The Wild Truth Behind Trump’s New Media Hit List & Meltdown

Jun 8

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PDS Published 06/08/2026

The really shocking thing that a lot of people are missing from Trump's humiliating Meet the Press meltdown, the Knicks, MSG, NBA Finals backlash is crazier than most normies understand, while many think Netanyahu just gave America the middle finger. Plus, the surprising end to one of the most troubling police chases in a while. We're talking about all of that and even more on today's brand new Philip DeFranco Show, your daily dive into the news.
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Starting with Donald Trump doing everything he can right now to silence, intimidate, and domesticate his critics in the media. But some, they're not buckling.
Among those, you have Kristen Welker, a correspondent for NBC's Meet the Press, who just did an hour-long sit-down interview with Trump. But all the talk right now is about the last five minutes because most of the interview was just her asking some pretty basic questions like:
"So, Mr. President, you keep saying that the war is almost over, but why isn't it?"
"So, Mr. President, you promised there would be no new wars. But isn't this a new war?"
And Trump was basically like, "Listen, Kristen, Obama sucked. Vietnam was way longer. Your polls are fake, and we'd all be dead if I didn't stop Iran from getting nukes."
But then the conversation got a whole lot more interesting.
When Welker brought up the $1.8 billion weaponization fund that Trump wants to use to pay out people he considers victims of the Deep State, including January 6th defendants—an idea that received bipartisan pushback from lawmakers, and a judge actually paused it while it gets challenged in court, with reports saying that the White House was giving up on it.
But on Meet the Press, you had Trump doubling down on the fund, saying that he loves it, calling it great, and refusing to rule out paying January 6 rioters who assaulted police officers.
So naturally, that led into an argument about whether they were really victims, which became an argument about whether the 2020 election was rigged.
And then:
Welker: "Trump lost. There's no evidence of what you're saying."
Trump: "But let me ask you about Todd Blanche. Listen to me. Let's talk about this tremendous evidence."
Welker: "There's nothing—"
Trump: "The election was rigged. It was a dirty election. And it's happening again right now in California. This is happening right now in California."
Welker: "Sir, that's not evidence."
Trump: "You know these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they're rigged. You know that. I won that election in a landslide."
"And you're crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked. And so is ABC and CBS and CNN."
Welker: "But, Mr. President—"
Trump: "You're a one-sided, crooked network. So let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."
Welker: "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin."
Now, according to Welker, Trump said that he'd return to Meet the Press for another interview. But it's also not clear why he would, given that NBC is already on his media offenders list.
Which—I'm not kidding here.
This is an actual page on the official WhiteHouse.gov website that attacks Trump's perceived enemies in the press, from the Associated Press to Bloomberg to Fox.
It even includes an "Offender Hall of Shame," where they highlight things they don't like, such as the Pulitzer Prize going to so-called anti-Trump journalists, or Fox News giving what they called a "pathetically weak interview" to the foreign minister of Cuba's "bloodthirsty communist regime."
Stephen Colbert's supposed offense is that "his boring career was marred with tedious and left-wing bias," and that "he was a lunatic that sought to politicize the late-night scene, and everyone is better off since he was fired."
Then there's the "Media Offender of the Week," which goes to CNN for having on a doctor who said that Trump has repeatedly fallen asleep in public, most notably during Cabinet meetings—a claim that the White House categorized as left-wing lunacy and a conspiracy.
And also, they let you know that if you want "the truth," each week you can sign up for the White House's Offender Alerts newsletter delivered straight to your inbox.
I want to say, for a lot of people, they're going to end up on this website. I imagine many are going to use this as kind of a badge of honor.
Actually, on the note of individuals that are on this list, some have responded. You've got people like progressive commentator David Pakman, for example, who was put there for spreading what the White House claims was fake news about Trump.
Pakman responded:
"If YouTube folds, I lose my nearly 4 million subscribers. Meta could pull my channels from Facebook and Instagram, where I have millions of followers combined. TikTok is already suppressing our views. I'm talking to lawyers. I'm talking to advisers. We don't really know the full scope of what we're up against yet. What are they going to try to do with the people on this list?"
