Donald Trump storms out of interview after questions on election fraud claims
Donald Trump called NBC News “crooked” in his interview with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker. (Supplied: NBC/Meet the Press)
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An NBC program has aired an interview with Donald Trump in which he abruptly walked out after calling the host “crooked”.
The interview, shot on Friday, local time, escalated after the US president faced questions about his plans to fund victims of so-called government “weaponisation”.
The interview was interrupted several times by weather and audio issues as torrential rain pounded the roof.
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