Trump Ends NBC Interview After Rigged California Election Claims, Backs $1.8 Billion Fund
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 7
Trump Ends NBC Interview After Rigged California Election Claims, Backs $1.8 Billion Fund
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 7
Summary
Trump cut short a "Meet the Press" interview in Wisconsin after Kristen Welker challenged his unsupported claim that California's ballot counting shows elections are "rigged" and officials are "crooked."
California is still tallying mail ballots from last week's primary, delaying governor and Los Angeles mayor results as Democratic candidates gain votes from late-counted mail-in ballots.
The president also said he still favors a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund and would not rule out taxpayer payments to Jan. 6 defendants, despite the Justice Department saying June 2 it had dropped the plan.
On Iran, Trump said the U.S. would remove highly enriched uranium with a deal or "militarily very harshly" without one, underscoring how nuclear material remains the main obstacle in ongoing talks.