Donald Trump was caught Wednesday morning by a prank call made by Sébastien Trudel and Jason Rockman of the show. goes to the station from Énergie radio, in Montreal. During the ten-minute conversation, special mention was made of Justin Trudeau, who stated that he gets along well with the Canadian Prime Minister despite their differences.
“We get along well,” Trump said. We have small differences, but we get along very well. »
It was by posing as actor and director Clint Eastwood, a well-known Republican, that they managed to frustrate Trump’s team and reach him. Jason Rockman played the fake Clint Eastwood, while Sébastien Trudel chatted later on the call posing as Georges St-Pierre, a man Trump knows well as a mixed martial arts fan.
The fake Clint Eastwood, among other things, spoke about the strong accusations against Trump in his country and the latter responded that the treatment reserved for him is “unfair.” He also told her about his upcoming movie with Georges St-Pierre, he said he was in Boston, and the real estate mogul asked him about the writers and actors strike in Hollywood.
The fake Clint Eastwood even had to repeat to the former president, inopportunely, that he was indeed Clint Eastwood, a few minutes after the start of the conversation, as if Trump then thought he was talking to someone on the director’s team.
There was also talk of the health of Trump, who said he “feels very good”, before returning to his usual speech that the United States, for its part, “is not well”.
Then the fake Georges St-Pierre, with a thick accent, spoke up and told the former president that he supported him and that he could fight to raise money for his campaign to win the Republican nomination.
Sébastien Trudel and Jason Rockman mentioned the names of Marie-Claude Savard and Mario Tessier, the other two co-hosts of goes to the station during the conversation with Trump, and even mentioned an interview Trump allegedly gave to Savard in Hello good morning !
Trump reacts well
In the end, when Trump found out that he had been set up, he took it well and said that it was not the first time this had happened to him.
“To carry out a coup of this magnitude, it generally takes several months of work. It is incredible to have managed to frustrate all these people in just a few hours, said Sébastien Trudel. This is not the first time attempts have been made to ensnare American presidents. I never thought we could catch Donald Trump calling his golf club! »
It was this Wednesday afternoon that we were able to listen to a first extract of this conversation with the controversial businessman and politician, who aspires to be the Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential elections. The entire conversation will be broadcast this Thursday by the program. goes to the station.