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Operation Desert Storm Delivered a Swift and Sweeping Victory, in Vietnam (Original Post) Norbert Jan 2024 OP
He's gone no_hypocrisy Jan 2024 #1
Vietnam has deserts? Who knew? Botany Jan 2024 #2
Not only that but... yardwork Jan 2024 #4
Remember, he was fighting his own personal Vietnam COL Mustard Jan 2024 #16
Exactly Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #18
he may not have dodged syphilis WhiteTara Jan 2024 #44
Not an insignificant number of Trumpies believe he was secretly deployed to Vietnam Prairie Gates Jan 2024 #34
If it's a secret, how come they know about it? Aristus Jan 2024 #48
Judging by the red spots on his hands and the the raging Cajun...Carville's words, he may have lost the Demsrule86 Jan 2024 #41
Wow. yardwork Jan 2024 #3
When is this newsclip from? ratchiweenie Jan 2024 #5
I saw a comment that said it was from four years ago. Close to his last year in office I guess. Autumn Jan 2024 #11
That's a good question as the trees are green. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2024 #15
It's from four years ago and is somewhat out of context. onenote Jan 2024 #23
Syphilitic cilla4progress Jan 2024 #6
"A lot of you were involved in that" onethatcares Jan 2024 #7
I love the smell of fried synapses in the morning dweller Jan 2024 #8
And they applaud. enough Jan 2024 #9
These are happening more frequently! Imagine in 10 months! nt Quixote1818 Jan 2024 #10
This is from four years ago. onenote Jan 2024 #24
One commenter said Mossfern Jan 2024 #12
From2020 and here's what Snopes says ... sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #13
Thank you. There's plenty of legit stuff to criticize about him - no need to misrepresent and take out of context. TheRickles Jan 2024 #19
Okay, but there's no way anyone can prove Trump gives a shit about Vietnam or Desert Storm. jaxexpat Jan 2024 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Jan 2024 #14
How long will the MAGAtts choose to ignore this? Picaro Jan 2024 #17
Operation Desert Storm was in response to the Germans invading Pearl Harbor. Yavin4 Jan 2024 #20
No man. That was WWl. jaxexpat Jan 2024 #22
You BOTH are rolling. underpants Jan 2024 #28
Yea, and they're making me laugh out loud disturbing my dmr Jan 2024 #32
Forget it, he's rolling Kennah Jan 2024 #39
WWI? Dave Bowman Jan 2024 #31
You're getting it confused with the Bolling Green massacre. Yavin4 Jan 2024 #47
Oral history was essentially lost to deafness due to the roaring twenties. jaxexpat Jan 2024 #52
He is reading that from a teleprompter, is somebody fucking with him? He is too stoopid to not Bev54 Jan 2024 #25
He won't wear glasses in public. underpants Jan 2024 #27
I kinda-sorta remember discussions back then that glasses make you look smart dmr Jan 2024 #35
JFC with his vanity you would think he would get laser surgery on his eyes Bev54 Jan 2024 #50
Hang on to your two brain cells until you secure the nomination, FFS! RockRaven Jan 2024 #26
Everyone makes errors like that at times ITAL Jan 2024 #29
Did any of your misspeaks get anyone killed or make them die unnecessarily by taking the wrong "medical" advice? usaf-vet Jan 2024 #40
That's not a misspeak ITAL Jan 2024 #46
No one I know makes errors like that...have you forgotten the planes comment about 1776 Demsrule86 Jan 2024 #42
I once said ITAL Jan 2024 #45
You are not running for office...and Trump makes errors like that all the time. Trump is shit. Demsrule86 Jan 2024 #53
Blithering Idiot DENVERPOPS Jan 2024 #30
Thank God for bone spurs. SarahD Jan 2024 #33
I don't believe he is reluctant to use military force. He had competent military officers who dissuaded him. usaf-vet Jan 2024 #43
Collapsing before our eyes. Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #36
Time to retake the Yorktown Airport. Brits have held it for way too long. Kennah Jan 2024 #37
Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV... progressoid Jan 2024 #38
TFG's senility is become more evident LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #49
TFG is a very ignorant man who does know any US history LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #51

Botany

(77,704 posts)
2. Vietnam has deserts? Who knew?
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 12:43 PM
Jan 2024

What a putz brained idiot. This up there with Nikki Haley was the Speaker of the House and
in charge of 10,000 National Guard Troops.

Vietnam is a tropical rainforest. Didn’t he see any of the movies or the CBS evening news
coverage.

Prairie Gates

(8,398 posts)
34. Not an insignificant number of Trumpies believe he was secretly deployed to Vietnam
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:11 PM
Jan 2024

They're quite literally insane.

Demsrule86

(71,552 posts)
41. Judging by the red spots on his hands and the the raging Cajun...Carville's words, he may have lost the
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:52 PM
Jan 2024

VD battle.

Autumn

(49,001 posts)
11. I saw a comment that said it was from four years ago. Close to his last year in office I guess.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 01:17 PM
Jan 2024

onenote

(46,208 posts)
23. It's from four years ago and is somewhat out of context.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:39 PM
Jan 2024

His delivery was stumbling, but the full clip undercuts the claim he was saying that Desert Storm was fought in Vietnam.

