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On Friday morning, a man named John Barron called C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to complain about the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Barron, described as a Republican from Virginia, sounded a lot like Trump when he started talking about the “worst decisions” the Supreme Court has ever made. As it happens, John Barron was also the pseudonym Trump used throughout the 1980s when he wanted to speak directly to reporters, but instead pretended to be his spokesman.
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“It’s literally the worst decision you’ll ever make in your life,” Barron said on C-SPAN.
He continued: “This is a bad decision, Hakeem Jeffries…he’s a fool. And Chuck Schumer, he can’t make a cheeseburger. Of course these people are happy. Of course these people are happy. But real Americans are not happy.”
Washington Journal host Greta Brawner interrupted Barron to take a call from another viewer.
Barron made the call during a session with audience members. After the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump did not have the authority to impose tariffs, Barron expressed his views on the Supreme Court’s decision.
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Neither C-SPAN nor the White House immediately responded to requests for comment.
Trump’s views were similar to Barron’s after the Supreme Court ruling. At a news conference Friday afternoon, Trump called the court a “disgrace” and said the ruling was “embarrassing to the family.”
“The Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I’m ashamed, absolutely ashamed, of some members of the court who don’t have the courage to do the right thing for our country,” Trump said.
According to a 2016 Washington Post article, Barron is “Trump’s go-to alias when he’s under scrutiny, needs a tough spokesperson or wants to get his message across without attaching his own name.”
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Barron was cited several times in the 1980s, but in 1990, Trump testified in a lawsuit: “I believe I use that name on occasion.”
Trump reportedly uses different pen names in addition to John Barron. A former People reporter said that in 1991, Trump admitted to her that he had impersonated a spokesman named John Miller.
“He said he was sorry he made the call and it was a joke that went wrong,” Sue Carswell said in 2016.
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