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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump reads 8th grade term paper on America from behind a filthy barricade. USA! USA! USA!
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President Trump speaks at his Fourth of July event despite weather concerns (link: https://cnn.it/3289hLH) cnn.it/3289hLH
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President Trump speaks at his Fourth of July event despite weather concerns (link: https://cnn.it/3289hLH) cnn.it/3289hLH
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Trump reads 8th grade term paper on America from behind a filthy barricade. USA! USA! USA! (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2019
OP
That's exactly what this is. On and on, lame 8th grader who's reading homework someone else did.
JudyM
Jul 2019
#11
It's the Cliff Notes edition of American History...a few names, a few highlights....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
likesmountains 52
Jul 2019
#12
Roland99
(53,345 posts)1. #BeBest has the worst fake smile I've ever seen
CentralMass
(16,994 posts)2. There are a lot of toothy smiles in the back ground.
spooky3
(38,864 posts)7. They're just a cross section of average Americans who
Wanted to share this special day with Trump.
Croney
(5,020 posts)3. Where is the TelePrompTer?
I can't figure that out.
Retrograde
(11,450 posts)4. Who are all those happy, shiny people
behind him? And why are they all laughing like idiots? What are they on?
Roland99
(53,345 posts)6. I dunno but that Prell model on the left is concerned about hair
Texasgal
(17,245 posts)13. Gee, my hair smells terrific!
GopherGal
(2,952 posts)10. Just happy to be dry
and reveling in their comfort compared to the other 99.9%
nocoincidences
(2,492 posts)5. It's an aquarium
full of reptilian aliens pretending to be human.
It's not working for me at all.
eleny
(46,176 posts)8. Tomorrow's photoshops ought to be priceless
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)9. Looks like he's doing the speech behind a dirty windshield. Lame. nt
JudyM
(29,785 posts)11. That's exactly what this is. On and on, lame 8th grader who's reading homework someone else did.
Miles Archer
(24,328 posts)15. Pretty amusing...a retired admiral came to the same conclusion on CNN.
Retired admiral cuts Trumps 4th of July speech down to size: All the depth of an 8th grade history lesson
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/it-was-an-8th-grade-history-lesson-retired-rear-admiral-says-of-trumps-speech/

The rudimentary and basic speech from President Donald Trump didnt get high marks from the CNN audience. The political panel celebrated that Trump didnt mess up and he didnt meander into a disastrous political rant. The expectations were extremely low and he managed to barely step over the low bar, the commentators noted.
But it was retired Rear Admiral John Kirby who said that the speech was like an 8th-grade history lesson.
Kirby said that he was hopeful it wasnt going to be overly militaristic, but it certainly was.
Other politicians before Trump have, you know, liked to sort of dine off the imagery of the military, said CNNs Ryan Lizza. In our country right now, most institutions are suffering from low popularity, the media, politicians. The military is one of the institutions that remains popular. Trump, who has never served, is like a lot of politicians who have never served and like the sort of glow of this popular institution.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/it-was-an-8th-grade-history-lesson-retired-rear-admiral-says-of-trumps-speech/

The rudimentary and basic speech from President Donald Trump didnt get high marks from the CNN audience. The political panel celebrated that Trump didnt mess up and he didnt meander into a disastrous political rant. The expectations were extremely low and he managed to barely step over the low bar, the commentators noted.
But it was retired Rear Admiral John Kirby who said that the speech was like an 8th-grade history lesson.
Kirby said that he was hopeful it wasnt going to be overly militaristic, but it certainly was.
Other politicians before Trump have, you know, liked to sort of dine off the imagery of the military, said CNNs Ryan Lizza. In our country right now, most institutions are suffering from low popularity, the media, politicians. The military is one of the institutions that remains popular. Trump, who has never served, is like a lot of politicians who have never served and like the sort of glow of this popular institution.
likesmountains 52
(4,287 posts)12. It's the Cliff Notes edition of American History...a few names, a few highlights....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)14. They look covered from the rain. Trump and Melania's hair is in place. nt
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