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By Sam Stevenson
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An unidentified woman could be heard laughing in the background as President Donald Trump made a surprise call to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Primetime on Monday night.
The brief laughter was audible at the beginning of the call, shortly after host Mimi Geerges announced that the program had received a call from the White House.
The woman was not identified during the broadcast, and it was unclear where Trump was calling from or who else was with him.
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Newsweek has contacted the White House by email to ask who could be heard laughing during the opening of the call.
Neither Trump nor Geerges addressed the laughter before the president began speaking. There is no indication from the recording of why the woman was laughing or suggestion of anything inappropriate taking place.
The president called during the premiere of the evening edition of C-SPAN’s long-running viewer call-in program.
The conversation lasted about eight minutes and covered immigration, the conflict with Iran and an effort in the House of Representatives to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Geerges also asked Trump why he watches C-SPAN.
“I like to watch the call-ins because it gives me a little bit of an indication of where we are,” Trump said. He added that Republican callers appeared supportive of him, while suggesting Democrats were less enthusiastic.
When questioned about the administration’s deportation policies, Trump said officials had not placed the same level of pressure on farm workers, waitresses and other workers as they had on people he described as dangerous criminals.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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