'Wild, Unhinged Stuff': Jake Tapper Goes Off on Donald Trump After His TV Meltdown 

CNN anchor Jake Tapper condemned President Donald Trump's abrupt exit from an NBC News interview, criticizing the behavior as "wild, unhinged stuff.”

Trump suddenly ended the rainy Meet the Press session with Kristen Welker after she pressed him on his claims that California's elections were rigged.

Taking to social media on Sunday June 7, Tapper, wrote, “That is some wild, unhinged stuff from the President. Welker is a good person and an honest journalist and didn’t deserve that, but more importantly, we have a president who constantly pushes conspiracy theories with zero evidence and can’t respond when politely challenged on that."

Tapper used these same descriptors back in 2017 to describe a combative White House press conference.

During the NBC interview, Welker pressed Trump on his administration's previously abandoned "$1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund" and his claims regarding rigged elections in California.

Faced with polite fact-checking, Trump called Welker "crooked or stupid" before terminating the interview and walking away.

While Tapper has been justly criticized for his persistent focus on former President Joe Biden as compared to a more forgiving take on Trump, this wasn’t the first time he has condemned the almost 80-year-old POTUS.

When Trump accused CNN and The New York Times of "treason" for their coverage of the war in Iran, Tapper firmly pushed back on-air, defending the role of free journalism and calling out Trump's habit of branding critical media coverage as "bad and sick.”

Tapper has used humor to point out logical flaws in the administration's messaging. In March 2026, he broke down an official White House meme in which Trump held a handful of UNO cards with the text "I have all the cards." Tapper joked that Trump was "losing the propaganda war" against Iran because the actual objective of the UNO is to have zero cards.

Tapper has consistently critiqued Trump's foreign policy communication, noting deep inconsistencies in how the president expresses the United States' need for international allies during heightened tensions.

Tapper has also voiced concern over Trump's administrative appointments during his second term, specifically reporting on Trump selecting a key figure from his self-described "retribution tour" to serve as the acting director of national intelligence.

Not all commenters were impressed by the CNN anchor’s criticism of Trump on Sunday, however.

“Maybe you could finally start calling him out on your show,” posted one critic.

“That’s all you’ve got? How about his mental /psychological status that you skewered Biden on? Or falling asleep EVERY D---- DAY?” noted another.

“Jake is so outraged about Trump's treatment of his colleague, he's going to write another book about Joe Biden,” quipped another.

Former President Biden’s son Hunter, who has become a social media darling on X, has publicly accused Tapper of practicing "what-about-ism," carrying out a "complete and utter abdication of responsibility as a journalist," and unfairly attacking his stepmother, Jill Biden, while arguing that Tapper was ignoring controversies involving Trump's children.