and the immediate next question was asking for specifics on what that "value" entails... right?
and the immediate next question was asking for specifics on what that "value" entails... right?
Value & benefit to himself, alone. As always.
Did you see that man pointing to his Trump watch, excitedly trying to gain Trump's slightest notice?
The value of doing it? While taking food away from SNSP? Benefits from VA? Cutting benefits to seniors? And so on
Exactly! Wtf is the “value” of celebrating Captain Bone Spurs?! I can’t with this guy, it’s beyond insulting to our military and our civilians. His existence is insulting period.
Feeding his bottomless need for adoration is literally the ONLY thing that is important to him. The ONLY thing worth spending money on. The ONLY thing that matters.
$92M for a totally unnecessary parade isn’t peanuts for us working stiffs who have to send our taxes to the federal government…
Truth.
Kristin Welker - So, hey, uh, any chance you could use a 2nd Press Secretary? Ya know, for the weekends and stuff.
If he Respected the military, he wouldn't call him suckers and losers, and he would show up when the bodies of the soldiers come back to our country. Have the parade on a different day, and see if he still wants to do it!
What if...1,000,000+ people laid down in the path of the parade and went limp as noodles...all at the same time?
She should be shunned in social circles and ridiculed wherever else she shows her face. "Hey Kristen, remember that time..."
The only “value” is feeding the black hole where Trump’s soul should be with never ending attention because he wasn’t hugged enough as a child
Also cancer research, Head Start programs and other educational funding, PBS, vet and LGBTQ+ support etc —- the cost of all THESE programs is "peanuts compared to their value."
“Value in having one”: $0
I couldn’t be that close to him and not be thinking “sweep the leg”. My brain broke months ago with this guy.
It is his police-state parade. We'll see more military on our streets if he gets his way. youtu.be/MjZ4XWX0r7g
The "value of doing it" what exactly IS the VALUE of doing it? Presidents DON'T have Parades to HONOR THEMSELVES, DICTATORS DO! Presidents DON'T have parades to celebrate their Birthdays, ONLY a MENTALLY DERANGED, SELF-SERVING, NARCISSISTIC POS does that!
The Parade WAS supposed to be about celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Army but DEMENTED, SELF-ABSORBED Trump COULDN'T stand the thought of SOMEONE else getting a Parade instead of HIM, so of course he HAD to STEAL IT & make it about HIM!🤬
The value to whom? To him, of course.
Of course, near 100 M dollars is peanuts for the King Pope. Who elected this 💩 face to a king/Pope?
Not me! I voted for Harris/Walz.
Same here. I voted for Harris/Walz and dems exclusively.
😁
I won't be watching
Her head is All the way up his ass. Disgusting that the network of Huntley & Brinkley has become a lap dog to a fascist
"Be patient and have courage, for there will be better and happier news one day, if we work at it." Good night, Chet Good night, David and good night for NBC News youtu.be/uYf3eyRjfYA?...
😒
Did she follow up? "What's the value of doing it?"
Or ask for the cost so we can show the libs how cheap it'll be
Infuriating. Where’s Acosta when you need him.
There's a reason Acosta is no longer with the network (or any network)
He's with the Meidas Network now, and unfettered from corporate overlords.
I know But he's not likely to get interview access to tRUmp or any other prominent Republicon to ask the tough questions we wish someone would ask
She never follows up with hard questions.
Ha!
Do they EVER follow up? Ugh. So weak of them not to continue the logical line of questioning when it comes to him. Yell at him - you all did at Biden .... so what's up? They're all afraid to speak which is why they never should have been journalists in the first place.
value to whom? who benefits from this?? this has never been done before, so why now?
Exactly.
She nods and seems to agree. 🤦🏽♀️
Such a disappointment:
I don’t watch the Sunday shows, all you get is frustration and disappointment because all they’re looking for is ratings and social media clips.
Oh and by the way there is absolutely zero value in doing this. Plus they say the tanks are going to ruin the road so they're going to have to redo all the roads after this parade as well. So negative value
I'm old enough to remember Infrastructure Week. Maybe this is it for DC?
Lol
If the tanks come, they'll have to be hauled through the parade route on flat bed trailers to prevent them destroying the roads. This feckless choade doesn't deserve a parade.
Agreed
They never ask the follow-up question. Mainstream reporters Aren't asking the questions and are basically useless at this point I don't even know why they bother
Totally. I've long suspected they're focused on getting through a list of prepared questions, and don't listen to the answers. You can see this sometimes in wider camera shots where the interviewer is reading a piece of paper while the interviewee blathers on.
