Caller from Washington, you’re on the air.
President Donald Trump dialed into C-SPAN on Monday during “Washington Journal Primetime,” the network’s new evening version of its signature call-in show.
“I like to watch the call-ins because it gives me a little bit of an indication of where we are,” Trump told host Mimi Geerges.
If that’s true, the president may have caught an earful in recent months, as several of his own supporters have called in to express their disappointment with him ahead of last week’s midterm election, in which voters nationwide rejected his agenda in a historic landslide.
Trump, however, praised the “great Republicans” who call C-SPAN. He spent about eight minutes answering Geerges’ questions on immigration, the push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his war on Iran.
Viewers also noticed something odd at the start of the interview. Someone giggled just as Trump joined the call. Some assumed that it may have been his assistant, Natalie Harp, who is often by his side and reportedly handles tasks such as his social media posts and phone calls.
Critics on social media weren’t sure why the president was calling in or what he was hoping to achieve ― but they let him have it on X: