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.
Leraldoe on
Just as ar 15 jesus and the founders intended
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.
Zenfulbliss on
Someone who knows how to spoof caller ID numbers could have a field day with that number right? Hello Vlad, yo mamma’s here and want to know if you want her to bring you some.
stickscall on
This is good news. The less the idiot king is allowed to focus, the less damage he can do.
iAmSamFromWSB on
So Trump is selling his own number, got it
reddittorbrigade on
Trump has made a lot of money. He is even selling pardons to rapists and criminals like him.
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!
Candid_Gold_8670 on
O America, at some point your gluttony had to come home to roost .. sigh
johhnny5 on
Great. I bet all government vehicles are now signed up for extended warranties.
AmbitiousProblem4746 on
Everything is going just smeggin’ A-OK here in the US guys, nothing to see here
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”
SpiritTalker on
What’s his number? I’d be happy to give him a piece of my mind!
Thebritishdovah on
If he did this in the UK,
Let’s just say, we’re very creative with Insulting people we fucking loathe.
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.
tandoori_taco_cat on
Imagine being such a f-cking boomer that you just take any call, from anyone.
OPsDaddy on
Hmm. It’s not in my phone. What is it?
Initial-Lead-2814 on
There was just another story about how he was charging for something
Madmandocv1 on
It’s (561) yes-Bibi
disasterbot on
“Donald, it’s the ghost of Ivana. Why you push at the stairs? I loathe you….”
Admirable_Tear_1438 on
Lemme get that number. I have a few things to say to him.
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.
ResponsibleAd2404 on
If his advisors know this, and they know how easy it is to manipulate him; why don’t they just simply change his phone number? It makes him look so weak when it is being openly sold for cash.
StarsofSobek on
Quick! Someone call him and claim that they are God and that they disapprove of his evil ways and actions. Make him afraid! Make him step down. Make something *good* finally happen.
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.
bergluna on
Soooo, whats the number?
Outrageous-Morning91 on
I’d just spam his number with Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” music video until I became labeled as a domestic terror threat
thelonetwig on
Can we get a hold of this number and just spam him “fuck you pedo” over and over?
sneakyearner on
Here, I’ll save you some time it’s: 718-867-5309
You are welcome!
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.
Vashsinn on
Cuz everyone knows he’ll get stuck on whatever he heard last. If he gets stopped by the gardener you’ll see golden shovels.
CAM6913 on
Trump has always been for sale just like his pole dancing porn actress wife
Pisnaz on
So is anyone else thinking he is the one selling his number for a price? If he sold his number for a payment, and ran his shakedown game for a kickback I would just shrug and say “what did tou expect, it is trump”
stickybond009 on
📞Call me 😉
asmallerflame on
Signed him up for DNC’s texts. He’s never getting rid of those. It will be non-stop.
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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.
Just as ar 15 jesus and the founders intended
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.
Someone who knows how to spoof caller ID numbers could have a field day with that number right? Hello Vlad, yo mamma’s here and want to know if you want her to bring you some.
This is good news. The less the idiot king is allowed to focus, the less damage he can do.
So Trump is selling his own number, got it
Trump has made a lot of money. He is even selling pardons to rapists and criminals like him.
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!
O America, at some point your gluttony had to come home to roost .. sigh
Great. I bet all government vehicles are now signed up for extended warranties.
Everything is going just smeggin’ A-OK here in the US guys, nothing to see here
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”
What’s his number? I’d be happy to give him a piece of my mind!
If he did this in the UK,
Let’s just say, we’re very creative with Insulting people we fucking loathe.
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.
Imagine being such a f-cking boomer that you just take any call, from anyone.
Hmm. It’s not in my phone. What is it?
There was just another story about how he was charging for something
It’s (561) yes-Bibi
“Donald, it’s the ghost of Ivana. Why you push at the stairs? I loathe you….”
Lemme get that number. I have a few things to say to him.
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.
If his advisors know this, and they know how easy it is to manipulate him; why don’t they just simply change his phone number? It makes him look so weak when it is being openly sold for cash.
Quick! Someone call him and claim that they are God and that they disapprove of his evil ways and actions. Make him afraid! Make him step down. Make something *good* finally happen.
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.
Soooo, whats the number?
I’d just spam his number with Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” music video until I became labeled as a domestic terror threat
Can we get a hold of this number and just spam him “fuck you pedo” over and over?
Here, I’ll save you some time it’s: 718-867-5309
You are welcome!
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.
Cuz everyone knows he’ll get stuck on whatever he heard last. If he gets stopped by the gardener you’ll see golden shovels.
Trump has always been for sale just like his pole dancing porn actress wife
So is anyone else thinking he is the one selling his number for a price? If he sold his number for a payment, and ran his shakedown game for a kickback I would just shrug and say “what did tou expect, it is trump”
📞Call me 😉
Signed him up for DNC’s texts. He’s never getting rid of those. It will be non-stop.