Thursday, June 18, 2026

NBC Fact Checks Its Trump Interview with Kristen Welker Finds Mostly Lies After Reporter Fails to Do It On Air

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Kristen Welker calling Donald Trump “Mr. President” was the just the beginning of how egregious and flat footed her interview was with him this morning on “Meet the Press.”

Trump did what he always does– he bloviated and bullied, told Welker she was interrupting him. He made several false claims, none of which Welker stopped. Only later NBC issued its own fact check of Trump’s ridiculous statements.

But who will read the fact check? Trump bulldozed and bluffed and outright lied over and over. The network just wanted ratings, which I’m sure they got. Welker’s cred went out the window.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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