And also in response to that, you had Gavin Newsom's press office writing:
"Completely unacceptable to target independent journalists like this and reporters in general, from David Pakman and Brian Tyler Cohen to Don Lemon and Stephen Colbert. A clear attack on the free press and the First Amendment. It needs to be called out."
But from Trump's perspective, he's just correcting a severely deranged, hopelessly biased lunacy in the press that sometimes rises to the level of treason.
And patient zero is CBS.
His big ally, David Ellison, made Bari Weiss editor-in-chief, and she made Nick Bilton head of 60 Minutes after firing much of its staff.
Last week, like we talked about, you had veteran correspondent Scott Pelley hammering Bilton during a staff meeting while his colleagues reportedly applauded and laughed.
And Bilton fired Pelley, who then subsequently sat down with New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro and explained a lot more about what happened.
First, saying that the day before the meeting, Bilton sent an email to the staff that Pelley called insulting.
"He told us in that email that it wasn't 1968 anymore, and he helpfully noted that gasoline doesn't cost 32 cents anymore, and suggested that we had all been frozen in amber in 1968 when the program first went on the air, and that nothing had improved."
Then, the day after the meeting:
"I got pulled into a second meeting with Bilton, Weiss, and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski."
Question: "What was the energy of the room?"
Pelley: "Hostile. Dismissive. Before I could take my seat, Tom Cibrowski said, 'This is a firing offense.' Tom accused me of physically abusing Nick Bilton. And when he was caught in that lie, he said, 'Well, okay, I take that back.'"
"Very quickly after the meeting began, Tom said, 'This conversation is over.'"
Right. Of course. After that, he got fired.
And throughout this interview, Pelley was kind of getting the most emotional talking about his colleagues—people who he'd worked with for decades getting kicked out so casually and for no clear reason.
"There are people in that room who go to war zones when they are pregnant."
"My former boss and former producer, Bill Owens, saved my life in a firefight in Iraq."
"Tanya Simon spent her childhood waiting for the call that her father was dead, never knowing if she would ever see him again. Her whole childhood. Her father was a famous Vietnam correspondent."
"She's at the broadcast at 3:00. Get out by 5:00."
Make of that what you will.
Now that Pelley is out, he's ready to speak openly about what's going on behind the scenes. And regarding Bari Weiss, you have him saying that she put her thumb on the scale for Donald Trump in what he calls a level of political influence that he'd never seen in 37 years at CBS.
He actually elaborated on one example: their report on the killings of Renee Good and Alex Preti and the protests that followed.
The story went through screenings, was very well received, got notes, got rewritten, and was finally approved.
But then:
"It's Sunday. We're going on the air that night. And about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon."
Two of the things in the email included:
"Can we make the protesters look more violent?"
And:
"Renee Good's car—you need to describe her as driving toward the officer."
All of this even though, according to Pelley, he'd already had his producers gather evidence of protesters being aggressive, including video of Alex Preti himself kicking out an ICE vehicle's taillight.
But still, he says he and his team went back and thoroughly reexamined their evidence, and they couldn't find anything to support the requested changes.
They'd also reached a point where they were 19 minutes away from being so late they'd have to cancel the night's show entirely.
So they made the call.
They aired the episode without Weiss's changes.
"In 19 years, I can't imagine that's ever happened before. I wasn't going to get into a debate about it. I wasn't going to call Bari Weiss about it. I was just going to refuse to make those changes."
"The next day, I didn't hear anything. Nobody called. Nobody said anything."
"It occurred to me that maybe Bari Weiss didn't see the broadcast."
But now you have the situation where Pelley and most of the senior 60 Minutes team are gone, either because they were fired or because they quit in protest.
It's unclear whether there's anyone left who's willing to resist the political pressure.
And so, for some—and this group has been growing—this is effectively the end of 60 Minutes as a credible institution.
Others think it could still be salvaged.
