{"id":2422484,"date":"2025-04-11T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priceless-trump-call-accidentally-goes-to-hated-enemy-then-trump-chews-him-out-just-for-fun-report\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:06:00","slug":"priceless-trump-call-accidentally-goes-to-hated-enemy-then-trump-chews-him-out-just-for-fun-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priceless-trump-call-accidentally-goes-to-hated-enemy-then-trump-chews-him-out-just-for-fun-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Priceless: Trump Call Accidentally Goes to Hated Enemy, Then Trump Chews Him Out Just for Fun &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpriceless-trump-call-accidentally-goes-to-hated-enemy-then-trump-chews-him-out-just-for-fun-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2422484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article describes a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">humorous incident involving<\/a> former President Donald Trump, who accidentally called retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster instead of South Carolina governor Henry mcmaster due to a mix-up by an aide. During the call, Trump mistakenly addressed McMaster as &#8220;Henry&#8221; and, upon realizing the error, unleashed a rant about mcmaster&#8217;s perceived shortcomings. This interaction unfolded shortly after Trump had publicly criticized McMaster on social media. Despite the awkwardness, McMaster handled the situation by correcting Trump, identifying himself as H.R. However, Trump reportedly responded with an expletive and continued to criticize him. The article notes that while the situation is amusing, it also highlights the governance&#8217;s communication shortcomings and the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-bishop-stabbed-during-livestream-from-church-heres-the-video\/\" title=\"Australian Bishop attacked with a knife during live Church broadcast. Watch the video here\">improved security protocols<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When an aide accidentally called an old enemy instead of who he was supposed to call, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s reaction was reportedly priceless: He chewed out the guy on the other end of the line.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s at least the gist of a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/h-r-mcmaster-trump-accidental-call\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, which alleged that, on March 3, Trump accidentally called retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on his personal cell line due to an aide&rsquo;s mix-up and then delivered a rant when he found out the former national security advisor was at the other end of the line.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just a day earlier, on March 2, Mr. Trump had lobbed his latest insult at McMaster, blasting him on social media as a &lsquo;weak and totally ineffective loser,&#8217;&rdquo; the report from Wednesday noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;McMaster had also just appeared on CBS&rsquo; &rsquo;60 Minutes,&rsquo; where he voiced skepticism about Mr. Trump&rsquo;s overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Putin&rsquo;s willingness to end the war in Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McMaster was told to hold for the president by the voice at the other end, four sources with knowledge of the call told CBS News &mdash; and when he got on the line, Trump reportedly began by calling him &ldquo;Henry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This was when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/firing-bolton-trump-set-massive-bear-trap-leftists-media-north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McMaster<\/a> realized the call wasn&rsquo;t intended for him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;McMaster goes by H.R., short for Herbert Raymond. Not Henry,&rdquo; CBS News reported.<\/p>\n<p>So, the former national security advisor was forced to let him know who it was.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. President, this is H.R. McMaster,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-massive-explosion-at-texas-exxonmobil-refinery-injures-several\/\" title=\"Video: Massive \u2018Explosion\u2019 At Texas ExxonMobil Refinery Injures Several\">reported response<\/a>: &ldquo;Why the f*** would I talk&rdquo; to you? Subsequently, two sources said, &ldquo;Trump launched into a scathing critique of his former aide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After a short call, both men were off the line.<\/p>\n<p>Two sources also told CBS that the real target of the call was South Carolina Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/western-journal-poll-warren-takes-7-point-lead-over-mcmaster-in-south-carolina-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry McMaster<\/a>. &nbsp;He ended up with the wrong McMaster &mdash; although you can&rsquo;t tell me he didn&rsquo;t have fun with it.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a bit of his charm that Trump rarely forgives and forgets, particularly if you continue to insinuate things that aren&rsquo;t necessarily true.<\/p>\n<p>And, to be fair to H.R. McMaster, it&rsquo;s not like blabbed to CBS News; he didn&rsquo;t comment, and he hasn&rsquo;t pulled a Jeffrey Goldberg and written &ldquo;Trump Accidentally Phoned Me With His F-Bomb Plans&rdquo; for The Atlantic yet.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, this is the second time in less than 90 days of the Trump administration that someone has let somebody who shouldn&rsquo;t be in on a conversation into a conversation. This time, at the very least, it&rsquo;s an amusing anecdote &mdash; but keep in mind, it was just days before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/finally-know-exactly-atlantic-reporter-got-messages-complicated-anyone-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Waltz\/Atlantic Signal debacle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is an administration that likes to move fast and break things. That&rsquo;s a good thing, in general. There&rsquo;s plenty of things that need to be broken, and fast, after all.<\/p>\n<p>However, that can&rsquo;t come at the expense of both security and optics.<\/p>\n<p>This is sloppiness on the part of the administration that needs to be fixed. Yes, it&rsquo;s funny, and I can&rsquo;t think of someone who deserves this sort of thing more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-shakes-up-white-house-with-top-notch-security-adviser-in-wake-of-mcmaster-firing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McMaster<\/a>. The media is able to turn this around as a castigation of President Trump, however, not just because of the swear word, but because of the unforced error.<\/p>\n<p>So, mark it up as a hilarious anecdote &mdash; but also a learning opportunity. We can only hope that this is taken as an opportunity for the White House to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-flip-fox-host-tells-blunt-truth-texts-accidentally-d-atlantic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tighten its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-advertising-model-puts-reporters-and-lawmakers-at-the-center-of-the-corporate-pitch\/\" title=\"Growing Advertising Model Puts Reporters and Lawmakers at the Center of the Corporate Pitch\">communications security<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to a CBS News report, on March 3, Trump inadvertently reached retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on his personal cell phone due to the aide&#8217;s error and expressed his frustration upon realizing who he was speaking with. Just a day prior, Trump had publicly insulted McMaster on social media, labeling him a &#8220;weak and totally ineffective loser.&#8221; The report also mentioned that McMaster had recently appeared on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;60 Minutes,&#8221; where he expressed doubts about Trump&#8217;s overtures towards Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>During the call, McMaster was instructed to wait for Trump by someone else on the line; when he finally spoke with Trump, he was addressed as &#8220;Henry,&#8221; which confused him since his name is actually Herbert Raymond (H.R.). After clarifying his identity\u2014&#8221;Mr. President, this is H.R. McMaster&#8221;\u2014Trump reportedly responded with disbelief and launched into a harsh critique of his former advisor before ending their brief conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicated that Trump had intended to call South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster but ended up reaching H.R., leading to an amusing situation despite its potential implications for communication security within the administration. This incident highlights ongoing issues within Trump&#8217;s team regarding secure communications while also serving as a humorous anecdote about how quickly things can go awry in high-stakes environments like politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2422485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Donald-Trump-18.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3676,53255,53254,50944,3634],"class_list":["post-2422484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-call","tag-chew-out","tag-hated-enemy","tag-report-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Donald-Trump-18.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2422488,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422484\/revisions\/2422488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}