1st rule in broadcasting reporting AND sales. Listen twice as much as yoi speak, and ALWAYS peel the onion.
The orange pig's asshole will pucker.
Never
No, she didn't because she's complicit in the destruction of America.
Bingo
So that he can live out his dream of following Hitler’s footsteps.
Welker is just grossly sucking up looking for more air time/views, never a firm follow up question. She's worse than her predecessor. Tim Russert must be spinning in his grave.
All those fired scientists and researchers must be feeling great about their value proposition in Trumps eyes.
This shit will cost $100 million dollars.
Putting that money earmarked for cancer research to good use.
For all our sakes, i hope someone talks him out of this.
So, a big beautiful parade costing millions as he marches through a town where he’s just fired thousands of federal employees. 🤔🤮
We. Are. Not. North. Korea. 🖕🏽
All you need to say. Thank you from a retired military member.
PERIOD!!!
Hate. To. Tell. You. This. But. Yes. We. Are!
We are not. Been there? I have. Shut the fuck up.
WTF? Is that what you call 'punching up'? Why so hostile? Especially to someone on the same side? I was exaggerating to make a point. You can disagree without being an aggressive asshole about it. Maybe next time take a deep breath & think before you tell people the 'shut the fuck up'?
Read your last sentence again...
Joel, I suspect that account is a troll account. If not a paid troll, that person has serious problems.
I noticed, thanks 👍
Their escalation appears both artificial and disingenuous.
Hmmmm
Are you referring to the typo? "The" where it should read "to"? Or are you trying to claim that coming at me with an aggressive post that tells me to "shut the fuck up" is okay, but my response asking why you're being an aggressive asshole is not? Which is it? Double standard or grammar police?
He'd better not mention about the birthday. It makes it sound like a vanity project, i.e., total waste.
It is a vanity project.
Isn't b'day something to keep your privates clean?
Oh I'm sure he'll be pretending it's for Flag Day or something by the time June gets here
But little girls don’t get dolls for Christmas.
Trump: $50M for a military parade on my birthday is peanuts. Also Trump: we can’t afford to keep paying all the “losers and suckers” (aka, Veterans). Fire them all. Also Trump: we can’t afford to keep giving food stamps to poverty stricken children and single mothers.
$92 million.
92 million at least
Rebellion is the only way out of a fascist dictatorship.
Abhorrent, evil 🍊🤡🍊💩🍊🐀🍊🪳🍊🐖
How do you like that reasoning? Could someone explain the True Value of a multi-million-dollar Happy Birthday military parade? In my part of the country True Value is a hardware store.
A parade has no worth in governing for the people of the U.S.
No money for pediatric cancer research though.
What?
His ego being stroked is actually not priceless and will cost taxpayers over $100 million, not to mention the costs taxpayers will have to pay to repair roads etc. PS Never forget Congress could stop this!
Peanuts? He’s nuts. Millions of $ wasted.
🤮🤮🤮
Gross
Those are OUR peanuts, ya fuckin circus elephant. Spend your own peanuts for once.
"They have the greatest Fool in the world...""
tRump is a 🐖
Tell Trump he can have it if he pays for it out of his own pocket, not even his PAC’s but his personal bank account. He’ll bail immediately.
He's broke. He has no liquid assets...that's why he's always begging for money.
😡🤮😡😡😡
Is she the worst interviewer ever?
It benefits literally no one but him.
Did he happen to say what the value of doing it was? And for who?
Hard no. An atrocious waste of tax payers' resources.
DOGE - here is your wasteful spending
I really don’t like the kiss ass interviewing him. She’s got nothing.
She's playing the long game. She wants to interview him again someday. If she challenges him, she'll be labeled Nasty Woman and no more audiences with the king.
I would like some truth now, not “gladly paying you tuesday for a hamburger today “
I agree. It really is not her responsibility to challenge him. It is to get him talking and reveal himself. It is the primary job of Congress and the Courts to hold him accountable. Also, she is an employee of the network. I am sure she is told what to do.
No one should be interviewing him. He's got nothing of human interest to say to anyone.
I am not down with the orange clown spending our money for his self aggrandizement! #notdownwiththeorangeclown
I'd rather use the money for Meals on Wheels and or Head Start.
Will he be speaking at the parade. You know, like at a rally?
I'm guessing he'll be the grand master.
All is see are old black and white films of Hitler going on for hours in front of the troops in one of his command performances.
The value ? Egotistical maniacal narcissistic man child !!
