WATCH: President Trump Schools NBC News on Childhood Vaccines

President Trump did an absolutely incredible job, as always, during an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News’ Meet the Press.

When pressed on his stance about childhood vaccines, President Trump had the perfect response, telling Welker that he’s “not against vaccines” unless “they’re dangerous for children.”

Welker kept asking President Trump questions, evidently trying to trap him into saying something that the network could spin for their own agenda, but Trump sidestepped every single one with a logical, thoughtful response.

He also suggested that RFK Jr. will investigate the link between vaccines and autism, noting, “Something is going on. I don’t know if it’s vaccines. Maybe it’s chlorine in the water, right? You know, people are looking at a lot of different things,” and that “somebody has to find out.”

Watch for yourself:

Trump just put on an absolute masterclass in this Meet the Press interview:

Welker: Do you want to see childhood vaccines eliminated?

Trump: Uh, if they’re dangerous for the children…

Welker: Studies show there is no link between vaccines and autism.

Trump: Maybe it’s not… pic.twitter.com/lOORVdWHEz

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 8, 2024

Social media users are praising President Trump’s skill and common sense response during the interview:

She was trying so hard to get her soundbite and push her agenda. She was not curious at all. That’s the problem with media, they’re not curious about solving problems.

— Hopeful Servant ✝ 🇺🇸 (@ryanradford) December 9, 2024

She struggles to maintain her narrative while Trump never gets backed into a corner.
They don’t want to look at anything. Trump wants to look at everything.
Either they are wanting to keep something hidden, or
They do not want Trump to get another win, win, win.
It is turning…

— Amicus Curiae (@afrankpuglia) December 8, 2024

Everything Trump says is common sense, and people like Welker can’t wrap her mind around it.

— Rigbee17 (@Sandie882Sandie) December 8, 2024

On the other hand, NBC News doesn’t appear too happy with President Trump’s response.

Here’s how they reported on the interview:

President-elect Donald Trump suggested that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to run Health and Human Services, will investigate supposed links between autism and childhood vaccines, a discredited connection that has eroded trust in the lifesaving inoculations.

“I think somebody has to find out,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. Welker noted in a back-and-forth that studies have shown childhood vaccines prevent about 4 million deaths worldwide every year, have found no connection between vaccines and autism, and that rises in autism diagnoses are attributable to increased screening and awareness. “If you go back 25 years ago,” Trump claimed, “you had very little autism. Now you have it.”

“Something is going on,” Trump added. “I don’t know if it’s vaccines. Maybe it’s chlorine in the water, right? You know, people are looking at a lot of different things.” It was unclear whether Trump was referring to opposition by Kennedy and others to fluoride being added to drinking water.

Kennedy, the onetime independent presidential candidate who backed Trump after leaving the race, generated a large following through his widespread skepticism of the American health care and food system. A major component of that has been his false claims linking autism to childhood vaccinations. Kennedy is the founder of a prominent anti-vaccine activist group, Children’s Health Defense.

The agency Trump has tasked him with running supports and funds research into autism, as well as possible new vaccines.

The debunked link between autism and childhood vaccines, particularly the inoculation against mumps, measles and rubella, was first claimed in 1998 by a British doctor who was later banned from practicing medicine in the United Kingdom. His research was found to be critically flawed and was subsequently retracted. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.

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