#Trump raised his voice & began calling #KristenWelker & the #media “crooked,” attacking her credibility & complaining about what he called “the fake, dirty press.” As Welker tried to switch subjects, Trump continued attacking the #press & Welker personally. Welker pushed back, & visibly frustrated Trump abruptly ended the interview.

#FreePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda
youtube.com/watch?v=4EusZcKt5f…

#FactCheck #TrumpLies

#Trump sat for an interview with “#MeetThePress” moderator #KristenWelker Friday, discussing topics including the war with #Iran, #GasPrices & the “anti-weaponization” #SlushFund.

Throughout the interview, which aired Sunday, Trump made a series of false, misleading or exaggerated comments [#lies].

#NBC News reporters dug into some of Trump’s remarks. Here are the facts behind the claims.

#FreePress #trumpaganda #propaganda
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr…

Fact-checking Trump’s interview with NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press’

Digging into some of the president’s claims about the Iran war, the Jan. 6 riots, California’s primary elections and more.

^{Jane C. Timm (NBC News)}

#Trump is completely insane. Does he act like this with foreign leaders? He can’t handle being challenged at all. No wonder all his cabinet does is flatter & lie to him. Try to deal in facts & truth & he turns into a toddler having a temper tantrum.

#FreePress #KristenWelker #MeetThePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda

#Trump abruptly ends #interview with NBC’s ‘#MeetThePress’

During the conversation Trump dismissed the idea that launching the #war with #Iran this year betrayed his campaign message of “No new wars.” At the end, #KristenWelker pressed Trump on the “#settlement” #SlushFund & his false claims about the #California #election.

#FreePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda
apnews.com/article/trump-iran-…

#Pentagon bans #journalists from #PressOffice, designating it a classified space [so it’s clearly no longer a #press office]

The change creates a new barrier compared with previous admins, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of #military public affairs officials without escorts.

#Trump #Hegseth #fascism #censorship #journalism #FourthEstate #law #FreePress #democracy #transparency
washingtonpost.com/national-se…

#StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic.

“The legacy of this show needs to be that we remember it as the show that was canceled because a presidential administration wanted it off the air,” says Heather Hendershot, a professor of #communication studies & #journalism at Northwestern University.

#law #democracy #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #authoritarianism
apnews.com/article/colbert-fin…