“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 network wrote on the social platform X. “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." **
He'll randomly walk in the opposite direction of a head of state during a formal meeting, dance awkwardly to himself on television for a half hour to a song on repeat, get up during a cabinet meeting to stare blankly out the window for 10 minutes, shit himself on live television repeatedly.........
.......but him calling into a talk show and doing a character he was known for in the past when he's supposed to be in a meeting is preposterous.
Eh, it sounded like a (really good) impression. Not saying it would be out of character, it's definitely the sort of thing he would do. But the caller sounded too young and alert.
I wonder if it's an impersonator or something trying to go viral. Trump famously used to do this, but it's been on the Internet a while, and while we all know Trump is a moron, I find it odd he wouldn't even bother to change up the name of his alter ego. Also, I feel like he'd call Fox. He probably doesn't even know what C-SPAN is.
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glimse@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 187d
Is there a link to just the CSPAN clip? I don't need someone to explain to me what's happening for 10 minutes
saimen@feddit.org · 12 pts · 187d
Found it:
https://youtu.be/FQU90XPz18M
It's ... incredible. He isn't even trying to sound differently...
glimse@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 187d
AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 187d
Suuuuuuure.
He'll randomly walk in the opposite direction of a head of state during a formal meeting, dance awkwardly to himself on television for a half hour to a song on repeat, get up during a cabinet meeting to stare blankly out the window for 10 minutes, shit himself on live television repeatedly.........
.......but him calling into a talk show and doing a character he was known for in the past when he's supposed to be in a meeting is preposterous.
Gotcha.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 187d
Eh, it sounded like a (really good) impression. Not saying it would be out of character, it's definitely the sort of thing he would do. But the caller sounded too young and alert.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 187d
I wonder if it's an impersonator or something trying to go viral. Trump famously used to do this, but it's been on the Internet a while, and while we all know Trump is a moron, I find it odd he wouldn't even bother to change up the name of his alter ego. Also, I feel like he'd call Fox. He probably doesn't even know what C-SPAN is.
glimse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 187d
It sounds way more like a person doing a trump voice than trump trying to not sound like himself
Th4tGuyII@fedia.io · 4 pts · 187d
Watched the clip, and its absolutely him. Same voice, same jokes, same meandering.
How anyone could think it's not him is a mystery
nucleative@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 187d
Lol. At this stage what can you do? Roll your eyes. Hope for a freak lightning strike.