C-SPAN puts speculation on identity of caller to rest: ‘It was not the president’

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C-SPAN Issues Clarification After Video Goes Viral Of Man Who Sounds Like Trump Calling Into C-SPAN Under Fake Name

C-SPAN issued a clarification after a caller identifying himself as “John Barron” — a pseudonym long associated with Donald Trump — phoned into its program Washington Journal, leading some viewers to suspect the president had personally joined the broadcast.The caller, identified as "John Barron" and described as a Republican from Virginia, drew attention for a voice that closely resembled that of Trump as he criticized what he called the Suprem…

C-SPAN Says No, Trump Did Not Call In Pretending To Be John Barron

Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty On Friday, just after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners were unconstitutional, because, as usual, Trump was assuming powers that are actually granted to Congress, a man who called himself “John Barron” called in to C-Span to complain that the SCOTUS ruling was “the worst decision you ever have in your life, practically…a terrible decis…

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A steaming-mad President Donald Trump is still trying to process a major blow the U.S. Supreme Court dealt his economic agenda, striking down his sweeping global tariff policy. Adding insult to injury, states are now demanding the return of billions of dollars in levies the federal government collected over the past year under Trump’s policy. US President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office in the White House …

Did President Trump call C-SPAN as 'John Barron'? Network addresses rumors

C-SPAN finally addressed whether President Donald Trump called into the show last week under the pseudonym "John Barron." (AP)

C-SPAN says caller that sounded like Trump wasn’t the president

After a man with a speech pattern similar to the president's called C-SPAN using a pseudonym Trump once favored, speculation spread.