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Trump Says Troops ‘Took Over Airports’ During Revolutionary War, in Rainy Fourth of July Speech

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Could be worse... I guess.
 

And Obama claimed his campaign had visited 57 states with one to go. And Biden couldn't remember which state he was in when he was speaking in Roanoke.

These misspeakes are all big nothing burgers. With politicians speaking dozens of times a month and often reading from a teleprompter, it amazes me they get it right as often as they do.
 

There is absolutely nothing, NOTHING, a Trumpeter will not defend on behalf of "their god." He f*ed up. Admit it, move on. He is incapable of writing a speech, so he relies on third-rate talent to do it for him, and will always blame someone else when "mistakes are made." Show me two examples where he admitted an error. I won't wait.

Yesterday he got history confused - misread "ramparts" as "airports" - a minor gaffe, but then he compounds it by not admitting it. (The day before it was praising "new" Sherman tanks.) A normal person would laugh things like this off, but his ego is too fragile, so he has to blame others. It is pathetic and embarrassing but far, far too repetitious. Yet, jump right in and defend it. It's what you presumably get paid for.
 

Trump ran against using teleprompters. Maybe for this reason. :lamo
 

This is classic symptoms for someone with dementia. Even if the teleprompter was wrong he should know that there weren't airports during the Revolutionary War. Trump also was confusing the Revolutionary War with the War of 1812, when he spoke of Ft. McHenry (he called it “McHendry”). It’s believed that there were no airports at Ft. McHenry either.
 

Obama was referring to places that vote, all the states, DC, Guam, etc. He used "states" as a shortcut for all the places that vote. Characteristically, Republicans jumped on him just like they called him unpresidential for wearing a tan suit. Then they support a guy who demeans the office. Go figure.
 

Man!

I did not hear this clown's speech, so my first reaction after reading your post was to make sure that you did not fall victim of a satirical article from onion or whatever.

Yep! He did say it!

:lamo
 

Don’t forget to “ram those ramparts” while you’re at it too. What the hell does that even mean?
 
Why is this surprising? He's an idiot.
 

You will have to excuse Trump for confusing the two wars. He missed class due to being in the locker room bragging about grabbing *****.
 
MTAtech said:
I can understand this. He doesn't read much.
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Trump as usual tries to blame others for his mistakes.

I do not buy that the guys who prepared the teleprompter wrote "airports", although I cannot exclude such possibility since Trump has gathered the worst people around him

Still, the way more probable scenario is that the teleprompter was correct but Trump did what he and other politicians usually do when using a teleprompter. Trump decided to go off the script for a little bit and improvise to make the speech more powerful. It was at that moment when he decided to add the "airports ."

The fact that he is a lousy public speaker with a range of vocabulary that is narrower than that of most educated foreigners speaking English as their second language is known. His narration voice as he tells the story of the Revolutionary Army is just pure comedy. But the most hilarious thing is to see his simpleton supporters getting wet while they are listening to his nonsense.
 
NWRatCon said:
There is absolutely nothing, NOTHING, a Trumpeter will not defend on behalf of "their god." He f*ed up. Admit it, move on.
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That's exactly what the poster you're responding to was doing. They admitted the mistake, noted that it's nothing new, and complemented all of our politicians for making relatively few gaffes.

We fight over such inane issues.
 
phattonez said:
That's exactly what the poster you're responding to was doing. They admitted the mistake, noted that it's nothing new, and complemented all of our politicians for making relatively few gaffes.

We fight over such inane issues.
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I agree that these issues are intrinsically inane, but... The repetitiveness and defensive posture expose an underlying pathology that is worrisome. As I noted, this was a minor (if amusing) gaffe. It is the response to the error that is telling, both by Trump and his defenders. Lord knows when Obama was in office I had my share of criticisms, but he didn't embarrass the country with erratic behavior and irrational defensiveness. Surely this has to be concerning to you?
 
This isn't an example of that. It's a gaffe. It doesn't matter.
 
phattonez said:
This isn't an example of that. It's a gaffe. It doesn't matter.
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I take that as a" no". You're not concerned about erratic behavior and irrationality? How is this not an example of the pattern?
 
NWRatCon said:
I take that as a" no". You're not concerned about erratic behavior and irrationality? How is this not an example of the pattern?
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Because I don't know of an example of anyone who speaks publicly and has never made a gaffe.
 

Sir, you really, really, missed the point.
 
Other than that, how did you like the 4th of July celebration on The Mall?





Seemed to be pretty spectacular. And there was even a handful of 'your people' there.
 

And there's our first whataboutism, three posts in and 28 minutes after the OP. Congratulations! :thumbs:
 
phattonez said:
Because I don't know of an example of anyone who speaks publicly and has never made a gaffe.
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I agree with the statement, but that does not address the other issue. I will not, however, belabor it. How/why the gaffe happened, and the pattern it represents concern me.
 
I asked about the glass Trump spoke from behind in another post. I asked if there were a roof to it. I see from this picture that there was only a front and sides to the partition. Was this a security screen,(bullet-proof?)

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