Trump trolls Gawker, publishes his own cellphone number

Now Donald Trump wants you to call him on his personal cellphone.

A day after Gawker.com published the 2016 Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul’s cellphone number, Trump tweeted it out.

Advertisement Thank you @gawker! Call me on my cellphone 917.756.8000 and listen to my campaign message. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 4, 2015

On Monday, the cellphone had a rather generic message and went straight to voicemail. On Tuesday, the phone still went to voicemail, but this time it directed callers to Trump’s campaign.

“Hi, this is Donald Trump and I’m running for the presidency of the United States of America,” the new voicemail message said. “With your help and support, together, we can make America truly great again. Visit me on Twitter at @realdonaldtrump and check out my campaign website at www.donaldtrump.com. Hope to see you on the campaign trail. We’re going to do it.”

The entire flap over cellphone numbers began when Trump shared Sen. Lindsey Graham’s personal cellphone number in late July. On Monday, Gawker moved to give Trump what he was dishing out by sharing his cellphone number. Trump’s campaign confirmed that it was indeed his cellphone number, albeit an old one.

“It’s a very old number. This is not one he uses. Mr. Trump has several numbers, so this is not an issue,” the campaign said in a statement after Gawker published the number.