President Donald Trump sat down with host Kristen Welker for a full length interview on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” — and throughout the conversation, he often paused to challenge the mainstream media narratives and the framing Welker chose for her questions.

For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week’s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.

Trump’s repeated jabs at Welker during the interview reflect the tone that most associated with his second administration have taken with members of the press — and the tone that Trump himself exhibited in a previous wide-ranging interview with ABC News anchor Terry Moran — making his interview the perfect summary of a week in legacy media narratives.

Welker began the interview with questions about the economy, asking Trump whether he deserved credit  — or blame — for the general direction the economy has taken during the first 100 days of his administration. The president threaded the needle a bit on that question, noting that some policy changes impact the economy more quickly than others — meaning that some of the current economic numbers were still a direct result of policies implemented by former President Joe Biden.

To Welker, who asked whether the economy was truly a Trump economy, the president replied, “I think certain aspects of it are. Costs are. I was able to get down the costs, but even that, it takes awhile to get them down but we got them down good. … We lost $5-6 billion a day [on trade] with Biden — $5-6 billion. And I’ve got that down to a great number right now in a record time.”

NBC: Is this now your economy, sir?@POTUS: “I think certain aspects of it are. Costs are. I was able to get down the costs… We lost $5-6 billion a day with Biden… and I’ve got that down to a great number right now in a record time.” pic.twitter.com/Qy2LkRzsm2

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

NBC News, true to form, published that same clip under a headline suggesting that Trump was passing off the less positive economic numbers on Biden — without noting that the president was right when he said that some policies took longer to show results than others might.

President Trump says ‘good parts’ of economy are his and ‘bad parts are the Biden economy’ https://t.co/9mEbnABSAq

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 4, 2025

Welker pressed the president on the tariffs, arguing that there were some small businesses hurt by the initial impact — but Trump immediately challenged her framing of the issue.

“You pick a couple of little businesses. What about the car business? They’re going to make a fortune because of the tariffs … the head of the union who was no fan of mine … now he’s saying… ‘We’ve been waiting 40 years for somebody to do what Trump is doing.'”

.@POTUS calls out Fake News NBC: “You pick [out] a couple of little businesses. What about the car business? They’re going to make a fortune because of the tariffs… the head of the union who was no fan of mine… now he’s saying… ‘We’ve been waiting 40 years for somebody to… pic.twitter.com/iVSAr0w9UZ

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

When the topic turned to illegal immigration, Trump referenced what Attorney General Pam Bondi has labeled the “real constitutional crisis” — the fact that Democrats and a number of carefully-shopped district court judges have attempted to overwhelm the system by forcing the Trump administration to adjudicate every illegal immigrant’s individual case prior to ordering deportation.

“The big emergency right now is that we have thousands of people that we want to take out — and we have some judges that want everybody to go to court,” Trump said, arguing that based on the numbers, it would take hundreds of years to process every illegal immigrant through the court system. “We have millions of people. We’re going to have millions of court cases?”

.@POTUS: “The big emergency right now is that we have thousands of people that we want to take out — and we have some judges that want everybody to go to court … We have millions of people. We’re going to have millions of court cases?” pic.twitter.com/Eli9acE8Dd

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

Welker pressed Trump on whether or not he believed everyone in the United States — whether citizen or not — was entitled to due process and the right to plead their case before a judge, and Trump’s reply was simple: “I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer.”

“We have thousands of people … some of the worst, most dangerous on earth — and I was elected to get them the hell out of here and the courts are holding me from doing it,” Trump added.

.@POTUS: “We have thousands of people … some of the worst, most dangerous on earth — and I was elected to get them the hell out of here and the courts are holding me from doing it.” pic.twitter.com/uNJESyWas1

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

NBC’s interpretation of that exchange was slightly different: “Trump, asked if he has to ‘uphold the Constitution,’ says, ‘I don’t know’.”

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— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 4, 2025

Welker went on to challenge Trump’s actions regarding certain political adversaries – in particular those who were directly involved in prosecuting the legal cases against him — asking whether he was making matters worse by stripping their security clearances.

“You said you wanted to unify the country. Does going after political foes undercut that goal?” she asked.

Trump, who has often said that the cases against him were entirely political in nature, said no — the goal was to make sure that the people filling such roles were “honest people.”

Welker: “You said you wanted to unify the country. Does going after political foes undercut that goal?”@POTUS: “No. We want honest people.” pic.twitter.com/ESGFrufqPC

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

“What do you say to those who believe you are taking the country down an authoritarian path?” Welker asked, provoking an immediate reaction from Trump.

“There you go again. Why don’t you ask in a different way? Many people want to come into our country. Many people love Trump … I won the popular vote,” Trump said. “They had their chance at the election, and they lost big.”

NBC: What do you say to those who believe you are taking the country down an authoritarian path?@POTUS: “There you go again. Why don’t you ask in a different way? Many people want to come into our country. Many people love Trump… I won the popular vote… they had their… pic.twitter.com/XFx4X21jfF

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

Welker even asked Trump about rumors that he was actively considering running for a third term as president — rumors that the president quickly laughed off.

“I’m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody — ideally a great Republican, a great Republican — to carry it forward,” Trump said. “Four years is plenty of time to do something really spectacular.”

“I’m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody — ideally a great Republican, a great Republican — to carry it forward,” says @POTUS.

“Four years is plenty of time to do something really spectacular.” pic.twitter.com/pK6t6X3AiA

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2025

When asked directly, Trump named Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential successors.

On a newsy Sunday evening, President Donald Trump declared that he is authorizing a 100% tariff on movies produced in foreign countries.

“The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

“It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands,” he added. “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”

Trump flew on Air Force One from Florida back to Washington, D.C., with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others on Sunday evening, according to the White House press pool.

On X, Lutnick responded to Trump’s directive, saying, “We’re on it.”

The Hollywood Reporter reported a number of expensive movies are being shot across the globe, including “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” and noted it was unclear if they would be impacted.

A little more than 100 days into his second term, Trump has unveiled a number of levies on foreign imports, most notably the “Liberation Day” tariffs last month which imposed a 10% rate on imports from many nations, with higher rates in some cases. Trump granted a 90-day pause, keeping only the base rate for most countries, but escalated China’s tariffs to 145% after Beijing’s retaliatory measures.

Trump answered questions from reporters during the flight back to the nation’s capital on Sunday. He noted there “could very well be” some trade deals announced this coming week.

While officials in the Trump administration have been working to negotiate deals to remedy what they say are grievous trade imbalances and other issues, Democrats and a couple Republicans in Congress have tried to rein in Trump’s tariff authority amid concerns about the economic consequences and constitutional checks and balances, but to no avail.

Also on Sunday evening, Trump announced that he was directing the federal government to reopen the Alcatraz prison.