The Philip DeFranco Show - The Wild Truth Behind Trump’s New Media Hit List & Meltdown

Episode Date: June 8, 2026

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starting with this. Donald Trump is doing everything he can right now to silence, intimidate, and domesticate his critics in the media, but some, they're not buckling. And among those, you have Kristen Welker. She's the correspondent from NBC's Meet the Press, who just did an hour long sit-down interview with Trump, but all the talk right now, it's about the last five minutes. Because most of the interview, it was just her asking

some pretty basic questions like, so Mr. President, you can keep saying that the war is almost over, but why isn't it over? Or so, Mr. President, you promised that there would be no new wars, but isn't this a new war? And Trump, he 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 nuking the earth. 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 rioters. 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. But on the press, you had Trump doubling down on the fund, saying that he loves it, calling it great, and refusing to rule out paying Jan 6 rioters who assaulted police officers. And to 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 just Trump lost it. There's no evidence of what you're saying. But let me ask you about Todd Blanche. Let's talk about Todd Blanche. Listen to me. Listen to me. Let's talk about Todd Blanche. There's tremendous evidence.

There's nothing but evidence. The election was rigged. It was a dirty election. Mr. President, and it's happening again right now in California. It's happening right now in California. Right now it's looking, look at what's happening in California. All I have to do is look. All I have to do is look.

That's not evidence. And I listen. And I listen to people. And let's see what happens. But, sir, that's not evidence. Do you think it's appropriate? You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they're rigged.

You know that I won an election in a landslide, and you're crooked, and Mr. President, and the press is crooked. And so is ABC and CBS and CNN. But, Mr. President. You're one-sided crooked network. So let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.

Mr. President, let's please. I traveled all the way to Wisconsin. I've traveled all the, I know. And according to Welker, Trump said that he were two. 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 that they don't like, such as the Pulitzer Prize going to so-called anti-Trump

journalist or Fox News given 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 TDS and left-wing bias. And the truth is that he was a lunatic that sought to politicize the late night seed and everyone is better off since he was fired for his lunacy. Then there's the media offender of the week, which goes to CNN for having on a doctor

that 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 theory. And also, they let you know if you want the truth each week, you could sign up to the White House's Offenders Alerts 's newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. I wanna say, I gotta say,

for a lot of the people that are gonna end up on this website, I imagine many are gonna use this, is kind of like a badge of honor. Which actually on the note of individuals that are on this list, some have responded. You've got people like progressive commentator David Pacman, for example, who was put there for spreading what the White House claims was fake news about Trump's help. If YouTube folds, I lose my nearly four 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 advisors. 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 on Twitter. Completely unacceptable to target independent journalists like this and reporters in general from David Pacman and Brian Tyler Cohen to Don Lemon and Stephen Colbert. A clear attack on the free press in the First Amendment. It needs to be called out and called out in force. But from Trump's perspective, he, you know, 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 News. Where his big ally, David Ellison, made Barry Weiss, editor-in-chief, and she made Nick Bilton head of 60 minutes after firing much of its staff. And last week, like we talked about you, had veteran correspondent Scott Pelly, hammering Bilton during a staff meeting while his colleagues reportedly applauded and laughed in Bilton's face.

With Pellie, he was then subsequently fired, sitting down with New York Times Lulu Garcia-Navarro and explaining a lot more about what happened. First, saying that the day before the meeting, Bilton sent an email to the staff that Pellie called insulting. He told us in that email that it wasn't, 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. And the day after the meeting, probably got pulled into a second meeting with Bilton, Wyce, and CBS News president, Tom Sibroski. What was the energy of the room? Hostel, dismissive. Before I could take my seat, Tom Subrowski. said, this is a firing offense. Tom accuses 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 Sibrowski said, this conversation is over. Right. Of course, after that, he got fired. And throughout this interview, Pelley, you know, kind of getting the most emotional talk about his colleagues, people who he 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 whole childhood waiting for the call that her first. 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 30 years. Get out by five o'clock. Make of that what you will. Now the Pelley's out. He's free to speak openly about what's going on behind the scenes under Barry Weiss's tenure. And you have him saying that she put her thumb on the scale for Donald Trump and what he calls a level of political influence that he'd never seen in 37 years at CBS News. Right. And he actually elaborated on one example, their report on the killings of Renee Good and Alex Prady in the protest of Minnesota. Saying the story, it went through screenings, was very well received, got notes, got rewritten,

