Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker: “Washington’s hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets, drive the news, and shift policy—but only if the timing is right.
“The White House has received reports in recent weeks that President Trump’s personal phone number has been offered for sale to deep-pocketed interests seeking influence, two administration officials told us. ‘It’s honestly just wild,’ one of them said. ‘I’ve heard of CEOs offering money for his number. I’ve heard of crypto bros offering cryptocurrency for it.’ Journalists have taken to horse-trading among themselves, offering the contact information of other world leaders—or sometimes even dozens of bold-faced names—just to get the most important one saved into their phones. ‘It’s out of control,” said the second official, who, like others we spoke with for this story, requested anonymity to talk frankly on the issue. ‘It’s like a wrecking ball.’
“No one foresaw this at the start of Trump’s second term, when the number was closely held by the president’s friends and a handful of journalists who used it sparingly. So many people now call Trump on his private iPhone that his advisers have stopped trying to keep track. Sometimes in meetings, he will leave his phone face up, allowing staff to gawk at the flashing notifications of incoming or missed calls that pile up on his screen. Only some of them are from numbers that have been saved in the device. ‘It is literally call after reporter call,’ the first official said. ‘It is just boom, boom, boom.’ …
“One fear in the West Wing: that someone will give Trump bad information, or sell him on a conspiracy theory, provoking a reaction aides will have to clean up. Another concern: that the president will waste his time responding to meaningless trifles that distract from the arguments that the White House wants to make.”
America has always been for sale, Trump just turned the knob to 11 and made it a family business.
Competitive_Swan_130 on
All he cares about is filling his and his friends pockets. The only reason he cares about GOP elections is because it will be easier to keep lining his pockets with them in charge than not, otherwise he couldn’t give less of a fuck. And once he’s outta the White House, he doesn’t care what happens.
Equivalent_Sea_1895 on
The White House fears someone will give trump bad info. Is that a joke?
OnDrugsTonight on
>No one foresaw this at the start of Trump’s second term, when the number was closely held by the president’s friends and a handful of journalists who used it sparingly.
Then everyone is an idiot, I’m sorry to say. Everything is for sale in Trump world, everything is transactional and everyone is a commodity. It can’t have come as a surprise that the guy who sells pardons like candy wouldn’t pass on an opportunity to make some bucks from selling his phone number.
StormOk7544 on
Wasn’t there some right wing grievance about supposed “pay to play” with Hillary a decade ago? And now their guy can be phoned any time for corpos to get market interventions and pardons from him. Obviously conservatives have no real principles and don’t care about this, but it’s sad that swing voters and centrists say they care about corruption and then they willingly choose the guy who is 100x worse when it comes to corruption. I don’t understand why they complain about corruption and then give power to Trump and all of his rogues gallery of grifters.
Rusalka-rusalka on
Subscribe him to act blue text messages! They will never stop!
johhnny5 on
Great. I bet all government vehicles are now signed up for extended warranties.
all4whatnot on
Everyone quick change your Call ID info to “Stephen Miller” and start calling him with ideas like “you know two weeks of this war cost the same as health care for all, we should end the war and fund healthcare”
yeahdef on
281-330-8004 hit don trump up on the low cause don trump about to blow
JetKeel on
>One fear in the West Wing: that someone will give Trump bad information, or sell him on a conspiracy theory
That is a common problem with the elderly.
Wranorel on
Someone needs to prank call him using Obama voice and record it.
Madmandocv1 on
It’s (561) yes-Bibi
I_like_baseball90 on
I think the real fear is someone will give him good information.
justabill71 on
>Washington’s hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets, drive the news, and shift policy—but only if the timing is right.
This place has *everything*…
BigBoyYuyuh on
It’s called pay for play. He accused Hillary of it in 2016 because it’s what he does.
1959Mason on
Remember when they took Obama’s personal phone away from him and gave him a secure government phone? Because it was against the rules for the President of the United States to have an unsecured personal phone.
thelonetwig on
Can we get a hold of this number and just spam him “fuck you pedo” over and over?
p8ntballnxj on
As a long time IT worker, my first thought is this: that iPhone has to be the most compromised device in the world. It’s not just the fact that everyone has his phone number but I highly doubt it’s a properly secured device.