“peanuts compared to the value”. This is what “Peanuts” characters think…
National media …do the work and stop further questions until logical answers come out of his mouth www.yahoo.com/news/trump-m...
The irony a military parade for the man who dodged the draft 5 times. Fucing clown the world is laughing at you and your maga followers
No will watching our men/women march to your birthday Dump. In June, D.C. is scorching hot but the big AH doesn't care!
I really wished she would have asked him if he was going to parade those submarines he mentioned. I’m certain his answer would have been epic nonsense.
I’m thinking they’ll have a group confederate re-enactors marching.
If someone doesn’t do the thing during this parade, it won’t ever be done.
“Peanuts compared to the value of doing it” more appropriately applies to things like USAID, PBS, NPR, meals on wheels, etc
He tells families their kids can only have 2 dolls and he wastes money on this bullshit!
We should NOT be borrowing money for that. He had over $100 million unspent from his inauguration fund. Use that money and rebuild the streets after cuz they can’t handle tanks 😉
I’m sure he pocketed those dollars
Peanut sized is his brain.
What an idiot.
I don’t guess he’d even fund peanuts for kids in America. Impeach or otherwise remove this treasonous lunatic.
Your brain is full of peanuts!
A**hole speaks of military vehicles/equipment but does NOT mention the soldiers, the airmen, the seamen that operate the equipment and put their lives on the line!! 😠 What a douche!
"Peanuts compared to the value of doing it" Value for whom? My guess, for Donald.
Praying to rain on #felon47 parade (again), it did for this one, I remember being so happy that day watching the weather radar just willing that big green blob to…. youtu.be/GdEeT5FObzs?...
A bragging, little brat, tangled up in his words.
Would be cool if some soldiers decided to defend the constitution and make it a red wedding.
LOL!
His sense of entitlement & need for attention is off the charts. He believes he deserves to have obscene amounts of money spent on his whims. The poor can suffer without Medicaid & SNAP. The elderly can suffer without SS & Medicare. The middle class’s kids won’t go to college. #wastefraudabuse
The irony of a draft dodger having a military parade as he calls our fallen soldiers “suckers and losers.” It is even worse because he had the election stolen with the help of the muskrat and putinski. He deserves a stake in the heart.
This is where we are at, America. Courtesy of Republicans. More dystopian than ANY fiction writer could ever dream up.
Did Welker ask him about the picture he posted of himself as Pope?
Of course not! She's the worst. She gives him softball questions & never any pushback on his fire hose of bullshit! Dump was her first interview. I knew exactly how worthless she was after that first puff piece interview with trump. Disgraceful liar.
Aside from the moderator padding their resumes with such interviews, what is the value to ANYONE? He gives non-answers and when he's done, they simply check that off their list and move to the next question. It's a complete waste of time other than reinforcing how incoherent and unfit he is.
What’s the value of having the MSM interview this guy? It only serves to reinforce how deeply troubled he is, and how deeply troubling our Country’s situation is as well.
How many seniors won't have LIHEAP heat assistance next winter because he thought a 90 million parade was more important?
What value?
Fuck off you fucking felon!
That’s an awesome idea.
Stolen Valor is against the law
WHAT?!? We still have laws?
What a wonderful surprise 😮 that would be 👊🫸🤝🫷🤌🫳
Tiananmen style with grocery bags of peanuts, pencils and dolls
They really should. If I lived closer I'd do it myself.
That is a brilliant idea
weird AI posters
The value to his ego.
FUCK @nbcnews.com for giving this piece of shit airtime
Trump is a piece of shit
Fucking dogebag
No value in doing this ginormous waste of our tax dollars!!!
But, what happened to DOGE?
He's like a child when it comes to wanting things. The cost is of no concern. Being president to him is like winning the lottery, again. This time he plans to get the rest of what he wanted. Funny how he masquerades as a successful businessman. Laughable how ppl buy it. Sad for the future of Amer.
😡😡😡😡
People block all the roads and bridges leading into DC. Do not let MAGA and their types into the city. Can we prevent the military from entering the city? No violence. The largest sit-in ever.
Another strong man display. Our military is for security, not invading Greenland. Scare tactic on a big scale. Ego.
Where is this money coming from? Doesn’t it have to be approved by Congress? Not like they wouldn’t agree but at least people can see clearly their priorities. List the value. Let’s see it.
In breaking news: Peanut prices are up
And that’s all she asked? Ask him how much those peanuts cost anyway then ask about government waste and spending and all the cuts!!! Shit give me a mic and I’ll ask
That SOB
50501 is staging a huge 50 state protest June 14. Sign up and be there. Let's put this fucker to shame.