Then you have this other group that I think more probably is just going to keep watching to get a sense of what's actually happening behind the scenes.
Hey, in the meantime, for no reason whatsoever, I just want to remind you that the authoritarian handbook that we've seen now, and also throughout history, often includes chapters where the dear leader's oligarch friends buy up all the media to control the narrative.
And they also use the state to go after anyone who resists.
Just an unrelated tidbit. A factoid.
Then also on the topic of politics showing up where you wouldn't normally want it to, we've got to talk about this insane controversy and backlash around Trump and the New York Knicks.
Or because, in case maybe you've been in a coma for the past couple of weeks, or your social algorithms have not given you the best basketball content that we've seen in years, the New York Knicks have made it to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.
With the Knicks facing off against the San Antonio Spurs, who are being led by an 8-foot Frenchman. And so far, the Knicks have actually won both Games 1 and 2. They're actually on a 13-game playoff winning streak.
Actually, even when those games have been happening halfway across the country, Knicks fans in New York have been gathering inside and outside of Madison Square Garden for watch parties.
But that amazing, iconic tradition is ending with Game 3.
That's thanks to Donald Trump's attendance, by invitation from the team's famously unpopular owner, James Dolan.
Anyway, the NYPD made an announcement less than 24 hours before tonight's game, saying there will be no watch parties outside of Madison Square Garden for Game 3 only.
This was done fully in coordination with the Secret Service.
"Because of the presidential visit, expect watch parties at Madison Square Garden to resume for Game 4."
And so then, with that, you had both everyday and high-profile fans absolutely pissed off.
I mean, you had Ann Coulter, of all people, calling it selfish and narcissistic.
Also, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith took a break from tap dancing to say:
"This president has no business showing up in New York City. I am dead serious. It is selfish. It is narcissistic. It is ridiculous that he is coming to this game."
As far as actual representatives, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez added:
"This makes it clear that Trump isn't thinking about the fans' experience, just his own."
"There are just some things that, like, I mean, you don't want to go either to jinx it or just in general. Sometimes the accommodations that are required for the security for you to show up are just not worth shutting down the fun for so many other people."
And this idea that Trump himself is not really welcome, it's not just talking heads saying it.
It's being shared with much stronger language by everyday fans on Twitter, with many people even calling for boos and chants against Trump at the game tonight.
And so it actually wouldn't surprise me if the viewership for tonight's game went up, with people kind of wanting to see what's happening in the moment.
Now, with all this, it is worth mentioning that there have been other official watch parties scheduled around the city, including Wollman Rink in Central Park and Brooklyn Bowl.
Of course, whatever you do, be careful.
It's not to say the watch parties for Games 1 and 2 at MSG were subdued, peaceful affairs with no security risks. A lot of it looked like an amazing, awesome time.
But at the watch party for Game 2 on Friday, there were more than a dozen arrests and even an assault on an NYPD officer.
Which also highlighted some of the tension between New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Mamdani has been vocal in support of New York sports culture and has been celebrating this historic run alongside the fans.
But Tisch said that high-profile events like this put a lot of strain on the NYPD.
So to be fair here, Mamdani, who's also going to tonight's game, condemned the assault on the officer Friday night, calling it unacceptable and adding:
"New Yorkers are rightfully excited about the Knicks' historic Finals run, and we want fans to celebrate this moment together. There is, however, no place for violence and no tolerance for attacks on police officers."
Though also, I'll say, the watch party thing is not the only thing that has fans furious.
The other big problem for a lot of people is the ticket prices.
A lot of everyday New Yorkers do not have a prayer of getting seats to tonight's game or even Game 4.
That's because you have the average ticket price coming in between $6,500 and $7,000 per seat.
Actually, the most expensive average price ever recorded for an NBA Finals game.
And I mean, like, by a lot.
The next closest would be Game 5 of the 2024 Celtics-Mavericks series at $2,072.
Every game in the previous top ten came in at less than $2,000.
