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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Does Donald Trump Have A Fake Spokesman?!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Don takes a look at Donald Trump’s long-documented habit of calling reporters while pretending to be someone else, often a supposed spokesperson singing Trump’s praises. Don breaks down the recordings, the reporting, and the implications of a public figure allegedly using fake names to shape his own media narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay, now I want you to watch this, but I really want you to listen very closely to this because this is a call that came into C-SPAN over the weekend and it may sound familiar, even the name.

0:29.6

Roll it.

0:30.6

John in Virginia, Republican. Let's hear from you.

0:33.6

Well, this is John Barron.

0:36.6

Look, this is the worst decision you've ever have in your life practically.

0:41.3

Jack and Jack's going to agree with me, right?

0:44.3

But this is a terrible decision.

0:46.3

And you have Hakeem Jeffries, who he's a dope, and you have Chuck Schumer who can't cook a cheeseburger.

0:52.3

Of course these people are happy. Of course, these people

0:55.1

are happy. But true Americans will not be happy. And you have the woman earlier. I assume she's a

1:00.2

woman. She's a woman. She's a Democrat. But she said she's disgraced. She's devastated.

1:06.7

All right, John. We'll go to Chester, who's in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1:10.6

Okay. So she cut him off really quickly there.

1:12.9

I mean, it sounds like Donald Trump, right?

1:14.4

And the guy's name is John Barron.

1:16.1

That should be familiar to you because this has been known for years that Donald Trump will call in to certain PR people, magazines, whatever, and pretend to be, this is what he did back in the day, reportedly, and pretend to be his own PR person, but not by his own name.

1:37.3

This was a report. Now, this report is from, they say, you know, you know that things would say she get it from her mama or he get it

1:45.8

from his mama or he get it from his daddy. Well, Donald Trump got this from his daddy. And that

1:50.4

is what a frontline report tells you. Now, tell me, tell me if you don't recognize this. Listen.

1:55.0

Trump had learned the tactic from his father, Fred Trump, who sometimes used the name Mr. Green.

2:00.8

He was Mr. Green. He was Mr. Green.

2:02.6

Fred was when he called up and asked questions.

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