Does that make any sense at all? He won't give the dollar amount because he won't be paying for it. It'll be our taxes that pay for it while he pretends to be Putin or Jong un. That has no value for our country's citizens who by that time will be suffering from Trump's Tariffs & Recession.
Also a big, beautiful ride in a convertible? 🙃
Translation: "Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars."
100 million of your tax dollars
"And what is the value?" She then asked. Right???
asshat
Trump cares nothing about the military. HYPOCRITE. He celebrates narcissistic behavior🤔🧐
Welker @meet the press is complicit with the Trump atrocities by offering a pretense of legitimacy vs. truly challenging him.
I don't watch her show at all
I mean if we're talking the value of doing things regardless of cost how about universal healthcare and free tuition/investing in education among other programs that are being destroyed
5 x Draft Dodger throws himself a military parade. 🙄🙄🙄
1 in 8 women in the US are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. I am a survivor of Triple Negative Breast cancer because of federally-funded cancer research and treatments. I don’t give a F—K about a parade. FUND CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT.
Next question: What specifically is the value of a military parade?
Ego stroking for Dear Leader and for the "grown men" who get a thrill out playing with tanks and real life soldiers
Old felon plans war with the planet.
Doesn't see the value of keeping the lights on for veterans in their homes, feeding kindergartners in school, feeding seniors in their homes, Head Start, medical services, but the value of a tribute parade is the thing. Dipshits everywhere elected Kim Jong Un.
The value to him?
It’s only Fair- Trump Personally Pay for his Stupid Parade . Not We The Peoples money!!
Should have asked why he thinks a draft dodger rapist like himself deserves any kind of parade
While he strips veterans of benefits. 😡
Really! I hate the way they handle him with kid gloves!!!!
To be fair trying to get him to answer a question is like trying to nail jello.
Lol! He can’t answer even a simple question. His brain is mush.
Had biden said one tenth what this moron says, both parties would've booted him out of office
You’re exactly right! Without a doubt!
So do I. trump may not talk to news people unless they use kid gloves, but it gives Americans some clue to his crazy hateful thinking.
True…
It's pathetic, and he's a complete buffoon.
Unbelievable. 😖
Exactly!!
But it's his birthday present from the taxpayers
Military parade is what dictators do.
What weird relationship does Welker have with Trump? He continually lies right to her face and says nonsensical things and she smiles and moves on to the next question.
I don’t suppose he explained the value other than having his nuts fluffed?
I wonder how vets are going to feel about a military parade being staged by bone spurs.🤔
This vet is appalled. I served under five Commander-in-Chiefs. I’m eternally grateful I retired before this one came along. To join the likes of Russia, North Korea, and China makes me so damn sad.
Is she at fucking Mara a Lago for the interview? Or am I mistaken?
US also has the most mentally incompetent leader in charge of their military. Trump wants to bask in the glory of a military he avoided serving. Hypocrisy.
I'm frankly shocked that Trump has been doing so many interviews with mainstream media of late. Especially with his numbers is being so bad. He must just really feel that the American voter is no longer a part of the equation & he doesn't care what anybody thinks. He just likes to see himself on TV.
Kid's cancer research isn't worth the value tho apparently.
There’s zero value in doing it.
"Value to whom?" should have been the next question.
The guy is a fucking clown! Who the fucks to see a felon on a float
If they Goose Step we're screwed ....................
To Trump, it's all marketing. For his brand.
MAGA already spreading the lie that this is a parade to honor the anniversary of the Army. If this was true, why did Trump float the idea multiple times in his first administration?
Many of us dont forget, specially the ones with a good memory.
He drastically overestimates his actual value.
Yep. He is radioactive waste, spent fuel rods, the cooling tanks, the works.
May it rain like hell, with at least golf ball sized hail, and a derecho for good measure.
I could use a few peanuts, not the best peanuts in the world, but some of the less than wonderful peanuts
Kids: Limited to 2 dolls, 5 pencils Trump: Float and fly and roll all my toy ships and planes and submarines and tanks and missiles down Constitution Ave for my birthday party waah waah! (But no broken toy soldiers because they’re just icky)
I detest how breathless & excited she is during this interview.
Same
He walks like he is drunk
Great Day to Celebrate Obama! We can celebrate the Army, the Veterans, KIA/MIA, and ALL of our past worthwhile presidents... Obama, Lincoln, Washington, etc. 😉
Wharton Business school, folks
This reporter should’ve called him out like Terry did!
