Comedian Claims He Prank Called Trump On Air Force One By Pretending To Be Democratic Senator [AUDIO]

Axios reports:

The host of “The Stuttering John” podcast, John Melendez, got President Trump on the phone yesterday by pretending he was New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. “This is how easy it is to infiltrate the administration,” Melendez said in the episode.

Why it matters: This calls into question White House security. White House staff members are freaking out today trying figure out how the podcast host was so easily transferred from the White House switchboard to Air Force One, per a source familiar.

The whole thing is ridiculous. Melendez, the host, had three different interactions with two White House operators and got through two call screens before Jared Kushner called him from Air Force One. According to Melendez, Kushner asked if he wanted to talk to the president then or have them call him back later, which is what he did.

The Hill reports:



The man who sounds like Trump congratulated Melendez, believing him to be the senator. “You went through a tough, tough situation. And I don’t think a very fair situation, but congratulations,” he said in an apparent reference to the charges against Menendez that were dropped earlier this year.

The man who sounds like Trump says he believes lawmakers can work toward a deal on immigration. “I think we could do a real immigration bill. We have to have security at the border. We have to have it,” the person said.