Which is why Knicks fan Matt Ferrall said:
"Quite literally, it is more affordable to fly to San Antonio, go to Games 1 and 2, get a hotel in San Antonio, do some touring, and fly back than it is to step foot in Madison Square Garden where you live."
I mean, you even had players speaking out.
Knicks guard Josh Hart saying:
"I kind of wish the ticket prices weren't as crazy as they are. I feel like a lot of people who have been waiting for this moment for a very long time unfortunately aren't able to get into the building."
"Where, you know, the cheapest ticket is $7,800. So it's just... that's ridiculous."
And so when you add all these things together, it's why you're seeing fans on Twitter saying things like:
"First, loyal fans who supported the Knicks for decades when the team sucked, emptying their wallets for tickets, shirts, jerseys, get priced out of the building when New York finally reaches the Finals."
"Those same loyal working-class fans get a second middle finger from ownership."
"Due to Dolan's desire to host Trump, thousands of diehard Knicks fans are denied the chance to gather outside the Garden, watch the game on a big screen, and share a once-in-a-lifetime moment with the community that helped keep this franchise alive when nobody else cared."
Adding:
"Access is reserved for the powerful, rich, and/or connected, not the fans who stuck with this team through 20-plus years of misery."
That's on top of the concern that Trump's presence is just going to mess with the good vibes the Knicks have going right now.
And ultimately, it kind of seems like a lose-lose for Trump.
If the Knicks win, Knicks fans are happy about that, but they're also angry about Trump because they're not able to be outside the Garden.
Then also, if the Knicks lose, it looks like Trump jinxed them.
For now, we'll wait to see.
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But then diving right back into the news, Netanyahu defied Trump and triggered what's been described as the most serious escalation in the Middle East since the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
Then, while the fighting seemingly paused, Israeli attacks on Lebanon still threatened to plunge the entire region back into war.
While the American military is also increasingly concerned about their allies spying on top officials in the White House.
So to start, something that you need to know is that Iran has said that to end this war, any deal has to include an end to attacks on Lebanon.
And last week, Israel and Lebanon actually announced a new ceasefire.
Which sounds good on paper, of course, but the word "ceasefire" really feels like it started to lose all meaning.
Israel insisted that it would still have the right to launch attacks if it deemed them necessary.
And Hezbollah rejected the agreement.
So the fighting continued.
A few days later, Israel attacked Beirut, killing two and injuring twenty, including four women and four children, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
You had the Israeli military claiming that the strike targeted a Hezbollah headquarters in the southern suburbs of the city.
You then soon had Iran responding with strikes targeting northern Israel, which were intercepted without casualties.
And you had an IDF spokesperson saying that it was preparing its response, saying:
"The Iranian regime has made a grave mistake. We will not allow the Iranian regime to establish a new front and will continue striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut."
But you then had Trump coming out against an Israeli response, telling Axios:
"If Bibi strikes them back, it's just going to keep going like the last 47 years or the last 3,000 years."
And then:
"We are very close to a final deal with Iran. It's going to be a good deal. I don't want it to blow up because of what is happening."
And Trump also told Fox News that he hadn't been warned about Israel's attack on Beirut and wasn't happy about it.
Actually, when he spoke to the Financial Times, he said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no choice but to accept any deal that the U.S. negotiates with Iran, saying:
"I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots."
And he reportedly got on the phone with Netanyahu and told him straight up:
"Do not respond."
But Netanyahu apparently defied him.
With the Israeli military launching strikes on central and western Iran, claiming to have struck truck-based surface-to-air missile launchers, and later saying that it had also targeted petrochemical facilities that produce unique materials that serve as critical components for the development of ballistic missiles.
And then on the flip side, you had the Houthis in Yemen firing missiles toward Israel and also saying that vessels linked to Israel would again be targets in the Red Sea.
Then Iran also launched a second and third wave of missiles toward central and southern Israel, including near the country's main nuclear research center, where back in March dozens were injured in an Iranian attack.
Very notably too, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson argued that despite Trump publicly opposing Israel's recent actions, the U.S. is ultimately to blame, saying:
"No one believes that the Israeli regime would take any action without coordination with the United States."