finally approved. But then... It's Sunday. We're going on the air that night. And about four hours after our deadline, Barry Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent? And the other thing was Renee Goods car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer. And all of this, even though according to Pelley,

he'd already had his producers gather evidence of protesters being aggressive, including video of Alex Pretty himself, kicking out an ICE vehicle's taillight just to be balanced. But still, you know, he says he and his team, they go back, they thoroughly re-examine their evidence, but they couldn't find anything they'd miss. But also by that point, there were 19 minutes from being so late

that they'd have to cancel the night show entirely. So they made the call. They aired the episode without Weiss's edits. 19 minutes. I can't imagine that's ever happened before. I wasn't going to get in a debate about it. I wasn't going to call Barry Weiss about it. I was just going to refuse to make those changes.

Next day, I didn't hear anything. Nobody called. Nobody said anything. It occurred to me that maybe Barry Weiss didn't see the broadcast. But now, you have the situation, you know, with Pelly and most of the senior 60 Minutes team gone, either because they were fired or they quit in protest, it's unclear whether there's anyone left who's willing to resist the political pressure from above. And so for some, and this group's been growing,

this is effectively the end of 60 Minutes as a credible program. The others, they think that 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. And hey, you know, in the meantime for no reason whatsoever, I'll just want to remind you that the authoritarian handbook that we've seen now and also throughout history often includes chapters where the dear leaders, oligarch friends

buy up all the media to control the narrative and they also send the state after anyone who resists. You know, just an unrelated tidbit, a factoid. And then also on the topic of politics showing up where you wouldn't normally want it to, we've gotta 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, where 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. For the Knicks, facing off against the San Antonio Spurs, who were being led by an 18-foot Frenchman. And so far, the NICS have actually won both games one and two. They're actually on a 13-game playoff winning streak.

And 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 a watch party. But that amazing, iconic tradition, it's ending with game three. And that's thanks to Donald Trump's attendance by actually invitation from the team's famously unpopular owner, James Dolan. And you know, the NYPD making an announcement less than 24 hours before tonight's game saying, There will be no watch parties outside of Madison Square Garden for game three only. This was done fully in coordination with the Secret Service because of the presidential visit. We expect watch parties at Madison Square Garden to resume for game four.

And so then with that, you had kind of both every day and high profile fans absolutely pissed off. I mean, you had Anne Colzer of all people, calling it selfish and narcissistic. Also ESPN host Stephen A. Smith, he 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, it is, it is redestead. It is ridiculous that he is coming to this game. As far as actual representatives, you had Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, adding it, 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's selfish, he's not really welcome. It's not just the talking head saying. That is being shared with much stronger language by everyday fans on Twitter, with many people even calling for booze 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 for people kind of seeing what's happening in the moment. And with all this, it is worth mentioning that there have been other official watch parties scheduled around the city, with those including Walman Rank in Central Park and at Brooklyn Bowl. So, of course, whatever you do, be careful. It's not to say that watch parties for games one and two at MSG were, you know, subdued peaceful affairs with no security risks. A lot of it just looks like an amazing, awesome time.

The watch party at Game 2 on Friday, I mean, 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 Zohar on Mamdani and the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Right, Mamdani, he's been local of his support in New York sports culture and has been celebrating this historic run alongside the fans. Titian said that high-profile events like this, they put a lot of strain on the NYPD. Who also, 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 addict. New Yorkers are rightfully excited about the Knicks's historic finals run, and we want faith. fans to celebrate this moment together. There is, however, no place for violence and no tolerance for attacks on police officers. Also, I'll say the watch party thing, it's not the only thing that has fans furious.

The other big problem for a lot of people are the ticket prices. But a lot of everyday New Yorkers, they do not have a prayer at getting seats to tonight's game or even game four. And that's because you have the average ticket price coming in between $6,500,000 per seat. It's actually the most expensive average price ever recorded for an NBA final. And I mean, like, buy a lot. So next closest would be Game 5 of the 2024 Celtics Maverick series at $2,072. Every game in the most expensive top 10, it comes in at less than $2,000. It's why you had tick picks Matt Farrell saying, it quite literally is more affordable that have flown to San Antonio, gone to game one and two, got a hotel, enjoyed San Antonio, did some touring and flyback than it is to stepfoot in Madison Square Garden where you live.

