White House 'scrambling' to find out why Trump called back prankster from Air Force One

[steve2470]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/white-house-scrambling-find-trump-called-back-prankster-air-force-one/

The White House is “scrambling” to find out why President Donald Trump called podcast host and former Howard Stern sidekick John Melendez, better known as Stuttering John, from aboard Air Force One.

Politico White House correspondent Annie Karni reported Friday that the White House “has been scrambling this morning to figure out how this happened.”

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Holy jeebus, talk about poor security and a brain-dead POTUS.

eta: Here is the Twitter feed of John Melendez with his comments:

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Here's the full transcript of Trump's phone call with prankster Stuttering John. He appears to think he's speaking with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ):

[drray23]

1. Why ? It's obvious. He is a fucking idiot.nt.

[steve2470]

2. exactly, totally unqualified to be President nt

[lpbk2713]

3. Did he say he was delivering a bucket of KFC?

That would get a return call.

[The Genealogist]

4. Are they actually still trying to figure out why he does things?

Good GOD. Have any of the people who work for him even MET him? One reason that he does things is because he thinks it'll make him richer. The other is because he wants to feed his ego.

[RockRaven]

5. D-I-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N

To distract from the stories about Justice Kennedy's kids and their relationship to Trump's kids/Kushner. To distract from stories that Trumpists pressured Kennedy to retire. To distract from baby jails. To distract from journalist murders and his own calls for violence and his labeling of the media as "enemies of the people."

He got the cable news media to shift their story selection. That's why he did it.

[BlueStater]

7. You're giving him way too much credit.

He's just a moron and actually thought a prankster's phone call was legit.

[struggle4progress]

6. Prank Call May Be Funny, but Lax Communications Security Is Not

By KEVIN KELLEHER 6:50 PM EDT

...The incident underscores concerns about the White House’s handling of its communications technology, which security experts have criticized for not being stringent enough. In late 2016, John Kelly’s personal cell phone was likely compromised when he was part of Trump’s transition team. Kelly now serves as the White House Chief of Staff ...

Security expert Bruce Schneier has said that the likelihood that Trump’s communications have already been compromised is high. “The question is how many foreign powers” Schneier told the Washington Post last month, adding that it was safe to assume “that anything said on unsecured phones is known by — name your top six intelligence agencies" ...

http://fortune.com/2018/06/29/stuttering-johns-prank-call-trump-funny-white-houses-lax-communications-security-not/

[struggle4progress]

8. Comedian claims to have successfully prank called President Trump

POSTED 4:03 PM, JUNE 29, 2018, BY CNN WIRE

... Melendez told CNN that they initially called the White House and were honest about their identity, but the White House said Trump was busy and hung up.

So they called again, but this time as “Shawn Moore,” a fake assistant to Menendez.

“I changed my voice to an English accent. I do the worst English accent in the history of English accents. So I said, ‘Yeah, this is Shawn Moore, Sen. Menendez’s assistant, and we’d like to talk to the President.’ They said they’d call me back, and then they called back on cellphone,” Melendez recalled ...

https://kdvr.com/2018/06/29/comedian-claims-to-have-successfully-prank-called-president-trump/

[kimbutgar]

9. He thought it was Robert Mendenez

I hope he uses this audio in ads for his re election. With Twitler words giving him sympathy.

[struggle4progress]

10. Hey Donald Trump Is Your Refrigerator Running? BETTER GO CATCH IT LOLOLOLOLOL!

Evan Hurst
June 29, 2018 05:10 PM

Are you a concerned citizen who hates what Donald Trump is doing to this country and wishes he would just resign already? Do you wish you could tell him that personally? Well, apparently you can! All you have to do is call the White House and pretend to be "New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez," and they'll patch you right through to Air Force One or Trump's upstairs White House Executive Time Bathrobe Dungeon, or wherever he happens to be at the time.

Once you are on the phone with him, Donald Trump will have NO FUCKING IDEA you are not New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. The reason for this is that the president of the United States is a moron of monumental proportions ...

Melendez acknowledges how insane his ruse was, especially because he was calling from an unblocked number that clearly was not Bob Menendez. Upon getting on the phone with FUCKING JARED, who got his security clearance back for OBVIOUS REASONS CLEARLY WHY WOULDN'T HE HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE, Melendez explained that he was Bob Menendez from New Jersey, and he wanted to make a deal with Trump on immigration. Jared was like "OK!" (This is how the Middle East peace deal will be done, also.) The entire process, from the White House to Jared to Trump, took THREE PHONE CALLS.

And people are skeptical that Russia was able to turn Trump into an asset ...

https://www.wonkette.com/hey-donald-trump-is-your-refrigerator-running-better-go-catch-it-lololololol

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Because he's a total dumbass?

Just a guess.

[MontanaMama]

12. Why'd the call get through?

Because the pResident is an amateur surrounded by amateurs...at best. JFC get a grip.