Onetime Donald Trump aide Sam Nunberg on Monday called into CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper”—moments after speaking with CNN’s Gloria Borger, MSNBC’s Katy Tur and the Washington Post.
In a freewheeling interview with Tapper, Nunberg asked the host’s advice about ignoring a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, and demanded to know whether he was the only person who’s ever ignored such a demand.
Nunberg’s media blitz was reminiscent of another former Trump aide, Carter Page, who visited multiple news networks last year in a series of bizarre interviews immediately after Mueller revealed onetime Trump adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
The Internet on Monday was simultaneously baffled and amused by Nunberg’s multiple live TV appearances. Read some of the best replies, below:
@Hadas_Gold @CNN @jaketapper Jeez, Carter Page is going to be super jealous by the end of this— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1520283752.0
Sam Nunberg's lawyers watching CNN right now. https://t.co/2e4BCLeT7t— Jennifer Bendery (@Jennifer Bendery) 1520284092.0
Sam Nunberg, do you do podcasts?— Preet Bharara (@Preet Bharara) 1520284250.0
Live look at Nunberg https://t.co/R4frWyH401— Emily C. Singer (@Emily C. Singer) 1520284182.0
Jake Tapper furrowing his brow so much he’s gonna need Botox when he has to switch to the lighter Entertainment Lead.— ryan teague beckwith (@ryan teague beckwith) 1520284333.0
If you think this is good, just wait for 80-year-old Nunberg in Frontline’s future Trump documentary— Alex Burns (@Alex Burns) 1520284330.0
Nunberg now on with @jaketapper to make plea for better mental health funding in America.— Jon Ralston (@Jon Ralston) 1520284372.0
Sam Nunberg to Carter Page this afternoon: "Hold my beer, weirdo"— Joshua Green (@Joshua Green) 1520284303.0
It’s like if Carter Page were the original indie hit and Nunberg was the big flashy studio sequel. https://t.co/adCL3qNhfP— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@Matt Pearce 🦅) 1520284260.0
Carter Page : Sam Nunberg :: The Pixies : Nirvana https://t.co/UDBT4159pL— ryan teague beckwith (@ryan teague beckwith) 1520284287.0
96% of Nunberg's emails are to reporters (rough estimate)— Joshua Green (@Joshua Green) 1520284084.0
Nunberg is talking to literally everyone. Why not talk to the grand jury?— Rebecca Buck (@Rebecca Buck) 1520284051.0
Sam Nunberg is back on CNN. This time with Jake Tapper. https://t.co/Yu8QpUTN1B— Jennifer Bendery (@Jennifer Bendery) 1520283813.0
Sam Nunberg just called into QVC's Shopping With Jane to say if Mueller wants a piece of him he knows where to find him.— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) 1520283624.0
Re: Nunberg, consider the theory that Trump does not attract sane people.— Jim Geraghty (@Jim Geraghty) 1520283443.0
Sam Nunberg's mission is accomplished https://t.co/wAstLZOKyU— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@Edward-Isaac Dovere) 1520283319.0
Sam Nunberg's mission is accomplished https://t.co/wAstLZOKyU— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@Edward-Isaac Dovere) 1520283319.0
How soon before "Nunberg" becomes a verb?— Karen Tumulty (@Karen Tumulty) 1520284654.0
