Interview · 7 Jun 2026
Meet the Press interview
Broadcaster's transcript: NBC News: Meet the Press transcript. Retrieved 2 Oct 2026.
Frequent bluff & spin
671 sentences · 56 checked claims · 61 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy41%
Checked claims that hold upadds 29.5 of 50.0
Not supported“I built it, frankly. I built it in my first four years.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · PolitiFact · FactCheck.org
Partly supported“Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their anti-aircraft is gone.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · Associated Press (via KSAT) · NPR (via WLRN)
Supported“this little ceasefire that we did at the request of some very good people, very, very fine people from — actually from numerous places, as you know. You know, there are a lot of people involved. But from Pakistan in particular, the field marshal and the prime minister.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · Sigmalive · The News International
Supported“they tried a blockade, and now we blockaded them.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · Al Jazeera · Hellenic Shipping News
Partly supported“they’re losing $400-500 million a day.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · Al Jazeera · Al Jazeera
Partly supported“Their leaders are gone. Their generals are gone. Their first tier and second tier are gone. Much of their third tier is gone.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · Al-Monitor · Gulf News
Partly supported“we beat Venezuela. We lost nobody. Took over the whole country. We lost nobody.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · Task & Purpose · Boston Globe
Supported“We’ve lost 13 people here”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · KTVU (Fox) · Associated Press (via WAFB)
Partly supported“if you look at Vietnam, where hundreds of thousands of people were killed”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · U.S. National Archives
Not supported“It costs us very little to keep them there.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · The New Arab · AOL Finance
Partly supported“The stock market already, as you know, it’s at an all-time high. Even in the midst of it, it hit all-time highs. We had 73 all-time highs in the short period of time that I’ve been in office, which is a record”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · MEAWW · Associated Press (via KSL)
Partly supported“He’s pretty badly injured.”
Interview, 7 Jun 2026 · JNS · Fox 28 Columbus (Sinclair)
Answers questions70%
Questions answered straightadds 15.2 of 50.0
Partly answeredQ: “Thank you so much for being here. We are going to talk about your visit, why you’re here in Wisconsin. But I’d like to start off by talking about the …”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “– which technically is an act of war under international law. So is this a war as long as there’s a naval blockade in place?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
Partly answeredQ: “No. Would you consider sending them home if it’s not technically a war?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “But so are you saying you would consider sending some of the troops home, sir? Some of the 50,000 troops who were sent there as a part of Operation Ep…”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “And I want to know what your red line is. What would trigger you to restart military action? Would it be Iran killing more American citizens?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
Declined openlyQ: “Who — who is that? Who’s leading the country?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “Are you talking about the son of the Supreme Leader?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
Partly answeredQ: “What is his status? Have you talked to him directly?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “Have you spoken to him directly? You said --”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
Declined openlyQ: “Do you know where he is? Do you know how he is doing physically?”
Meet the Press interview, 7 Jun 2026 · transcript
ConsistencyNot checked
No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score
Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.
SubstanceNot enough data
Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score
11 emotional passages labelled, 5 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
29.5 + 15.2 = 44.7Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 41%) = 29.5
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 70%) = 15.2
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 44.7 → shown as 45
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
Read the transcript: President Trump interviewed by Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker. NBC News: Meet the Press transcript, 7 Jun 2026. Open the transcript · hash and fetch details