Snopes assessment: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-vietnam-desert-storm/

onethatcares

(17,005 posts)
7. "A lot of you were involved in that"
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 01:00 PM
Jan 2024

"It was a quick one and my bone spurs healed just in time to keep me out of it for the 6th time"

Mossfern

(4,747 posts)
12. One commenter said
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 01:24 PM
Jan 2024

that it was AI generated. Is there any way to prove that the clip is authentic?

TheRickles

(3,478 posts)
19. Thank you. There's plenty of legit stuff to criticize about him - no need to misrepresent and take out of context.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:15 PM
Jan 2024
 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
21. Okay, but there's no way anyone can prove Trump gives a shit about Vietnam or Desert Storm.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:27 PM
Jan 2024

Or even knows or where they are.

We'll be asking for and will deserve invasion from the Stormanian Planetary Federation and an ass-kicking from Desertistan Prime if we allow Trump access to the spice.......er...I mean...oval office again.

Response to Norbert (Original post)

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
20. Operation Desert Storm was in response to the Germans invading Pearl Harbor.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:15 PM
Jan 2024

Everyone knows that.

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
22. No man. That was WWl.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:31 PM
Jan 2024

The Germans invaded Wall Street causing the crash in '29. You might recall the kamikaze traders diving onto them as they swipped the sidewalk. It was in the Times.

dmr

(28,705 posts)
32. Yea, and they're making me laugh out loud disturbing my
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:01 PM
Jan 2024

Granson's pre-Lions game nap. Another hour to go!

Dave Bowman

(7,362 posts)
31. WWI?
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:59 PM
Jan 2024

I could swear that it happened during the Spanish-American war and that Wall Street was invaded by the Australian army!

Bev54

(13,500 posts)
25. He is reading that from a teleprompter, is somebody fucking with him? He is too stoopid to not
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:42 PM
Jan 2024

know it if somebody was.

underpants

(196,980 posts)
27. He won't wear glasses in public.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:48 PM
Jan 2024

He did very early in 2016 but he stopped. I guess he think it makes him old or not as manly. There’s one pic of him in glasses that I’ve seen. He was in the limo.

He also famously misread that the airports were secured during the Revolutionary War.

dmr

(28,705 posts)
35. I kinda-sorta remember discussions back then that glasses make you look smart
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:14 PM
Jan 2024

TFG said he didn't need the help. You know, Stable Genius, and all.

Like I said: I kinda-sorta remember.

If I was as brilliant as TFG, I'd probably remember for sure!

RockRaven

(19,671 posts)
26. Hang on to your two brain cells until you secure the nomination, FFS!
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:45 PM
Jan 2024

The Dotard will be a bigger anchor on down-ballot races than any Generic GrOPer Replacement.

ITAL

(1,353 posts)
29. Everyone makes errors like that at times
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:49 PM
Jan 2024

Lord knows I have had my share of misspeaking through the years.

Trump does it ALL THE TIME though. He's an idiot, but it's also pretty apparent he's been losing it mentally for about ten years.

usaf-vet

(7,843 posts)
40. Did any of your misspeaks get anyone killed or make them die unnecessarily by taking the wrong "medical" advice?
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:52 PM
Jan 2024

I'll bet they did not.

And the worst of it is he doesn't give a shit.

Paraphrasing: "Get out and vote in Iowa. If you die after voting, that's ok."

ITAL

(1,353 posts)
46. That's not a misspeak
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 04:29 PM
Jan 2024

A misspeak is getting facts mixed up or calling people wrong names, etc.. I have definitely done that in public speaking.

Demsrule86

(71,552 posts)
42. No one I know makes errors like that...have you forgotten the planes comment about 1776
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:55 PM
Jan 2024

and George Washington...half the time he doesn't know where he is these days.

ITAL

(1,353 posts)
45. I once said
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 04:28 PM
Jan 2024

The reason WWI wasn't remembered was it happened after WWII - LOL. I mean that's pretty bad and obviously I meant it happened before, but I didn't say it that way. And people caught it right away.

Demsrule86

(71,552 posts)
53. You are not running for office...and Trump makes errors like that all the time. Trump is shit.
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 12:45 PM
Jan 2024

I went to high school and spent my young adulthood in Connecticut near New York...Trump is a shitty businessman, didn't pay his bills, and had a filthy mouth on him. He hasn't improved with age now he is a doddering old fool that for some unknown reason the media protects. He is in my opinion sick...in mind and body. I have no doubt he suffers from dementia.I refuse to make and/or accept excuses for his behavior.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
30. Blithering Idiot
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:56 PM
Jan 2024

If you can't Dazzle them with Brilliance, Baffle them with Bullshit...........

When will people realize that we are not necessarily battling Trump and Republicans, we are battling Corporations........

They already have succeeded at controlling 95%, and they will stop at nothing until it is 100% control.

They are about to Obliterate our prized democracy, and install a Corporate Fascist Tyranny.

The good ol' USA is about to become the CSA........Corporate States of America..........by way of a Corporate Fascist Tyranny......

 

SarahD

(1,732 posts)
33. Thank God for bone spurs.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:06 PM
Jan 2024

They might have made him an officer. He could have fouled up something and got people killed. That is one thing I almost like about him. He seems reluctant to use military force, which is good because you just know he would bobble it.

usaf-vet

(7,843 posts)
43. I don't believe he is reluctant to use military force. He had competent military officers who dissuaded him.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 03:57 PM
Jan 2024
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