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The viral clip of “John Barron” making an angry call to CSPAN about the Supreme Court tariff ruling has some speculating that President Donald Trump was the one who actually dialed in.
The 32-second phone call Friday morning from “John in Virginia” — who called himself John Barron when brought on the air, and sounded quite a bit like Trump — has blown up on social media Sunday.
“Look, this is the worst decision you ever have in your life, practically,” the caller said. “And Jack’s gonna agree with me, right? But this is a terrible decision. And you have Hakeem Jeffries, who — he’s a dope! And you’ve have Chuck Schumer, who can’t cook a cheeseburger. Of course these people are happy! Of course these are people happy, but true Americans will not be happy. And you have the woman earlier — I assume she’s a woman, she’s a Democrat — but she’s … devastated by this.”
John Barron was the alias used by Trump to feed information to reporters in the 1980s and ’90s. That fact, plus the voice resembling the president’s, fooled some prominent critics into thinking it was actually Trump on the phone.
https://twitter.com/camkasky/status/2025673617237770538?s=20
Trump called C-SPAN with a fake name to complain about the Supreme Court
lmfao pic.twitter.com/J4yIYB7LfM
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Others leaned toward the call being a gag — but left open the possibility it was not:
While we’re debating whether or not Trump called into C-SPAN using a pseudonym to rant about the Supreme Court, let’s not lose sight of how we’re all in agreement this is something he would do and this is the person with the nuclear codes. https://t.co/NmQHXa8TLB
— Charlotte Clymer
(@cmclymer) February 22, 2026
If this is an impression, it's the best I've ever heard. https://t.co/RhivGpFyXm
— George Conway
(@gtconway3d) February 22, 2026
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