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Who are John Barron and John Miller? Trump brutally slammed for ‘fake news’ tweet with his '80s pseudonyms

John Barron, John Miller, Carolin Gallego or David Dennison, they are all different names used by Trump in the early 1980s and 1990s

Does Donald Trump have another name? Who are John Barron, John Miller and David Dennison? A little trip down memory lane will make you realize it was all the same person. Yes, you guessed it right. They were all Trump's pseudonyms in the early 1980s and 1990s and have resurfaced on Twitter. 

Not even one day passes by when the US president doesn't make a gaffe or start a tweetstorm on social media. Unleashing his wrath against "fake news" and the media, the 74-year-old recently posted on Twitter: "The Democrats, together with the corrupt Fake News Media, have launched a massive Disinformation Campaign the likes of which has never been seen before. They will say anything, like their recent lies about me and the Military, and hope that it sticks... But #MAGA gets it!"

In another tweet, he wrote: "A massive Disinformation Campaign is going on by the Democrats, their partner, the Fake News Media, & Big Tech. They create false stories and then push them like has never been done before, even beyond the 2016 Campaign. It imperils our Country, and must stop now. Victory 2020!"

His tweets soon went viral. However, the internet was ready with a bigger and better set of comebacks. Thousands of people dished out a string of tweets on how he used multiple pseudonyms earlier to send out his statements to news outlets. From John Barron to John Miller, Carolin Gallego and David Dennison, Trump used numerous names in the early 1980s and 1990s and his flair for speaking under the guise of a spokesperson was soon dubbed as "an open secret".

In fact, many editors said that "calls from Barron were at points so common that they became a recurring joke on the city desk". The name John Barron first appeared on June 6, 1980, in a New York Times article about Trump's decision to destroy two controversial sculptures from the Bonwit Teller flagship store where he dubbed himself "a Trump Organization vice president". For the rest of the decade, that name continued to be seen and the popular Cleveland Indians incident in 1983 had "Barron" telling the press that Trump had decided not to purchase it.

Reportedly, Trump stopped using those pseudonyms when he was asked to testify in court proceedings that “John Barron” was one of his pseudonyms. Moreover, in 2016, The Washington Post obtained an old tape and alleged it was Trump posing as John Miller. However, Trump categorically denied it saying, "It was not me on the phone," and hung up another time when he was asked if he ever had a spokesperson named John Miller.

Now, in response to his angst over fake news and the bombshell Atlantic report over his ‘losers and suckers’ scandal, people are slamming him with those names. "Hi...this is ‘John Barron’ and I have an exclusive story about Donald Trump...," one mocked and another posted, "John Miller, John Barron, and David Dennison want you to know that you're going to burn in Hell for your lies Huckleberry."

Moreover, Travis Tritt's tweet saying, "If you’re like me, I get sick and tired of arguing with sheeple who automatically subscribe to any fake news story from anonymous sources without researching anything on their own. It is an exercise in futility," only triggered it further. "Are you also tired of #JohnBarron and #DavidDennison- famous anonymous sources?" one tweet read.

One Twitter user posted: "Just so I’m clear, the Birther aka John Barron is opining about disinformation and the perils of spreading it. Irony is dead." Another said, "Remember your 'spokesman' John Miller? Your 20K+ documented lies? And you are whining about 'false stories?' You have zero credibility. Go to bed." One even posted to Melania Trump: "'Some people say' your husband used a LOT of anonymous sources. Just ask John Miller or John Barron."