WASHINGTON, United States: President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened a prominent NBC broadcast journalist with possible punishment by US media regulators as the Republican expressed disappointment with coverage of his candidate endorsements ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump took to his Truth Social platform to attack Kristen Welker as the “unpopular ‘hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press” talk show.

The President is unhappy with suggestions by the host of "Meet The Press" that his endorsements are becoming less effective as his poll numbers slump.

The president took issue with Welker’s characterization of his record for endorsing candidates during the primary elections as having “mixed results.”