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A Republican called into CSPAN. Was it Trump? (Original Post) iemanja Feb 2026 OP
Did he sound like a total idiot? If so, it was Trump. Lonestarblue Feb 2026 #1
Listen to it and see what you think iemanja Feb 2026 #2
Call in rso Feb 2026 #3
Well, the ones that still support him are beginning to sound like him, so it's hard to tell. Initech Feb 2026 #4
No i don't believe that's Trump bucolic_frolic Feb 2026 #5
You're probably right. iemanja Feb 2026 #7
It's someone mocking him. W_HAMILTON Feb 2026 #6
Whoa, that's for real? PatSeg Feb 2026 #8
Really? iemanja Feb 2026 #9
I think it was back in the 1980s and 1990s PatSeg Feb 2026 #15
Yes, someone posted a clip of Frontline iemanja Feb 2026 #18
Here's more: Kingofalldems Feb 2026 #10
Well, if he's done it before iemanja Feb 2026 #12
Why care? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2026 #11
I listened canetoad Feb 2026 #13
Check this out iemanja Feb 2026 #14
I knew about that canetoad Feb 2026 #16
Yeah, turns out you're right iemanja Feb 2026 #20
CSPAN says no, it wasn't Trump True Dough Feb 2026 #17
Aww iemanja Feb 2026 #19
Pretty good impersonator. dalton99a Feb 2026 #21

Initech

(109,358 posts)
4. Well, the ones that still support him are beginning to sound like him, so it's hard to tell.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:46 PM
Feb 2026

bucolic_frolic

(55,979 posts)
5. No i don't believe that's Trump
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:58 PM
Feb 2026

He's a very good impersonator, but not enough raspiness in the voice, and too quick with words.

W_HAMILTON

(10,442 posts)
6. It's someone mocking him.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:58 PM
Feb 2026

I believe John Barron was a fake name Trump used in the past to fluff himself up.

PatSeg

(53,657 posts)
8. Whoa, that's for real?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:35 PM
Feb 2026

That's definitely his voice and his style of speaking, plus John Barron is a fake name he's used before.

PatSeg

(53,657 posts)
15. I think it was back in the 1980s and 1990s
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:59 PM
Feb 2026

He used to call different media pretending to be a spokesperson for Trump, but everyone knew it was Donald. Such a weird man.

canetoad

(21,081 posts)
16. I knew about that
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:33 PM
Feb 2026

But John Barron Mk. 1 was before AI and voice changers. Many, many people know about this and I think trump is too gaga to remember what he did thirty years ago.

True Dough

(27,399 posts)
17. CSPAN says no, it wasn't Trump
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:50 PM
Feb 2026

CSPAN
@cspan

Because so many of you are talking about Friday’s C-SPAN caller who identified himself as “John Barron,” we want to put this to rest: it was not the president. The call came from a central Virginia phone number and came while the president was in a widely covered, in-person White-House meeting with the governors. Tune into C-SPAN for the actual president at the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.



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