And so with that saying:
"The United States bears responsibility for the Israeli regime's aggression, and it will also be responsible for the consequences of any escalation."
And with that, you're seeing more reporting that there is at least the appearance of a growing rift between Trump and Netanyahu, especially when it comes to Iran.
I mean, just last week, you had Trump reportedly calling Netanyahu "fucking crazy" in connection to attacks on Iran.
And this week, besides Trump's own comments, you had the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon speaking to the press after meeting with the Lebanese president and suggesting that there are serious tensions between the two.
With him describing the recent exchange of fire as a political message and saying:
"We in the United States decided that the confrontation does not expand."
And he also later met with the Lebanese Speaker of Parliament and told reporters afterward that Trump is closely watching what's happening, claiming that he:
"Almost got into a fight with Netanyahu over this."
Of course, a very big thing here is that even if the U.S. and Israel are not totally on the same page, there's no sign right now that American support is actually seriously in doubt.
And for now, it does look like things have calmed down, relatively.
Actually, amid the back-and-forth attacks overnight and this morning, you had Trump writing on social media that Israel and Iran must immediately stop.
Then claiming only an hour later that both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate ceasefire and adding:
"Final negotiations on peace are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way."
"The blockade will remain in place and in full force and effect until a final deal is reached."
Things should move quickly.
Though you had many saying it feels like Trump has said this twenty-five times.
And too, not long after that post, you had the Iranian military saying that it had delivered a painful response to Israel and would stop its attacks, but adding:
"In the event of continued aggression and mischief, including in southern Lebanon, much more severe and devastating actions than before will follow."
Similarly, you had Netanyahu posting a short video announcing that fire was on hold against Iran but would continue if Iran attacked.
And that reportedly came after another call from Trump this morning urging him to end the Israeli strikes.
A call during which Trump also claimed that the U.S. and Iran are close to agreeing on a framework to bring the sides to the table for a longer-term deal.
Though again, when we're talking about this, if you're like:
"I have a crazy sense of déjà vu."
Yes.
The supposed peace deal has become the song that never ends.
It goes on and on, my friends.
And then also, in the meantime, what's happening behind the scenes adds a whole new dimension to the story.
Because despite the U.S. and Israel being incredibly close allies, you've got the Pentagon now classifying the counterintelligence threat from Israel at the highest level.
Meaning military leaders are concerned that Israel is ramping up efforts to spy on the United States.
With this especially having to do with the belief that Israel is doing its best to surveil top administration officials in order to learn about internal deliberations and decision-making regarding conflicts in the Middle East.
That's including by eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a peace deal with Iran.
You had one official telling The New York Times that Israel's espionage efforts have become:
"Unhinged."
And with that, I'll say it's well known that the U.S. and Israel spy on each other to some extent, along with other allies.
You've got things like back in 2021, Israeli military intelligence officers reportedly being caught planting listening devices at U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters.
And last year, Israeli agents were reportedly discovered trying to place one in a Secret Service facility.
Overall, the efforts reportedly started getting more aggressive in 2024 when the Biden administration somewhat pressured Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire in Lebanon.
And they've reportedly continued ramping up as the Trump White House started making plans to attack Iran.
Of course, you had a spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Washington calling these claims completely false, saying:
"Israel's intelligence collection efforts are aimed at its enemies, not its allies. Any claims to the contrary are either misinformed or politically motivated."
Also notably, the White House denied the reporting, with one official saying:
"The entire story is false and sourced to someone who doesn't have any knowledge of what's going on."
And so, of course, do with all that as you will.
And let me know what you think in those comments down below.
But then for the final block today, we've got more news you need to know, starting with the fact that a four-month-old got flung from a car after a dad led police on a chase that hit speeds of 100 miles per hour.
Yeah. Just insane.
And Arkansas officials just released footage of a police chase which appeared to start when officers tried to pull over Tyrese Fletcher for a traffic violation.
That's when he sped off with his four kids in the car.
You can even see an officer trying to perform a PIT maneuver on him a few moments later.
