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| Kristen Welker interviewed President Trump Sunday |
A defiant former President Donald Trump sparred with new "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker for more than an hour this week at his Bedminster, New Jersey, estate, battling over his array of legal issues and his role in the Jan. 6 attack, all while continuing to promote falsehoods about the 2020 election.
NBC News reports time and time again, he sought to give himself wiggle room on critical issues: abortion, the war in Ukraine, interest rates and even what he thought of his party's efforts to impeach President Joe Biden.
In totality, Trump's interview, which aired Sunday on NBC, highlighted the duality of the candidate who is the overwhelming favorite to win the GOP presidential nomination and challenge the Democrats next fall: On one hand, he is carving out a policy-messaging lane fit for the general election, while on the other, he is as combative as ever about the charges he faces and his role in lessening the trust Americans have not only in their bedrock institutions but in democracy itself.
There were at least 11 times during former President Trump's interview with @MeetThePress moderator @kwelkernbc when he made false and misleading comments on a number of topics.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 17, 2023
Here's our fact check: https://t.co/0m1KqDdscK
During the broadcast Trump told his party to drop pushing abortion bans with no exceptions
Trump said members of his own party “speak very inarticulately” about abortion, and he criticized those who push for abortion bans without exceptions in cases of rape and incest, and to protect the health of the mother.
Trump says he is not afraid of going to prison. Despite facing four trials, Trump told Welker that he's not consumed with visions of prison.
Full Trump Interview: ‘I don’t consider us to have much of a democracy right now’
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 17, 2023
Watch now: https://t.co/lbEPPH9Lzv pic.twitter.com/aMg0e6DhDo
NBC News has also extended an invitation to Biden to sit down with Welker for an interview.
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