undercover JIX
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2008
- Messages
- 9,146
- Reaction score
- 2
- Country
- Location
Donald Trump trips up on history in 4th of July speech, mentions airports during Revolutionary War
David Jackson, USA TODAYPublished 10:03 p.m. ET July 4, 2019 | Updated 12:04 p.m. ET July 5, 2019
Staff Sgt. Steve Batista was serving in Afghanistan for the United States Marine Corps and hadn't seen his son in over a year. With help from his wife, and the baseball team, he was able to tell his son he was finally home in the best way.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump read most of his Independence Day speech from a prepared text, but stumbled on his history at one point: He talked about airports during the American Revolution.
"Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports," Trump said of the fighting force created by the Continental Congress in 1775.
There was no air travel in 18th Century America.
The full riff:
"In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the great George Washington, commander in chief. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown.
"Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rocket’s red glare it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant."
Aaron Rupar
✔@atrupar
· 22h
Replying to @atrupar
whoa. major reading fail here by Trump
Aaron Rupar
✔@atrupar
As @kendallybrown points out, Trump, while struggling to read in this clip, claims that the American military "took over the airports" during a battle that took place well before airplanes were even invented
6,606
7:28 PM - Jul 4, 2019
Twitter Ads info and privacy
3,172 people are talking about this
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rips-up-revolutionary-war-history/1638531001/
David Jackson, USA TODAYPublished 10:03 p.m. ET July 4, 2019 | Updated 12:04 p.m. ET July 5, 2019
Staff Sgt. Steve Batista was serving in Afghanistan for the United States Marine Corps and hadn't seen his son in over a year. With help from his wife, and the baseball team, he was able to tell his son he was finally home in the best way.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump read most of his Independence Day speech from a prepared text, but stumbled on his history at one point: He talked about airports during the American Revolution.
"Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports," Trump said of the fighting force created by the Continental Congress in 1775.
There was no air travel in 18th Century America.
The full riff:
"In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the great George Washington, commander in chief. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown.
"Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rocket’s red glare it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant."
Aaron Rupar
✔@atrupar
· 22h
Replying to @atrupar
whoa. major reading fail here by Trump
Aaron Rupar
✔@atrupar
As @kendallybrown points out, Trump, while struggling to read in this clip, claims that the American military "took over the airports" during a battle that took place well before airplanes were even invented
6,606
7:28 PM - Jul 4, 2019
Twitter Ads info and privacy
3,172 people are talking about this
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rips-up-revolutionary-war-history/1638531001/
