Trump, "and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. "

[Botany]

The American army defeated the British @ the Battle of Yorktown. Cornwallis of Yorktown
never existed. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis

2 things:

1) He is batcrap crazy.

2) I think somebody or somebodies are planting stupid things in his speeches on purpose.


During his tribute to the army, Trump said: “In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around Boston and New York … 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 rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory.”

[bdamomma]

1. Stephen Miller

lurks in the shadows.

[RAB910]

2. This is why he thought they took the airport

[malaise]

3. I think he wrote that himself

[MoonRiver]

13. I agree. Nobody else is that ignorant.

[malaise]

22. Seriously he is that ignorant

[MoonRiver]

24. Ignorant and evil, a horrible combination!

[malaise]

25. Monster is not a word I use often

but it describes him perfectly

[MoonRiver]

33. Yep

[marble falls]

14. Worse: Eric did. That was his history thesis in Senior High. Only thing he did ...

the Cheeto in Chief was ever proud of him about. It was couched from a Texas school US history book.

[malaise]

16. LOL

Good to see you back - hope everything went well

[Liberal In Texas]

4. It's like one of those "Alternative History" books I read LOL. n/t

[marble falls]

17. Drunk history withouth the alcohol!

[The Blue Flower]

5. Drunk History for the masses

We don't need no stinking brains!

[Botany]

7. Kind of like this piece of made up American history?

Washington called the bible fairy tails.

[HAB911]

6. Regardless what the teleprompter says, he can't read

[ExciteBike66]

8. I think the transcript has a typo:

"Our army...rammed the ram-parts..."

Corrected to obviously intended euphemism for sex...

[brewens]

9. Whoever wrote that may have just said screw this job! I'm going out in

blaze of glory! The dude is probably really surprised he didn't stop when he got to the airports part. He probably only thought there was a fair chance he'd fall for that one.

Too bad Trumps spray tan guy didn't get in on the fun. If it was me, I'd leave a white ring around his mouth to match his eyes. Send him out there in a full on minstrel show style orange face!

[tblue37]

10. I still think he has dementia, and when he saw "ramparts," he didn't recognize the word, so

he associated it with another word ending in a similar sound ("airports&quot .

He didn't just get Cornwallis's town wrong; he also conflated the Revolutionary War with the War of 1812.

Then there was the illogical listing of famous Americans, with no connection or order. Even his old friend Frederick Douglass got a call out!

[no_hypocrisy]

12. It's decidedly dementia.

And I don't think we can let it go as Trump being a goofball.

The same mentality oversees the nuclear football. While I don't want Mike Pence to take over in the Oval Office, this situation needs to be addressed -- if delayed, then for 2020 campaign.

[Johnny2X2X]

19. I am stunned there aren't mass calls for a mental exam today

This is not OK, it's not just a silly guy at a rally going off script and misspeaking. This is a guy with no grasp of reality.

He's either suffering from dementia and should be removed from office. Or he's really that dumb and should be removed from office. Or likely both. This is a person who is literally so dumb and detached from reality that I think he could be talked into bombing Vermont because it's part of a foreign country called New England that is threatening to steal our country's valuable acorn supply.

This guy has control of our military and he hasn't a 6th grade knowledge of our history. Where are the politicians and media heads calling for a competency exam today? How is there not mass outrage and concern on the airwaves today?

[no_hypocrisy]

21. I hear you!

This is a crisis.

We can't keep passing off like he's an amusing dottard. He's the effin' POTUS. This is equivalent to my father in his 90's not being allowed to drive.

[malaise]

23. Good post

That said - he hates being ridiculed and laughter is great medicine.

[JudyM]

37. I hope our congresscritters have some threshold.... or else it's just another day of hyperbole.

And somehow this lunacy doesn’t cross the threshold...?

[SMC22307]

36. Pence, the Bible-thumper with the personality of a wet noodle...

would be easier to beat than Drumpf. Plus, if we got rid of Fat Nixon now, we'd be rid of his grifter spawn as well, most importantly #unwantedivanka and her sleazeball husband.

[Paladin]

11. So glad I didn't waste time watching that shit yesterday. (nt)

[marble falls]

15. Me, too. But I am enjoying the Friday morning quartebacks on DU even more than usual.

[Paladin]

20. I love the tepid morning-after coverage of trump's speech.

It's like everybody is thankful that he didn't show up at the event in a black SS uniform. How much more pathetic and dangerous can this country get, with an authoritarian shit-for-brains like him in titular control?

[malaise]

18. It was so bad that it was hilarious

and laughter is the best and cheapest medicine - I laughed most of yesterday from I knew rain was coming

[librechik]

26. one of his poorly educated minions wrote the speech--and Trump didn't know

to correct it.

[appalachiablue]

27. 18th century airports:

"Do not shoot, until you see the whites of their boarding passes!'

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/5/1869610/-LOL-RevolutionaryWarAirportStories?utm_campaign=trending

[Botany]

29. Trumpets on their way to the "Trump 4th of July Rally"

Link to tweet

[atreides1]

28. Actually

While the Continental Army was established in 1775, it was supplemented by local militias and volunteer troops that remained under control of the individual states or were otherwise independent.

The Continental army was a work in progress, from its establishment until it was demobilized, and became the United States Army!

The Continental Army of 1775, comprising the initial New England Army, organized by Washington into three divisions, six brigades, and 38 regiments. Major General Philip Schuyler's ten regiments in New York were sent to invade Canada.


The Continental Army of 1776, reorganized after the initial enlistment period of the soldiers in the 1775 army had expired. Washington had submitted recommendations to the Continental Congress almost immediately after he had accepted the position of Commander-in-Chief, but the Congress took time to consider and implement these. Despite attempts to broaden the recruiting base beyond New England, the 1776 army remained skewed toward the Northeast both in terms of its composition and of its geographical focus. This army consisted of 36 regiments, most standardized to a single battalion of 768 men strong and formed into eight companies, with a rank-and-file strength of 640.


The Continental Army of 1777–1780 evolved out of several critical reforms and political decisions that came about when it became apparent that the British were sending massive forces to put an end to the American Revolution. The Continental Congress passed the "Eighty-eight Battalion Resolve", ordering each state to contribute one-battalion regiments in proportion to their population, and Washington subsequently received authority to raise an additional 16 battalions. Enlistment terms extended to three years or to "the length of the war" to avoid the year-end crises that depleted forces (including the notable near-collapse of the army at the end of 1776, which could have ended the war in a Continental, or American, loss by forfeit).


The Continental Army of 1781–82 saw the greatest crisis on the American side in the war. Congress was bankrupt, making it very difficult to replenish the soldiers whose three-year terms had expired. Popular support for the war reached an all-time low, and Washington had to put down mutinies both in the Pennsylvania Line and in the New Jersey Line. Congress voted to cut funding for the Army, but Washington managed nevertheless to secure important strategic victories.


The Continental Army of 1783–84 was succeeded by the United States Army, which persists to this day. As peace was restored with the British, most of the regiments were disbanded in an orderly fashion, though several had already been diminished.


I noticed he failed to mention the local militia units, raised and funded by individual colonies/states, that participated in battles throughout the war.

[mr_lebowski]

30. Guys, it's most likely the dude said 'of' instead of 'at' ... people flub words during speeches

It's esp understandable when they're in their 70's and the weather is inclement.

The airports mistakes is harder to understand, but 'of' instead of 'at'?

We just sound silly ranting on this one, sorry to say.

[Botany]

31. I would give him a pass except for all of his other fuck ups

air ports

Ft. McHenry

Star Spangled Banner

ramming the ramparts


BTW he is POTUS for God's sake and knowing how and when to use of and or at is not too
high a bar.

[Dave Starsky]

32. Yeah, it's like complaining about a gnat in a bowl of soup...

That has a dead rat floating in it.

[ooky]

34. I'm setting my DVR for the late shows this week.

The monologues should be funny as hell.

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. Another point: he didn't say "McHenry", he said "McHendry"

because he knows fuck all about American history, as well as being a vain narcissist who won't wear the glasses he needs.

[Everyman Jackal]

38. Remember that there were massacres of civilians by civilians

on both sides.

[Blue_true]

39. No sane person can listen to that dumbass and keep a straight face. nt