Posted on 06/29/2018 8:58:49 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Prankster and former Howard Stern personality John Melendez somehow managed to contact President Trump aboard Air Force One while pretending to be a sitting United States Senator.
Melendez, host of “The Stuttering John” podcast, got through several layers of security to reach the president, who thought he was speaking to New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez when he eventually took the call. And while the conversation revealed the president being polite, friendly, and even congratulatory to a member of the opposition party, Trump, even in a “private” conversation, also obviously had no intentions of backing down from his promises to enforce border security and appoint conservative justices to the Supreme Court.
The call began with President Trump congratulating “Menendez” for beating a “tough, tough situation,” apparently alluding to the Democratic senator’s November mistrial on corruption allegations.
“Congratulations on everything. We’re proud of you,” said Trump “Congratulations, great job. You went through a tough, tough situation, and I don’t think a very fair situation, but congratulations.”
Melendez took the topic to an issue that was bothering his “constituents” — immigration — and asked Trump to go further than his recent executive order reuniting families at the border.
“I think we could do the whole thing … I think we could do a real immigration bill,” said Trump. “We have to have security at the border. We have to have it. I mean, look, we’ve got, sixty percent of the country, they have to have security at the border. And that’s a good issue for the Democrats, too, Bob. It’s not like, its good for you or good for me. it’s good for both of us.”
When the topic turned to Trump’s impending Supreme Court appointment, Melendez told Trump he would “help” if Trump didn’t “go too conservative.”
To that, Trump made no promises, stating that he had “a list” he was going to draw from.
Politico’s Annie Karnie tweeted that the White House has “been scrambling” to “figure out how this happened.”
This is rich. Apparently something must have backfired. Turns out Trump is EXACTLY who and what he says he is and stands for. AND he is professional and polite?
woot woot!
The libtards are in spin mode. They want to get Trump for congratulating “Menendez” but without admitting that “Menendez” may be guilty. What to do what to do.
That’s another thing I love about Donald Trump. He is very much who he seems to be and who he ever was.
“Stuttering John is a complete idiot. He will have no role in my administration.” - Howard Stern, then-candidate for NY governor, when asked about “Stuttering John” in 1994.
Stern later withdrew but kept attacking Mario Cuomo non-stop on the airwaves, contributing mightily to Cuomo’s loss in November 1994.
Yes he is. If anything, this “prank” shows Trump in an excellent light. He means what he says and says what he means. How refreshing!
lol...trying to make Trump look like a chump and they found out instead that he’s the real deal.
How did a prankster get through layers of Security and contact the POTUS while he was on AF1?
Heads should roll.
Once when 'interviewing' ZZ Top, he asked if when they threw up if the vomit chunks got stuck in their beard ....
.. back in the day when comedy was comedic ;)
I was in an online chat room in 2001 shortly after 9/11 when someone in England managed to get through to Dan Rather and aired his short conversation while in the chat room.
Back in the early 90s, he was in the larger press pool for the Ringo Star American tour.
All reporters had to stand in a line and ask one question, then go to the end of the line.
Shuddering John gets to the front of the line and asked, “ What did I you do with the money Ringo?” And Ringo said What Money?
And John said the money your mother gave you for singing lessons.
And the entire pool lost it laughing and cringing... greatest radio ever.
Trying to make Trump look like a liar, it shows he takes the same stance in private as he does in public.
Such evidence refutes the Never Trump pundits who said he would betray the base.
Somebody WAS a chump if a prank call got taken by the POTUS aboard AF1
Serious serious breach of national security
Heads should roll
Maybe they LET him through for this result.
IBTBBB
in before the baa baa booie
The President you see and hear, is the President we have.
Indeedy ... like I said, when comedy was still comedic :)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.