Truth or Fake - Trump storms out of NBC interview after denying his own 'No War' promises

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 08, 2026 · 563 words · By Vedika BAHL

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that There is no evidence that FBI agents led rioters into the Capitol. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: There is no evidence that FBI agents led rioters into the Capitol.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “There is no evidence that FBI agents led rioters into the Capitol”

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Web search results explicitly state that claims of FBI agents ushering rioters into the Capitol have been disproved by federal investigators.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... Chris Griffin how? It's on video capitol police letting people in certain doors. 5w · 1 like.
https://www.facebook.com/christinaloreynews/posts/when-he-cl…

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web search NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump. Academic debate exists about whether to characterize the event as a co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 6, 2026 ... MYTH #1: Donald Trump actually won the 2020 presidential election, and Joe Biden became president only because of massive election fraud. FACT: ...
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/dem…

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Claim 2: “courts across the United States have repeatedly rejected legal challenges alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 election”

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Web search results explicitly state that over 60 court cases, including those overseen by judges appointed by Trump, rejected challenges alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_census

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party's nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, defeated incumbent Republican president Donald Trump in the presidential …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_elections

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and California junior senator Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidentia…

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Claim 3: “Trump's controversial, now-dropped $1.8 billion "anti-weaponisation" fund”

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The BBC and other web search results confirm the existence of a $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponisation' fund and that it was subsequently dropped or blocked.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 19, 2026 ... The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that as a part of the settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... President Donald Trump's plan to hand out $1.8bn (£1.3bn) in taxpayer funding to political allies lasted all of two weeks before his ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87q9d7r57yo

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... The nearly $1.8bn fund stemmed from a recent IRS settlement with Donald Trump over his leaked tax records.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/29/us-federal-judge-te…

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Claim 4: “US President Donald Trump stormed off from his interview for NBC's "Meet the Press" at the weekend”

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Multiple independent sources, including The Guardian and several reports via Flipboard, confirm that Donald Trump walked out of an NBC 'Meet the Press' interview.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At 80 years old, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, became the oldest person in American history to become president upon his second inauguration in 2025. In July 2024, fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of October 2024, since the 1970s, at least 28 women have publicly accused Donald Trump of various acts of sexual misconduct, including rape, sex with minors, sexual assault, physical abuse, kissing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

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Claim 5: “He also falsely declared that rioters were ushered into the Capitol by FBI agents”

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Multiple web search results report that Trump claimed FBI agents invited or ushered rioters into the Capitol during the NBC interview.

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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump stormed off the set of a Wisconsin barn after Kristen Welker challenged his claims about FBI agents on January 6 — claims federal investigators have already disproved. The $1.8 billion…
https://easternherald.com/2026/06/08/trump-walks-out-meet-pr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump declined to rule it out, arguing that FBI agents invited the rioters inside the Capitol and that people pleaded guilty only because they were afraid of harsher sentences. Welker pointed out that…
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/07/t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's clash with NBC journalist Kristen Welker follows a week of confrontations with reporters including CNN's Kaitlan Collins, highlighting the role of evidence and accountability in politic…
https://www.noise11.com/news/trump-walks-out-nbc-interview-k…

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Claim 6: “Trump said, "First of all, I didn't guarantee no war," before later adding: "I didn't promise anything."”

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No evidence was provided for this specific quote or claim in the gathered materials.

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Claim 7: “Trump walked out roughly 50 minutes into the interview”

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While sources confirm he walked out of the interview, none of the provided evidence specifies the exact timing (50 minutes) of the exit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed Don Jr., is an American businessman and political activist. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of numerous assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and his presidencies of the United States of America. The earliest known attem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_D…

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Claim 8: “Trump claimed California's gubernatorial election was "rigged"”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general biographical information about Donald Trump and does not mention claims regarding the California gubernatorial election.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following things are named after Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Don…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tiffany Ariana Trump (born October 13, 1993) is the fourth child of U.S. president Donald Trump and his only child with his second wife, Marla Maples. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and primarily r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Trump

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Claim 9: “many defendants accepted plea agreements because they feared receiving longer prison sentences if convicted at trial”

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Web search results from legal reviews and reports on plea bargaining confirm that defendants often accept plea deals to avoid the 'trial penalty' or longer sentences if convicted at trial.

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web search NEUTRAL — Due to the prevalence of guilty pleas, the trial penalty's primary impact is not long sentences. ... defendants accepted a plea deal to avoid a trial penalty.31 ...
https://texaslawreview.org/plea-bargainings-uncertainty-prob…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 15, 2021 ... The fear of suffering prosecutorial vindictiveness after exercising the right to trial has resulted in approximately 97% of criminal cases being ...
https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2021/aug/15/trial-pen…

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web search NEUTRAL — presented to the court (i.e., that the defendant would have accepted the plea ... Federal courts already impose longer sentences for defendants who exercise their ...
https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mcconkie…

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Claim 10: “no evidence has emerged showing fraud on a scale that would have changed the outcome [of the 2020 election]”

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Multiple sources, including former Attorney General Bill Barr and expert consensus reports, state there was no evidence of fraud on a scale that would have changed the outcome of the 2020 election.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football champion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021 Copa América was the 47th edition of the Copa América, the international men's football championship organised by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament took place in B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Copa_América

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020

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Claim 11: “Public statements made by Trump during the 2024 campaign show he repeatedly pledged that the United States would not become involved in new wars if he returned to office”

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