This is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time….
A caller named John just called into C-Span claiming to be a “Republican” and then trashing the Supreme Court’s Tariff’s ruling and also trashing a bunch of Democrats.
The funny part?
It sounds EXACTLY like Donald J. Trump and “John Barron” was a pseudonym he reportedly, famously used back in the 1990s to “anonymously” call the press and plant positive stories.
You have to love this guy!
Watch here:
BREAKING: John Barron (Trump’s known past pseudonym) called into C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court’s tariff decision. pic.twitter.com/xqxqIqpLwK
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) February 22, 2026
Backup here if needed:
So now the big question….is that call real?
Well, all sources I could find said the call and C-Span video footage is indeed real — but the identity of Donald J. Trump posing as “John” is in question:
C-SPAN Broadcast Analysis: February 20, 2026
Yes, this appears to be a real call that aired live on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program on February 20, 2026, shortly after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. The clip shared in the X post is an authentic excerpt from that broadcast, featuring host Greta Brawner taking viewer calls on the topic of the tariff decision.
Identity of the Caller
However, the caller—introduced as “John from Virginia, Republican” but self-identifying as “John Barron”—is widely reported to be a prankster doing a Trump impersonation, not Donald Trump himself. While the voice and mannerisms mimic Trump’s style closely (including his cadence, tangents, and insults), and “John Barron” was a known pseudonym Trump used in the 1980s and ’90s to speak anonymously to reporters, there’s no evidence it’s actually him.
Public Reception and Context
Speculation: Some social media users and commentators have speculated it could be Trump.
Mainstream Reporting: Mainstream reports describe it as a hoax or spot-on impression.
Official Response: Trump addressed the ruling in a White House press briefing later that day, making an anonymous call-in unlikely.
Obviously it sounds exactly like him, but there are some great impersonators out there.
Personally, I like to hold out hope in my mind that it was Shawn Farash calling in:
TRUMP CONGRATULATES TEAM USA HOCKEY! pic.twitter.com/5w8FfuWcXN
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) February 22, 2026
The NY Post referred to the call as an apparent prankster:
An apparent prankster dialed into C-SPAN Friday using President Trump’s famous pseudonym “John Barron” and sporting a remarkably family accent called into the public access channel to rant about the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling.
Impersonating Trump’s brash Queens accent, the caller described himself as a Republican from Virginia and slammed the Supreme Court’s decision to take a sledgehammer to the president’s tariff agenda.
“This is the worst decision you ever have in your life, practically,” Barron vented. “But this is a terrible decision.”
“And you have Hakeem Jeffries, who, he’s [sic] a dope, and you have Chuck Schumer, who can’t cook a cheeseburger. Of course, these people are happy. Of course, these people are happy, but true Americans will not be happy.”
C-SPAN host Greta Brawner quickly interrupted and cut the caller off, switching to others.
The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Early on in Trump’s first term, it emerged that he had used pseudonyms such as “John Barron” to call up journalists in attempts to frame certain narratives, particularly about his net worth. Audio from those calls showed that “John Barron” sounded remarkably like Trump.
C-SPAN had been fielding calls from viewers across the country in reaction to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs.
The “John Barron” legend dates back to the early 1990s:
⛔️⛔️ Despite denying it was him, CNN once aired all the times Trump called into journalists as John Barron‼️
— Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,M.Sc.,DPT. (@drhossamsamy65) February 22, 2026
⛔️They reported at the time that it was such an obvious “open secret for so long that it’s hard to believe anyone is still questioning it.”‼️ pic.twitter.com/FJURdzjVeV
