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The pseudonym first appeared in a May 7, 1980, article where "John Barron, vice president of Trump Organization" spawned rumors of a $1 billion deal to buy the World Trade Center: "I don't know if it's going to happen or not, but it is a possibility".
Nov 6, 2015 · After an outcry from the art community, a man named John Barron—who, in phone interviews with reporters, vaguely gave his title as a "Trump Organization vice president"—said he spoke on behalf...
May 13, 2016 · Shortly after the revelation, the Associated Press published a brief, lighthearted piece about a real-life man named John Baron, who was a partner in a Denver management consulting firm.
Mar 21, 2016 · Barron (also spelled “Baron” in some press accounts) appears to have been Trump’s go-to alias when he was under scrutiny, in need of a tough front man or otherwise wanting to convey a...
Apr 23, 2018 · On Tuesday evening, Barron will preside over his first state dinner at the White House. And he will use his real name: Donald Trump. Trump hasn’t availed himself of the alias John Barron in...
Nov 4, 2020 · Who is John Barron? Donald Trump's go-to pseudonym when he needed to send a message without using his own name.
Jan 12, 2021 · John Barron is a name Trump used when leaking information to reporters in the 1980s and '90s. Alex Kasprak. Published Jan. 12, 2021. Claim: After Twitter permanently suspended him in January...
Apr 20, 2018 · Trump pretended to be ‘John Barron’ to lie about his wealth, says ex-Forbes writer. President Donald Trump lied his way onto the Forbes list of richest Americans and used a fake persona to do so,...
Apr 20, 2018 · The reporter tasked with interviewing people for the Forbes 400 recently rediscovered the tapes of him talking to John Barron, a Trump Organization executive in the 1980s. And he said...
Over the next few days, reporters tried to reach Trump for comment, but they instead heard from “John Barron,” an alter ego that Trump would sometimes use when he spoke with journalists.
