DarkHelmet wrote:The airports thing could also be poor reading on his part. Maybe the script said ports, but he saw it as airports, and the anachronism didn't compute in his brain.
The trouble is that he said things in this order:
Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports
The airports came after 'manned the air'. The 'air' reference is the one that needs explaining - 'airports' just seems to be an expansion of that.
Good point. I was tryng to be as charitable as possible, because I can't imagine anyone, not even Trump, making such a gaffe. I thought maybe he has Ron Burgandy syndrome - reading directly off the teleprompter without running it through his brain first - made even worse by poor reading skills. But I don't know how a teleprompter misreading could generate "our army manned the air".
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
DarkHelmet wrote:Good point. I was tryng to be as charitable as possible, because I can't imagine anyone, not even Trump, making such a gaffe. I thought maybe he has Ron Burgandy syndrome - reading directly off the teleprompter without running it through his brain first - made even worse by poor reading skills. But I don't know how a teleprompter misreading could generate "our army manned the air".
Remember when the Fox and Friends crowd would feign disgust over the fact that Obama used a teleprompter - like previous Presidents - then claimed that he couldn’t speak without one, while giving no examples why they made that claim?
Seems as if the current Prez has a hard time sounding coherent even with a teleprompter showing him what to say.
Multiple sources are now stating that Trump is blaming a technical glitch with the teleprompter. Reasonable conclusion - his grasp of history is that abysmal.
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SteelHead wrote:Multiple sources are now stating that Trump is blaming a technical glitch with the teleprompter. Reasonable conclusion - his grasp of history is that abysmal.
Hmm. Like I said ...
Chap wrote: One sure fact is that the White House has so far made no effort to extract Trump from the mess he has got himself into. After all, what could they do? Claim there was a fault on the teleprompter?
It still doesn't really work, does it? I mean a teleprompter might fail to scroll down fast enough if there was a software glitch, but there is no way it could make a person with normal literacy and attention span start talking about airports.
by the way, please link to one or two of those multiple sources ...
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huckelberry wrote:I do not wish to say anything negative about the military here but they have a couple of holidays and parades specifically honoring them. I have always understood that the original instructions for the fourth, illuminations all across the land, was to commemorate the burst of spirit, intelligence and light from the declaration of independance and all the hope that it pointed to.
Well I suppose you could say that the military is part of preserving our independence. Or fighting for it in the first place. Or it's good PR for civilian's to get a closer look at the military equipment that they paid for.
Or you could say I have a thin skin when it comes to some of these comments.
Sorry, not sorry.
Jersey Girl, I puzzled a bit searching for a reply which would not just repeat this. You are certainly correct that military involvement and sacrifice was necessary to the establishment of the country. I think I should take your reminder that respect and honor for the military and their personal sacrifices for the country is just and proper. In addition that respect and honor can be an important stabilizing force in the country in times of political conflict.
President Donald Trump's military-style July Fourth parade drained a special Washington, D.C., city fund designed to help pay for extra security and anti-terrorism measures during large events in the nation's capital, the mayor said in a letter to the White House.
Expenses related to security at Trump's parade exhausted the fund — known as the Emergency Planning and Security (ESPF) fund — and are expected to soon put it $6 million in the red, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser explained in the letter written to Trump on Tuesday.
Bowser said the amount used from the fund for "your additional July 4th holiday activities and subsequent First Amendment demonstrations" totaled $1.7 million and that the amount would deplete the account. She asked Trump to help have the city reimbursed.
"It is critical that the EPSF is fully reimbursed for these funds to ensure the District can uphold proper security and support during the remainder of the fiscal year without incurring a deficit for federal activities," Bowser wrote in the letter obtained by NBC News, adding that "we ask for your help with ensuring the residents of the District of Columbia are not asked to cover millions of dollars of federal expenses and are able to maintain our high standards of protection for federal events."
The EPSF is funded with federal money designed to reimburse the city for costs incurred to provide security and maintain public safety for events such as presidential inaugurations, rallies and visits by foreign officials.
The Washington Post first reported on Bowser's letter.
Bowser, a Democrat, added that the fund's reserves had earlier been depleted by $7.3 million for security costs related to Trump’s 2017 presidential inauguration, an "increased demand for heightened security," as well as "some unplanned events."
The White House has not responded to a request for comment