CAM6913 on
Trump has always been for sale just like his pole dancing porn actress wife
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Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker: “Washington’s hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets, drive the news, and shift policy—but only if the timing is right.
“The White House has received reports in recent weeks that President Trump’s personal phone number has been offered for sale to deep-pocketed interests seeking influence, two administration officials told us. ‘It’s honestly just wild,’ one of them said. ‘I’ve heard of CEOs offering money for his number. I’ve heard of crypto bros offering cryptocurrency for it.’ Journalists have taken to horse-trading among themselves, offering the contact information of other world leaders—or sometimes even dozens of bold-faced names—just to get the most important one saved into their phones. ‘It’s out of control,” said the second official, who, like others we spoke with for this story, requested anonymity to talk frankly on the issue. ‘It’s like a wrecking ball.’
“No one foresaw this at the start of Trump’s second term, when the number was closely held by the president’s friends and a handful of journalists who used it sparingly. So many people now call Trump on his private iPhone that his advisers have stopped trying to keep track. Sometimes in meetings, he will leave his phone face up, allowing staff to gawk at the flashing notifications of incoming or missed calls that pile up on his screen. Only some of them are from numbers that have been saved in the device. ‘It is literally call after reporter call,’ the first official said. ‘It is just boom, boom, boom.’ …
“One fear in the West Wing: that someone will give Trump bad information, or sell him on a conspiracy theory, provoking a reaction aides will have to clean up. Another concern: that the president will waste his time responding to meaningless trifles that distract from the arguments that the White House wants to make.”
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America has always been for sale, Trump just turned the knob to 11 and made it a family business.
All he cares about is filling his and his friends pockets. The only reason he cares about GOP elections is because it will be easier to keep lining his pockets with them in charge than not, otherwise he couldn’t give less of a fuck. And once he’s outta the White House, he doesn’t care what happens.
The White House fears someone will give trump bad info. Is that a joke?
>No one foresaw this at the start of Trump’s second term, when the number was closely held by the president’s friends and a handful of journalists who used it sparingly.
Then everyone is an idiot, I’m sorry to say. Everything is for sale in Trump world, everything is transactional and everyone is a commodity. It can’t have come as a surprise that the guy who sells pardons like candy wouldn’t pass on an opportunity to make some bucks from selling his phone number.
Wasn’t there some right wing grievance about supposed “pay to play” with Hillary a decade ago? And now their guy can be phoned any time for corpos to get market interventions and pardons from him. Obviously conservatives have no real principles and don’t care about this, but it’s sad that swing voters and centrists say they care about corruption and then they willingly choose the guy who is 100x worse when it comes to corruption. I don’t understand why they complain about corruption and then give power to Trump and all of his rogues gallery of grifters.
Subscribe him to act blue text messages! They will never stop!
Great. I bet all government vehicles are now signed up for extended warranties.
Everyone quick change your Call ID info to “Stephen Miller” and start calling him with ideas like “you know two weeks of this war cost the same as health care for all, we should end the war and fund healthcare”
281-330-8004 hit don trump up on the low cause don trump about to blow
>One fear in the West Wing: that someone will give Trump bad information, or sell him on a conspiracy theory
That is a common problem with the elderly.
Someone needs to prank call him using Obama voice and record it.
It’s (561) yes-Bibi
I think the real fear is someone will give him good information.
>Washington’s hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets, drive the news, and shift policy—but only if the timing is right.
This place has *everything*…
It’s called pay for play. He accused Hillary of it in 2016 because it’s what he does.
Remember when they took Obama’s personal phone away from him and gave him a secure government phone? Because it was against the rules for the President of the United States to have an unsecured personal phone.
Can we get a hold of this number and just spam him “fuck you pedo” over and over?
As a long time IT worker, my first thought is this: that iPhone has to be the most compromised device in the world. It’s not just the fact that everyone has his phone number but I highly doubt it’s a properly secured device.
Trump has always been for sale just like his pole dancing porn actress wife
Just let me know when his “number” is up….
Epstein had his number too.
First US President for sale, literally.
Can I get it? I got some shit to say to that man.