What?? Prank called Trump on Air Force One

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   IslandBitesposted 6 years ago

   A comedian pretending to be Sen. Bob Menendez for a bit got through to the President, who called him back from Air Force One.
   
   "I am shocked ... I mean we did this as a goof, I'm a comedian," said John Melendez, better known as Stuttering John. "I just could not believe that it took us an hour and a half to get Jared Kushner and Donald Trump on the phone from Air Force One."
   
   At the start of the purported call, Trump congratulates who he thought was Menendez on his acquittal in a federal corruption case, saying, “Congratulations on everything,” he said. “We’re proud of you. Congratulations. Great job. You went through a tough, tough situation. And I don’t think a very fair situation, but congratulations.”
   
   The two also discuss the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, according to the audio on the podcast. The voice that sounds like Trump promises the fake Menendez he'll nominate a new justice in "10 to 14 days."
   
   A source said someone in the White House Legislative Affairs Office reached out to Menendez's office Thursday morning about the phone call. The source said the New Jersey Democrat's staffers were very confused and didn't know what it was about. They haven't talked to the White House since the recording came out.
   
   "The President wants to be accessible to members and likes engaging them and wants them to have the opportunity to connect. The downside of that is sometimes the channels are open too widely and mistakes like this happen," a White House official said about the incident."
   
   
   http://stutteringjohnpodcast.libsyn.com … -podcast-4
   
   https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/29/poli … index.html
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06 … nator.html

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   IslandBitesposted 6 years ago

   John Melendez
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   "Whether you're a republican or democrat you should be truly scared by how easily I got through to the President. This is not partisan. It's just plain scary."
   
   'Stuttering John' says he was visited by Secret Service after Trump prank call
   
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06 … -call.html

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   ahorsebackposted 6 years ago

   Every President lately has been pranked into these calls Trump ,Obama , Bush , Clinton ................its just a new comedic fad that may or may not die away to nothing , who was hurt , what security was compromised ,  can it mean that other access can be pranked?
   
   I see little harm in it .

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      IslandBitesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Trump's ego?
      
      'Stuttering John' says he was visited by Secret Service after Trump prank call
      
      On his Twitter account, Melendez blasted Trump for allegedly being more concerned with going after him than the staffers responsible for the botch.
      
      “Alright I guess Donald is more concerned with pursuing this legally as opposed as to firing his screening staff,” he tweeted
      
      http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06 … -call.html
      
      Comedian who allegedly prank-called Trump says he has hired Michael Avenatti
      
      http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat … ling-trump

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   ahorsebackposted 6 years ago

   So ..........Don't you suppose all pranksters  have been  interviewed by the secret service ?
   
   Or is this the next resistance issue?

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