I mean, you even had players speaking out with the Nix's 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 are, I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time. You know, unfortunately, aren't able to get into the building with, you know, the cheapest ticket, $7,000, $8,000. So it's just, that's ridiculous. And so then 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 reached the finals. Then those same loyal working class fans get a second middle finger from ownership. Due to Dolan's desire to host Trump, thousands of die-hard Nix fans are denied the chance to gather outside the garden, watch the game on a big screen and share a once-in-alifetime moment with the community that help keep this franchise alive when nobody else care. 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. And that's on top of the concern that Trump's presence is just going to mess the good vibes of the Knicks have going right now. And ultimately, it kind of seems like a lose-lose for Trump. If Nix wins, Nick's fans are happy about that, but

they're also angry about Trump because they're not able to be outside of the garden. But then also, if the Nix Lose, it looks like Trump jinx them. But for now, we'll wait to see. And of course, yes, this is a news show, but I also love it to be a conversation. So let me know your thoughts, opinions and reactions in those comments down below. And then there's even more we gotta talk about in just a minute, but first let me thank a sponsor and say, you know, at a certain point, figuring it out yourself, it stops being inspiring

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to plunge the entire region back into war. While the American military, they are also increasingly concerned about their allies spying on top officials in the White House. And 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, it really feels like it started to lose all meaning. Israel, they insisted that they would still have the right to launch attacks if it deemed necessary in Hezbollah. They rejected the truce. And so the fighting continued,

and a few days later, Israel attacked Beirut, killing two and injuring 20, including four women and four children, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Helm. And you had the Israeli military claiming at the strike, targeted a Hezbollah headquarters in the southern suburbs of the city. Then soon had Iran responding with strikes targeting northern Israel, which were intercepted. and without casualties and you had an IDF spokesperson saying that he was repairing its response, saying the Iranian regime has made a grave mistake. We will not allow the Iranian regime to establish a new equation. We will continue striking Hezbole of 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 finally adding, we are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don't want it to blow up because of what is happening now. And Trump also told Fox News that he hadn't been warned about Israel's attack on Beirut and wasn't happy about. And actually, when he spoke to the financial times, he said that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi 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 actually reportedly got on the phone with Netanyahu and told him straight up, do not respond. Then Netanyahu, he apparently defies Trump. 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, quote, unique materials that serve as critical components for the development of ballistic missiles. And And then on the flip side, you were the Houthis in Yemen firing missiles toward Israel, and also saying that vessels linked to Israel would again be a target in the Red Sea. Or with then Iran also launching a second, 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.

And very notably, you would Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson arguing 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 tensions. Now, with that, you are seeing more reporting that there is at least the appearance of a growing rift between Trump and Netanyahu, especially when it comes to Lebanon. Right, I mean, just last week, you had Trump reportedly telling Netanyahu that he was, quote,

fucking crazy in connection to attacks on the country. 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 leaders. With them describing the recent exchange of fire as a political message in saying that we in the United States decided that the confrontation does not expand more. 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, quote, almost got into a fight with Netanyahu over Lebanon.

Of course, a very big thing here is that even if the U.S. and Israel, they are not totally on the same page, there's no sign right now that American support is actually seriously in question. And for now, it does look like things have calmed down, relatively speaking. And 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 shooting. But 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 in effect until a final deal is reached.

Things should move quickly. The one, you had many saying, it feels like Trump has said this 25 times already. And two, 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 be forthcoming. And similarly, you had Netanyahu posting a short video announcing fire is on. hold against Iran, but would continue if Iran attacked again. And that, reportedly coming after another call from Trump this morning, urging to end the Israeli strikes. A call during which Trump also claimed that the U.S. at 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 deja vu, yes. Suppose a peace deal has become the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends. And then also, in the meantime, like, what's happening behind the scenes, it adds a whole new dimension to the conversation. Because despite the U.S. and Israel being incredibly close allies, You got the Pentagon now classifying the counterintelligence threat from Israel at the highest level there is, 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 its internal deliberations and decision-making process on the conflicts in the Middle East.

