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C-SPAN puts speculation on identity of caller to rest: ‘It was not the president’
C-SPAN clarified that a caller using Trump’s known pseudonym, John Barron, was not the president despite the caller’s voice similarity, amid viral speculation.
- On Friday, `John Barron` called C-SPAN after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling that struck down Trump's tariffs, according to the network. C-SPAN said `it was not the president` to deny the caller's identity.
- Trump planned new tariff steps that included a 15% temporary global tariff, while listeners tied the caller's use of the John Barron pseudonym to Trump's old alias, amplifying speculation.
- The call originated from a central Virginia phone number, and host Greta Brawner cut it off during the live exchange shared online by Brian Allen.
- On Sunday, C-SPAN posted on X that it was not the president, aiming to put to rest rumors that President Donald Trump called last week.
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A man who called in to C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court on Friday did such a dead-on impersonation of President Donald J. Trump that some were convinced that it was him. The angry caller, who identified himself as “John Barron,” slammed the court’s ruling on Trump’s tariffs as “the worst decision you’d ever have made in your life, practically,” and mocked the top two congressional Democrats. Host Greta Brawner said that the caller was …
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