President Donald Trump on Wednesday torched the New York Times for allegedly lying about his Monday telephone call into C-SPAN, as the newspaper claimed it was “unannounced” and “apparently without notice.”
In an article titled, “Trump Trots Out His Chaotic Greatest Hits to a Weary Public,” Times reporter Katie Rogers wrote: “The fun and games continued later on Monday when Mr. Trump called into the premiere of a C-SPAN show, apparently without notice. A woman could be heard giggling in the background as the president’s call connected.”
She also reported the call was “unannounced into C-SPAN.”
“We always talk about Donald Trump as the executive producer in chief. TV shows sort of run out of steam before they get to season six.”
https://t.co/4VC2wcyB8T via @NYTimes— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) November 11, 2026
Trump blasted the newspaper, saying on Truth Social: “The New York Times incorrectly reported that ‘Mr. Trump called into the premier of a C-Span show, APPARENTLY WITHOUT NOTICE.’ This is WRONG.
“It was a fully scheduled call, as a favor to C-Span, set up through White House Communications.
“It was done at C-Span’s request, not mine. The Times knew this, but lied, in order to demean – But this is the least of their lies!”
On the debut broadcast of “Washington Journal Primetime,” anchor Mimi Geerges told viewers: “It looks like we’ve got a call from the White House,” as the president joined the show.
Trump explained why he watches C-SPAN, saying: “I like to watch the call-ins because it gives me a little bit of an indication of where we are.”
“We have some great Republicans calling in. I’m not so sure the Democrats are thrilled, but the Republicans seem to be.”
WATCH THE PRESIDENT’S PHONE CALL:
President Trump Calls In to Washington Journal Primetime
C-SPAN host Mimi Geerges: “We heard that you like to watch C-SPAN. What do you like to watch?”
President Trump: “I like to watch the call-ins because it gives me a little of an indication of where we are.” https://t.co/wMrZmy3FSW
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 10, 2026
Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary during Trump’s first term, said of Rogers’ deceptive article: “It took about 10 seconds to debunk the false claim that Trump called into C-SPAN ‘apparently without notice.’ They don’t event try to get it right.”
It took about 10 seconds to debunk the false claim that Trump called into C-SPAN “apparently without notice”
They don’t event try to get it right
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) November 11, 2026
“Caught lying again,” noted political commentator David J. Freeman. “So the Times took a favor to C-SPAN and spun it into a story about Trump crashing a show. They didn’t miss the facts. They wrote around them.”
This is not the first time Trump has publicly slammed Rogers for her untruthful reporting.
As WorldNetDaily reported in November 2025, the president went to war with the left-leaning journalist over published a “hit piece” focusing on his age and suggesting the commander in chief is losing stamina.
“The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again,” Trump began in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
“The Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite. They know this is wrong, as is almost every thing that they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE.
“This cheap ‘RAG’ is truly an ‘ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.’ The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.
“Despite all of this, I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever, and with record setting investment being made in America, they should only go up.”
The headline of the report by Rogers and co-author Dylan Freedman reads: “Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office,” with a subheadline stating: “President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.”
The Times report indicated how Trump “and the people around him still talk about him as if he is the Energizer Bunny of presidential politics,” in spite of his age.
“The reality is more complicated: Mr. Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency, and he is aging,” Rogers wrote at the time.
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