The amazing story of Donald Trumps old spokesman, John Barron

[malaise]

— who was actually Donald Trump himself
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8184d551a27d
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In the 1980s, when reporters called the Trump Organization to request an interview with the boss, they were sometimes referred to a spokesman, instead. That a busy and image-conscious executive such as Donald Trump would place a buffer between himself and the media was hardly unusual, but there was a twist: The spokesman, John Barron, was actually Trump, hiding behind a fake name.

Barron (also spelled “Baron” in some press accounts) appears to have been Trump’s go-to alias when he was under scrutiny, in need of a tough front man or otherwise wanting to convey a message without attaching his own name to it.

Trump’s use of an assumed name runs counter to the persona he has crafted as the leading Republican candidate for president — one of an unfiltered, politically incorrect maverick who is unafraid to say anything. It suggests that the billionaire real estate mogul is — or, at least, was — not so bold as he likes to present himself.

Remarkably, Trump kept up the charade for a full decade, as reporters unwittingly quoted Barron as if he were a real person. In a LexisNexis search, the first mention of the name appears on June 6, 1980, in a New York Times report about Trump’s controversial decision to destroy two Art Deco sculptures he had conditionally promised to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In that instance, Trump used the alias to stall for three days before finally giving an interview under his own name; when he did, he told the Times that he had been out of town and unavailable (!).
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Groper Don the Con is the king of Cons

[pinboy3niner]

1. NEXT: The amazing story of Donald Trump's assistant, Meredith McIver

[malaise]

2. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

All fake folks

[pinboy3niner]

3. I thought of a perfect reply to you

But the net doesn't have a 'shop of Trump in a Meredith McIver wig, lol.

[trusty elf]

4. "net doesn't have a 'shop of Trump in a Meredith McIver wig"

It could, though......

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[pinboy3niner]

7. LOL!

I actually thought of you and almost messaged you to see if you could help with this. But I didn't know if you were around and didn't want to task you.

Thanks for taking the trouble, my friend. Great job!

[trusty elf]

29. Hey, I'm glad to be of service!

Please feel free let me know if you have any ideas you'd like to see shopped.



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[Vinca]

12. How do I erase that image from my mind?????

[dalton99a]

14. +1

[Achilleaze]

18. Geez, Pee45 looks like a corrupt russian-republican liar in that pic

right on.

And the republican party holds this a-hole up as their "family-values" role model for their children.

disgusting.

[malaise]

19. Too good trusty elf

[dhol82]

26. Damn, he looks more and more like an oompa-loompa

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. that hair does seem to suit him....n/t

[TxDemChem]

5. I wonder if this is how

His son got his name.

[msanthrope]

13. Yes. Trump probably liked the name, but didn't bother to tell the child's mother its origin.

It would be interesting question to ask her.

[Scarsdale]

6. Exposed

Reporters should have called him out way back then, and we would not be plagued with the s-o-b- now. He was given way too much credibility, even though the reporters KNEW. Is that a sign of mental illness?

[madokie]

8. People like dRumpF always

seem to burn the house down, so to say. I don't see this charade ending in any other fashion

[pinboy3niner]

10. Just another aspect of his deep and constant dishonesty

I think we dodged a bullet when he didn't wind up in our foxhole.

[madokie]

11. You got that right

did we ever

Actually either of us would have thrown his sorry ass out and a good chance we'd not be where we are today with him as pResident

Peace

[malaise]

21. +1,000

He's the biggest LIAR among a team of pathological LIARS

[Solly Mack]

9. and he named his son Barron

K&R

[no_hypocrisy]

17. with no sense of irony

[Solly Mack]

31. None.

He thought himself clever with the John Barron.

[dalton99a]

15. And the million times he used People Are Saying/Some People Say/Many People Tell Me to spread lies

during the campaign.

[spanone]

16. a phony his entire life....now a 'presidential' phony

fuck the con

[smirkymonkey]

20. What an all-around disgusting, dishonest human being.

There is no low to which he won't sink in pursuit of self-promotion.

[malaise]

22. He lies even when he knows he'll be caught

He lives in his own alternative reality

[dalton99a]

23. He truly doesn't give a rat's ass

and he never did

[JI7]

24. this came out during the campaign and media thought it was cute

Just another thing they have him a pass on

[BSdetect]

25. This alone makes him unfit to be POTUS

A real sham artist.

[Bucky]

27. another theory

split personality.



For all we know, John Barron is the real guy, and Trump is a figment of Barron's imagination... or a manifestation of his self-loathing

Honestly, this second theory makes more sense

[malaise]

28. Remember when he said there are two of him and he listens to

himself - it would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous