What Happened

President Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is dismissing launching betrayed his refrain of "" repeatedly as he campaigned .

Trump, in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "," said he "didn't guarantee" office.

", I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I strongest military ?" Trump said.

Why It Matters

Trump also defended plans for a now-scrapped $1.8 billion compensated allies of the Republican president and he repeated his baseless claims California's drawn- Tuesday's primary. interview abruptly when he became frustrated with pushback from NBC's Kristen Welker.

In his 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly cast his Democratic opponents as warmongers a president who started "" .

interview, taped Friday in Wisconsin, that as a candidate, "I didn't promise anything."

"I don't like these endless wars. endless war. We' months," , . 28.

What Comes Next

" a service" and "doing our country a service" because having a nuclear weapon. But elsewhere in the interview, Trump repeated a contradictory message U.S. strikes last year "obliterated" Iranian nuclear sites.

He also defended his decision withdraw from Democratic President Barack Obama's nuclear , an agreement he has heavily criticized, without negotiating the "better deal" he has promised to reach.

California's notoriously prolonged a magnet for election conspiracy theories, Tuesday's election has claimed without evidence that Democrats are rigging the election. The Trump-appointed top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles said Friday that his office had opened "multiple election fraud investigations."

Late-tallied Democratic-leaning mail ballots totals for Trump's preferred candidates for governor and Los Angeles mayor. changes to vote totals as late ballots are counted are a , they are merely a reflection of a slow vote-counting process.

interview kept claiming a sign of "cheating" and "a rigged election," and grew increasingly frustrated as Welker pressed him for evidence to support that.

"And I listen. And I listen to people. And let's see what happens," Trump replied.

Trump defended Department of Justice abandoned to create a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" a settlement to resolve Trump's lawsuit against returns.

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