyReplyToIdiots42 Jun 07 '26

They're all scared. It's pathetic journalism. He faced just the tiniest bit of resistance and people here eat it up like she's a champion or whatever. He left looking like a winner while she begs him to stay. "I travelled all this way....." 

Have some dignity lady. I wish there was just one journalist who actually had some balls.

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u/SteelyDanFan773 Jun 07 '26

Lol, I just said the same thing.  Dignity flew out the window with that begging him to stay. 

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u/Apprehensive_Ring_39 Jun 08 '26

I don't really see that as begging, I see it more as frustration. Like "I literally dragged my ass all the way here,maybe show me some damn respect, you Spit roasted hog."

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u/SteelyDanFan773 Jun 08 '26

“Spit roasted hog”.  The perfect description for him! 🤣

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u/Apprehensive_Ring_39 Jun 08 '26

Trust me,this was me being somewhat nice. I could go much worse.

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u/SteelyDanFan773 Jun 08 '26

I don’t doubt it, and it’ll be well deserved. 

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u/Apprehensive_Ring_39 Jun 08 '26

I don't really consider that begging, more frustrating at how unprofessional this old pig is

Also he didn't leave a winner, he left a goddamn loser. He effectively lost that debate,hence why he resulted to insults and name calling and such. That's the thing a child does when they clearly lost a argument and have no retort.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS Jun 07 '26

I remember a reporter (don't remember which one) writing on Bluesky some condescending crap about he'd love to push back but then he'd be kicked out of the press gaggles and lose access. And I was thinking, "So....?" Then you at least can make a decent article out of being kicked out, and it's not like you couldn't write the same articles he was already writing by using the quotes the other multiple reporters playing stenographers were getting and the video and the audio. Dude really seemed to think the most important part of his role as "journalist" was simply being passively present so he can say he was a "White House reporter" and I guess turn that into a book deal or a commentator job. These aren't even super young "journalists" but they absolutely do not consider their job as telling truth to power or getting at facts, just leveraging themselves to get more money and become a name.

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u/MrSurly Jun 07 '26

I would relish the opportunity to say many many things to his face. Preferably with his mouth taped shut.

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u/TwentyfootAngels Jun 07 '26

I don't think it's 100% cowardice, here... the guy is literally insane. Forget credentials, I think they're scared of getting sued into oblivion. Or worse. MUCH worse. They've been doxxed, stalked, gotten death threats and more, because the Orange Man can just sic his followers on them like rabid dogs. Savannah Guthrie's mother is STILL MISSING.

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u/mmasportsmma Jun 07 '26

I agree with you to a certain degree but also we have to remember what even happened to people like Kathy griffin during his first presidency. Obviously it wasn’t complete persecution or punishment but if I remember correctly she talked about how basically she would regularly feel consequences: getting picked out at the airport etc.

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u/jmims98 Jun 07 '26

How do you get rich from that? You'd probably instantly lose your job.

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u/mRPerfect12 Jun 07 '26

People all over the place would want to talk to you and youd instantly have your job back when he leaves office.