Her debut turn as “Meet the Press” moderator was doomed from the moment she booked Donald Trump as her first interview.
But like those who have tried before, her inherent skills as interviewer were no match for a chaotic interview subject like Trump.
Welker managed to squeeze a plethora of topics into the hour-long exchange—a mighty feat when dealing with a man known to meander on a topic long enough to derail the overarching conversation. She approached Trump with the respect gifted to former presidents—often calling him “Mr. President”—and seldom interrupted him, even when an in-the-moment fact check could be justified.
The framing of her questions was also puzzling. Welker introduced some subjects to Trump like a writer would script a pilot episode of a television show. “Tell me how you watched all this unfold,” she asked about Jan. 6. There would be some merit if an item was a fresh development, as was the case with Hunter Biden’s criminal indictment, but Americans have heard Trump ramble on the issues of Jan. 6, abortion, Vladimir Putin, and immigration for years.
Welker herself attempted to head off the inevitable criticism during the broadcast. “He is the former president,” she noted to a panelist. “He’s facing four indictments, as journalists just set the scene, the backdrop why there is still news value and value for the public to hear from him.” Trump is indeed the former president, and Welker is an established professional who can conduct an inquisitive interview. Perhaps the current President Joe Biden would have been a better interview subject for her first episode asmoderator, as they at least would have been able to start from the same set of facts.
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