Donald Trump’s infamous alias, John Barron, may have made a surprise reappearance at least according to C-SPAN viewers.
On Sunday night, C-SPAN captured an unusual moment when a caller identifying as John Barron dialed in to voice frustration over the Supreme Court’s decision blocking his tariffs only to be cut off mid-call.
Trump, who has long expressed anger over the court ruling, was known for using the pseudonym John Barron during the 1980s and 1990s. The caller’s voice sounded strikingly similar to Trump’s as he said,
"Well, this is John Barron, and look, this is the worst decision you ever had in your life, practically. Jack and Jack’s going to agree with me, right? But this is a terrible decision, and you have Hakeem Jeffries, he’s a dope, and you have Chuck Schumer, who can’t cook a cheeseburger of course these people are happy. But true Americans will not be happy."
The caller went on to comment about a previous Democratic caller, noting, “She said she’s disgraced. She’s devastated.” Whether this was Trump himself or simply someone impersonating him remained unclear until C-SPAN host Greta Brawner abruptly ended the call after just 32 seconds.
The brief exchange quickly went viral, sparking widespread speculation. Some viewers joked that the caller couldn’t have been Trump, citing the coherence of the voice, while others insisted it was him, pointing to his history of using fake names to influence media coverage. Comments ranged from:
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“I’d bet everything I own that this was Trump.”
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“This is either a voice modulator or Trump himself nobody else sounds like that.”
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“It’s a decent Trump impersonation, 7/10. But no way it’s really him.”
C-SPAN later issued a statement on X to settle the debate:
“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 while the president was in a widely covered White House meeting with governors. Tune into C-SPAN for the actual president at the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.”
The timing of the call came just after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s import taxes in a 6-3 ruling, saying he had overstepped his authority by imposing tariffs without congressional approval. In response, Trump announced plans to raise global tariffs from 10% to 15%, claiming the authority to do so for 150 days before Congress would need to intervene, invoking Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act. He called the Supreme Court’s decision “extraordinarily anti-American” and “ridiculous.”
This bizarre episode highlights not only Trump’s unpredictable tactics but also the lengths he has gone to in influencing media narratives even decades after his John Barron days.
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