10 out of 10 current or aspiring authoritarian dictators would agree with him.
Looooooooooool
Sad
Trump: “US kids have too many toys, but there’s no price tag too high for my North Korean style birthday parade”
With same people he insulted and closed their veteran homes? Nice try!
$100m You are so worth shit
What a moronic dum dum our leader is
People suffer while he praises, and spends our hard earned money on himself!
Sounds like an excellent day for protests
Americans have a history of going against their own self interests.
Value to whom? Our enemies perhaps that look at it and say “Comrade! Cool parade!”
I will get no value from it. But I’ll pay for it.
“We have the greatest military,” he says. If only he didn’t consider them all suckers and use them as pawns in his self aggrandizement. And we have to pay for his public masturbation.
😵😣🫢🥺😑
“News” needs to be split off from entertainment. They have proven they can’t do their jobs with rich corporations making the decisions.
92 million peanuts?
5 times draft-doger is organizing military parades.
She’s worthless.
Only reason he's doing Meet The Press is his poll numbers are plummeting.
Dude is trying to outdo putin and is going straight for stalin in being an autocratic dictator.
Does @kristenwelker.bsky.social Only fly by private jet? There’s gotta some folks who have ran into her in public to tell her how terrible she is at her job Or maybe that is her job to be a terrible host
Did @kristenwelker.bsky.social Once again NOT do her homework on the cost? The numbers are already out there. OR Kristen just set up the question so he can LIE? I go with the latter
Five time draft dodger wants a military parade?! The audacity of this toxic orange shit gibbon is outrageous!!! Give him a parade full of peaceful protestors/picketers! #Resist #FightForDemocracy #NoKings #NoDictators #NoTyrants #DownWithNazis
“Greatest submarines.” Are there going to be submarines in the parade?
REAL REPORTER: "What's the value, to lower the United States down to the level of North Korea?" "You said the price of eggs dropped 87%, which would mean they cost less than $1/doz. That's clearly a lie. Why did you lie? Why do you always lie about everything? Can you even do simple math?"
You have perfectly explained why he avoids interacting with real journalists/reporters
Welker must be a closet MAGAt.
Terrible interviewer. She never pushes back on his lies, and puts ideas in his head, almost like she's egging him on. Why would you ask him if he plans military action against Canada??
Yup. Welker clearly tries to normalize Trump and every other MAGAt she interviews. It's sickening.
The cost? Only some cancer research, feeding preschoolers, jobs, public radio and Elmo. Peanuts 🙄
Trump will sell lots of China-made MAGA crap at this parade! 🙄
You can bet there will be marketing (grift) involved. Commemorative shirts, hats, shoes, skivvies, vodka, & crypto are all possible based on past performance. Steaks shaped like the Gulf of... the possibilities are endless. We're being walked down a garden path by a psychopath who needs a parade.
Some of our tax money that will go toward paying for this parade will definitely end up in Trump’s pocket! 😡😡😡😡😡
No matter how big his parade is, or how much money he’ll make off it, Trump will always hate himself. And he knows tons of people hate him.
I'm not sure he believes people hate him. It may anger him when people disagree, but psychopaths operate from a place of self-delusion. He'll never take responsibility for his failings. He can barely form thoughts & execute articulate sentences. Besides, for psychopaths self hate is a good thing.
*a statuary garden path featuring his idea of American heroes* 🙄
lol what value??
The "value" of a giant military parade...for his fucking birthday? That goes so well with "yeah we might have a recession, whatever, it'll be fine".
Welker sucks eggs
🙄 what a waste $$. That should be coming from his pocket, not our taxpayers for this?!
There is literally no value in doing it. It will make us look weak and small.
The rest of us are limited to 2 Barbies though.
Why is she walking around with him like this is normal
Her boss told her to
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 those Comcast whores know big bad Donald is in charge!!!🙄
Bullshit.
He is sooo jealous of his buddies putin and kim with their adornments! Just like the very ugly Mar-A Lagoon.
I hope no one watches it- I know I won't.
If it’s peanuts, then pay for it yourself, right?
#FuckTrump
tRump is a Selfish idiot. Unemployment going up, inflation on the way and the 🍊 idiot wants to spend millions on a birthday parade to satisfy his Narcissistic ego. Don't let him get away with it America.
Oh hell no.
Fuck his ass‼️‼️ WE NEED AN ANTI PARADE‼️ I call for a massive protest if this Shit show goes forward‼️😡😡
As to your first comment: yes, but with a cactus!