Trump was right to storm out of Meet the Press interview with rude host, Megyn Kelly says

Megyn Kelly defended President Trump’s decision to walk out of his contentious interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, arguing that the “Meet the Press” moderator made the exchange about herself and her network’s reputation instead of the issues.“I don’t blame him,” the pundit said on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” after airing clips from the fiery Wisconsin sit-down that ended with Trump cutting the interview short.“Honestly, by the time he got up and walked, I didn’t blame him and I wasn’t surprised.She was rude,” Kelly said of the “Meet the Press” host.She also said Welker mishandled the exchange by repeatedly pushing back on Trump rather than acknowledging what Kelly described as legitimate concerns about delayed vote counting in California.The former Fox News host argued that Welker missed an opportunity to find common ground when Trump complained about election administration in the state.“When you are interviewing the president of the United States — especially Donald Trump — you’re going to have to give him a little,” Kelly said.“There’s a back and forth in an interview where you can’t just keep battering him over the head at every turn.”The clash erupted after Welker questioned Trump about California’s vote-counting process and whether it was appropriate that election officials remained far from finalizing results days after voting had concluded.The president responded by alleging that election officials were “crooked,” prompting Welker to note that state and local officials had acknowledged delays and were urging ballots to be counted more quickly.The exchange quickly deteriorated.Trump accused Welker, NBC News and other major media outlets of being “crooked,” telling the moderator: “You’re either crooked or you’re stupid.”When Welker responded, “To be fair, I’m not crooked,” Trump continued his broadside against the press before eventually ending the intervi...