And that's including by eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a peace deal with Iran. You had one Trump official telling the New York Times that Israel's espionage efforts have become, quote, unhinged. And with that, you know, I'll say it's well known that the US and Israel they spy on each other to some extent, along with other allies. You've got things like back in 2021, Israeli military intelligence officers were actually caught planting listening devices at U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters. And last year, Israeli agents were discovered to have tried to put one in a Secret Service vehicle. Though overall, the efforts reportedly started getting more aggressive in 2024 when the Biden administration somewhat pressured Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire in Gaza. And they reportedly continued ramping up

as the Trump White House started making plans to attack Iran this year. Of course, you had a spokesperson for the Israeli embassy in Washington calling these claims completely false, saying, Israel intelligence collection efforts are aimed at its enemies, not its allies. Any claims to the contrary are either misinformed or politically motivated. And also notably, the White House denied the reporting with one official saying in a statement, the entire story is false and sourced to someone who doesn't have any knowledge of what's going on. And so, of course, to 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 the chase, which appeared to start when they 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 land a pit maneuver on him a few times.

But then before the officer can even do that, Fletcher loses control of the car. He hits a light pole bringing down nearby electrical wires. The car starts tumbling before finally then landing on its side. When an officer runs up on the crash site, he finds a baby lying in the field of grass near the car. With the officer from there picking up the baby, running to safety before police realized Fletcher's other kids

all under the age of six were also in the car as well. Though they eventually got those kids to safety and Fletcher arrested. Well, thankfully, they only took some minor injuries in the crash. You still had official saying. The suspect's decisions placed four innocent victims in harm's way. With his arrest, you had police also finding a gun and marijuana in the car. So he's getting hit with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, felony fleeing, possession of a firearm, and eight other charges.

But then next up, in a different kind of car crash, let's talk about Los Angeles. Where you have many celebrating, but others shouting stole an election because Spencer Pratt has now fallen to third place behind city council member Nithia Rahman. Where Elie's been oral races here has been a wild one, and California elections usually take a while. You got a lot of late ballots coming by mail in a pretty slow counting process. But now with those votes coming in, you got things moving more and more left. And while Pratt had been in second,

Roman passed Pratt by over 3,000 votes yesterday. With Roman saying, we are encouraged by the latest vote count and remain grateful to the thousands of Angelinos who have powered this campaign. Where 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. Making some weird connection between homeless people and Rahman's new gains in the race. You had a lot of Macca as this morning jumping in. You even had the people like Elon Musk pushing this stuff. And ticket fraud and election rigging.

But many also found that amusing with Musk because he, in part thanks to one of his baby mamas, along with other things, has been at the center of other election rigging allegations. Of course, there's been no evidence of election rigging. In LA, they'll keep accepting votes until tomorrow as long as they have an election day postmark. Remember whoever wins with Pratt and Rahman, they're going to be in the runoff with Mayor Karen Bass. And in fact, Bass's camp, they see Rahman as the likely opponent. And so they've already fired off. We look forward to winning a contest against an opponent who allows encampments near schools and fights against hiring more cops, yet is MIA on saving Hollywood jobs and fighting back when ICE invades LA. And then the final thing that I mentioned today is this whole thing around Pete Heggseth

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, 200. Our internal review committee recommended that going forward, the department use 31 religious affiliation codes. Great Hegset said that the change would help bring the codes, quote, in line with their original purpose given the chaplain court clearer information to help service members. So with that, the option to identify as Mormon, at least on paper in the military, was out the door with things like atheism

and paganism. And you had people like Hegg Seth's press secretary saying that this was long overdue. Adding to the change wasn't supposed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief. But then you had ranking Mormons in the Republican Party like Utah Senator Mike Lee not liking it. It's also just repugnant to any sense of decency, any sense of our common heritage and our common belief that the government needs to not weigh in on doctrinal disputes between various religious denominations. Secretary Heggzath tear down that wall. This is not cool.

Get rid of it. Get rid of it now. With also Senator John Curtis speaking out, calling the move unacceptable, and Representative Mike Kennedy saying that it was wrong and needs to be corrected. And that pressure built over the last few days as 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 were going.

Sure enough, earlier today, new codes were announced that out of the Church of Latter-day Saints back to the list. With them saying, the Pentagon's job is not to adjudicate theological debates, but instead to ensure sincerely held faith is respected and encouraged in our ranks. But that, my friend, you beautiful bastard, is the end of your Monday, Philip DeFranco Show dive into the news. But I do want to tease something I cannot legally talk about until Sunday. You are going to want to be subscribed to this channel with all notifications turned on. if you're in North America, join the text line at 813-213-4423. That's literally all I can say for now.

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