--- title: "Trump Calls Into Fox News, Keeps Accidentally Pushing Buttons on His Phone That Make “Beeping” Noises" description: "Beside Himself During what NPR described as a \"historic night\" on Thursday, vice president Kamala Harris gave a stirring speech, accepting the Democrats' nomination to be president. During her speech, she described the former president as a very \"unserious man,\" accusing MAGA Republicans of being \"out of their minds\" for supporting him. Meanwhile, the former […]" date: "2024-08-23" modified: "2024-08-23" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-calls-fox-news-pushing-buttons-beeping" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "conservatives" - "donald trump" - "the digest" --- # Trump Calls Into Fox News, Keeps Accidentally Pushing Buttons on His Phone That Make “Beeping” Noises ![During a rambling Fox News call, Donald Trump appeared to accidentally press buttons on his phone's keypad, making hilarious beeping sounds.]() *\Image: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images\* ## Beside Himself During what [*NPR* described]() as a "historic night" on Thursday, vice president Kamala Harris gave a stirring speech, accepting the Democrats' nomination to be president. During her address, she described former president Donald Trump as an "unserious man," accusing MAGA Republicans of being "out of their minds" for supporting him. Meanwhile, the former reality TV host and convicted felon watched the scene unfold on his TV. He furiously tweeted through it on his [largely abandoned]() Truth Social platform, a safe haven for his most ardent and extremist supporters. All told, he sent a [whopping 59 posts]() in just 38 minutes – a hysterical fit of epic proportions. "SHE HAS LED US INTO FAILING NATION STATUS!" he [wrote](). "She stands for Incompetence and Weakness – Our Country is being laughed at all over the World!" he [added](). But his meaningless shouts into the void weren't enough for him. Trump even resorted to picking up the phone to call into *Fox News*, ignoring the hosts' questions during an incoherent rant. During his call, the [technologically]() [challenged]() former president even [appeared to accidentally press buttons]() on the keypad of his phone, interrupting his rambling with distinct — and hilarious — beeping sounds. As [*MSNBC* put it](), Trump suffered an "unintentionally funny meltdown on DNC’s final night." https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1826822871924310250 ## Please Shut Up *Fox* hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum were [clearly struggling to get him to shut up](). They resorted to talking over him and eventually cutting him off. "We appreciate that live feedback," an exasperated Baier told Trump. Still unsatisfied, the former president took to far-right news channel *Newsmax* next. During a continuation of his incessant rambling, Trump told the anchors that he was planning to move to Venezuela — and for some reason invited them to come with him. "You look at Venezuela, they got into Caracas which was a very unsafe city, and now it’s safe," he told the station, as [quoted by the *Independent*](). "In fact, someday the three of us will have to go there — let’s bring your husband with us also, right — and we’ll bring some of the other people that are with you because I like the people that are with you." In short, his two disastrous live TV appearances seem to have backfired spectacularly. Conservative TV already appears to have had enough of the former president before last night's chaos. Earlier this week, both *Newsmax* and *Fox* [cut away]() from a "speech" he was giving at the Livingston County Sheriff's Office. "When Trump has lost *Newsmax*, the station that was built on MAGA morons running from *Fox News*, you've lost it all," one user on X-formerly-Twitter [wrote](). **More on Trump:** *[Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Know Anything About AI-Generated Taylor Swift Images He Posted]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()