But before the officer could even do that, Fletcher loses control of the vehicle.
He hits a light pole, bringing down nearby electrical wires.
The car starts tumbling before finally landing on its side.
When an officer runs up to the crash site, he finds a baby lying in a field of grass near the car.
The officer then picks up the baby and runs to safety before police realize Fletcher's other children, all under the age of six, were also in the car.
They eventually got those kids to safety, along with Fletcher.
And while they only suffered minor injuries in the crash, you still had officials saying:
"The suspect's decisions placed four innocent victims in harm's way."
With his arrest, police also found a gun and marijuana in the vehicle.
So he's now being hit with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, felony fleeing, possession of a firearm, and eight other charges.
But next up, in a different kind of car crash, let's talk about Los Angeles.
You have many celebrating, but others shouting "stolen election" because Spencer Pratt has now fallen to third place behind City Council member Nithya Raman.
This race here has been a wild one.
And California elections usually take a while. You've got a lot of late ballots coming by mail and a pretty slow counting process.
Now, with those votes coming in, you've got things moving more and more.
While Pratt had been in second, Raman passed Pratt by over 3,000 votes.
Raman saying:
"We are encouraged by the latest vote count and remain grateful to the thousands of Angelenos who have powered this campaign."
Whereas, as far as Pratt, he posted on Twitter, kicking up kind of Trumpy conspiracy theories, saying:
"They're not the only ones who know where to find votes."
And making some weird connection between homeless people and Raman's new gains in the vote count.
You had a lot of MAGA supporters, as of this morning, jumping in.
You even had people like Elon Musk pushing claims of fraud and election rigging.
Though many also found that amusing with Musk because he, in part thanks to one of his baby mamas, along with other critics, has been at the center of election-rigging allegations himself.
Of course, there's been no evidence of election fraud.
In Los Angeles, they'll keep accepting votes until tomorrow as long as they have an Election Day postmark.
And remember, whoever wins between Pratt and Raman is going to be in the runoff with Mayor Karen Bass.
In fact, Bass's campaign sees Raman as the likely opponent, and so they've already fired off a statement saying:
"We look forward to winning a contest against an opponent who allows encampments near schools and fights against hiring more cops, yet is M.I.A. on saving Hollywood jobs and fighting back when ICE invades."
Then the final thing that I mentioned today is this whole situation around Pete Hegseth pissing Mormon Republicans off after saying that they no longer count as Christians.
In December, I told you that we were going to revamp the military's current faith and belief coding system.
The previous system had ballooned to well over 200 faith codes.
Two hundred.
Our internal review committee recommended that, going forward, the department use 31 religious affiliation codes.
They said that the change would help bring the codes, quote, "in line with their original purpose," giving the Chaplain Corps clearer information to help service members.
And so with that, the option to identify as Mormon, at least on paper in the military, was out the door, along with things like atheism and several other classifications.
And you had people like Hegseth's press secretary saying that this was long overdue.
Adding that the change wasn't supposed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief.
Then you had prominent Mormons in the Republican Party, like Utah Senator Mike Lee, not liking it at all.
Saying:
"It's also just repugnant to any sense of decency."
And:
"It offends our sense of our common heritage and our common belief that the government needs to not weigh in on doctrinal disputes between various religious denominations."
Adding:
"Secretary Hegseth, tear down that wall."
"This is not cool. Get rid of it."
"Get rid of it."
With also Senator John Curtis speaking out, calling the move unacceptable.
And Representative Mike Kennedy saying that it was wrong and needed to be reversed.
As that pressure built over the last few days, more people began to speak out.
And apparently, it ended up being too much for the administration to ignore.
Because you then had Lee speaking out again, saying that he took things all the way up to the President.
And after their conversation, Lee said that he was thrilled about where things stood.
And sure enough, earlier today, new codes were announced that added the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints back to the list.
With Lee saying:
"The Pentagon's job is not to adjudicate theological debates, but instead to ensure sincerely held faith is respected and encouraged in our military."
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