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!
He sounds so nice on the phone! I listen to that phone call and I'm like, Leave that nice man alone. He's mellow! Why the fuck are you screwing with a Mellow Fellow?
Sing it, Donovan
We are surrounded by innocent men on the right. By God.
Okay, Okay, He's Not a Nazi, Let's Move On To Some Other Scandal We Make Up, All Right?
Rupar is a fraud and a liar. So we can start there.
But the left GET to be frauds and liars.
Watch this Brandi Cruse video for the corruption in the State of Washington . It goes all the way up the the corruption in the state Supreme court.
Don't vote for him he makes women giggle
Wouldn't it be hilarious if it was Melania?
That's some 4-D chess. "Melania! Let's prank C-Span."
“Nothing better to do” should be the NYT tagline. It’s no longer about news, and hasn’t been for quite a long time. News doesn’t float its boat. Propaganda does.
He pretty much just repeats everything he's been saying over the last 2 years. Also his tactic of avoiding questions by rambling on was very successful, that's why she ended the conversation because she couldn't get a word in edgewise.
He does sound tired. He needs to go out and play some golf with John Daly and tiger woods to get his juices flowing again.
Could be his daughter. Ivanka! Did you forget about Ivanka? The hottest president daughter ever. Yes, that's right, hotter than Amy Carter. I said it. Hotter than Chelsea Clinton. Even hotter than the Bush girls. And they were flashing devil signs.
“It's not true if we don't cover it, and it is true if it's in the media."
…don’t forget the Althouse rule “If NYT and WaPo don’t report something it’s proof it didn’t happen”…
Satan's in Norway now! That fucker gets around.
NBC: Let's put Satan in the headline and "hook 'em horns" in the tiny print that people don't read.
Lame Duck Has Fun With Women Now
New York Times Hates the Jews and Ukrainians But Loves Dictators, Russian or Otherwise
I love Tablet magazine. "There is only one truth." You just need to find it!
I think it very unlikely that Trump is lying for the simple reason that his explanation requires a paper trail—there will be hard evidence one way or the other. Proving the Times knew will be tougher, but given how many times they made the claim, he may not have to.
It’s well past time for the Supreme Court to revisit the “knew or should have known” standard. Time to give “should have known” some teeth.
Anybody seen Mr. Jones? I have not. But I am buying it right now.
I don't know if violates the free speech clause or not. Althouse, you tell me! But what would be interesting is if the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the media companies that tried to control the news. Specifically, its a trust-bust, like Teddy Roosevelt did. He's a famous Republican. Did anybody else notice the panic that set in when Democrats saw that Musk was about to buy Twitter? They're breaking up our monopoly! Maybe the federal government ought to break up the fucking press monopoly. I like that idea more than any other to address the problem. Monopolies are illegal. And Democrats, allegedly, hate monopolies and believe in competition. So sue them for engaging in monopoly practices. And leave New York Times v. Sullivan alone. That's my idea.
I don't like monopolies, either. They're bad for democracy and bad for capitalism. The whole point of the 2-party system is competition. Trying to control a market corrupts the market. Do some jiu-jitsu and flip the Socialist lies against them.
I also believe that breaking up the press monopoly -- or just exposing the fucking thing -- would be ultimately good for journalism. We need good journalism. You don't get that when all the rags are acting like Pravda. And they act like Pravda because the Party controls the Narrative.
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