Trump, on Truth Social, says it was all quite normal and anyone who says otherwise is a big fat liar:Here's the entirety of Trump's bonkers call to C-SPAN, which began with a woman (not Melania) giggling in the background, continued with him going on a fascist diatribe about Venezuela, and ended with the C-SPAN host gently trying to nudge him off the line mid-psychotic rant https://t.co/VBKMwJaxKj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 10, 2026
But the laughing woman... was that fully planned?
By the way, doesn't the use of the word "apparently" absolve the NYT from the sin of lying? Not if Trump is strictly correct in saying "The Times knew." But did it know the call was planned or did it merely fail to check and simply do what most of us who clicked on that video will do and judge it to be unplanned? What do you think is more likely, that it was planned and the NYT got it wrong or that it was unplanned and Trump is lying? Based on watching the video, I'd say Trump is the one who is lying. But one thing makes me think he's not lying. I feel as though he'd be proud of himself and think he was cool to have done it spontaneously. Why would he lie?
Oh, now I'm thinking about that woman again. Maybe he and she were watching that C-SPAN call-in show and she was teasing him, goading him to call, like he wouldn't do it, so he did it. And he's lying about it now because he can't tell the whole truth.
AND: Here's the NYT article. Katie Rogers writes: "The last week has seen the president renew false claims about rigged elections, float a mixed martial arts executive as his new press secretary, muse about the beams in the White House ballroom, oust his chief of staff and call unannounced into C-SPAN."
The Times also has: "Jimmy Kimmel Picks Apart Trump’s Impromptu Call-in/The late night host said the president has 'nothing better to do' after he phoned in live to a C-SPAN show." Kimmel speculates that the laughing woman was Natalie Harp. That had been my first thought too.
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Rupar is the author of the “very fine people” hoax.
His specialty is editing video clips to falsify the speaker’s meaning. In the case of Charlottesville, he completely reversed Trump’s intended meaning. He is so consistent in this fraud that the tactic is now called “a Rupar.”
ha ha ha
Woman Giggles It Sounds LIke Rape To Us
It's amazing watching Mr. Trump climb up from the depths of Hell.
Hitler
Rapist
Thief
Kidnapping Socialist Warlords
Makes a Woman Giggle Who Is Not Melania
I can't wait for that Jaywalking headline
“By the way, doesn't the use of the word "apparently" absolve the NYT from the sin of lying?”
Hell no!
Hitler's Funny Laugh With Us Liberals Don't Cancel Your Subscription Please
Going with "bonkers" and "psychotic" since "Hitler" and "rapist" worked so well.
All the News That's Fit To Print Plus Free Shit We Just Make Up
If he was in the normal call-in queue (even if the call was pre-arranged) then he would have had no control over exactly when he went on the air. The conversation he was having might have had nothing to do with call. You have no way of knowing when the woman entered the room.
Does any call-in show regularly put on callers claiming to be POTUS?
We Are Keeping Our Stalin Pulitzer Prize Damn It
We've been sending letters to the Pulitzer committee asking about getting a prize for our Trump coverage. No word back yet. What the fuck is wrong with Pulitzer? I thought we owned those chumps.
the woman laughing - someone working the connection? How do we know where it came from?
I cannot believe these crack reporters missed the Joe Biden Is Shaking Hands With Ghosts story. "It's not true if we don't cover it, and it is true if it's in the media."
Are they going to impeach him for adultery because I don't think that's going to work.
Katies tone is one of a Soviet.
"Katie Rogers writes: "The last week has seen the president renew false claims about rigged elections, float a mixed martial arts executive as his new press secretary, muse about the beams in the White House ballroom, oust his chief of staff and call unannounced into C-SPAN.""
Guards - seize him!
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