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A Republican called into CSPAN. Was it Trump? (Original Post) iemanja Feb 22 OP
Did he sound like a total idiot? If so, it was Trump. Lonestarblue Feb 22 #1
Listen to it and see what you think iemanja Feb 22 #2
Call in rso Feb 22 #3
Well, the ones that still support him are beginning to sound like him, so it's hard to tell. Initech Feb 22 #4
No i don't believe that's Trump bucolic_frolic Feb 22 #5
You're probably right. iemanja Feb 22 #7
It's someone mocking him. W_HAMILTON Feb 22 #6
Whoa, that's for real? PatSeg Feb 22 #8
Really? iemanja Feb 22 #9
I think it was back in the 1980s and 1990s PatSeg Feb 22 #15
Yes, someone posted a clip of Frontline iemanja Feb 22 #18
Here's more: Kingofalldems Feb 22 #10
Well, if he's done it before iemanja Feb 22 #12
Why care? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Feb 22 #11
I listened canetoad Feb 22 #13
Check this out iemanja Feb 22 #14
I knew about that canetoad Feb 22 #16
Yeah, turns out you're right iemanja Feb 22 #20
CSPAN says no, it wasn't Trump True Dough Feb 22 #17
Aww iemanja Feb 22 #19
Pretty good impersonator. dalton99a Feb 22 #21

Initech

(108,382 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, 12:46 PM
Feb 22

bucolic_frolic

(54,788 posts)
5. No i don't believe that's Trump
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 12:58 PM
Feb 22

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

W_HAMILTON

(10,288 posts)
6. It's someone mocking him.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 12:58 PM
Feb 22

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

PatSeg

(52,919 posts)
8. Whoa, that's for real?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:35 PM
Feb 22

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

PatSeg

(52,919 posts)
15. I think it was back in the 1980s and 1990s
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:59 PM
Feb 22

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

canetoad

(20,597 posts)
16. I knew about that
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:33 PM
Feb 22

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

(26,317 posts)
17. CSPAN says no, it wasn't Trump
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:50 PM
Feb 22

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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