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Buns_of_Fire

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110. Total bullshit. The Continental Army had control of the airports

Fri Jul 5, 2019, 03:54 AM

Jul 2019

LONG before Valley Forge. This deprived the British of easily sending in replacement troops, so they had to rely on large carriers like the Lusitania, which we disabled in Havana Harbor.

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Trump bizarrely claims the army retook the airports from the British during Revolutionary war [View all] RandySF Jul 2019 OP

To be honest, we could not have taken over the airports without the aid of the French air force dameatball Jul 2019 #1

Here's the direct link to the video on Twitter. Maraya1969 Jul 2019 #54

He looks like he had a stroke... RHMerriman Jul 2019 #61

the dolts at the ending onethatcares Jul 2019 #113

Ha!! littlemissmartypants Jul 2019 #66

It was all due to Lafayette, a former WW I flying ace. emmaverybo Jul 2019 #72

Of course it was! littlemissmartypants Jul 2019 #74

Yes! When the Marquis de Lafayette was 157 years old, he PatrickforO Jul 2019 #91

👏👏😂😂😂 Love the pic. emmaverybo Jul 2019 #95

You funny! MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #103

I know it is acknowledging Raw Story... Dave in VA Jul 2019 #2

He said it NastyRiffraff Jul 2019 #38

Not the Onion Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #46

Rolling Stone has the story, too, and so do other sources: highplainsdem Jul 2019 #51

No, there's an actual video clip. PatrickforO Jul 2019 #92

HA HA HA...#RevolutionaryWarAirportStories is trending on twitter trueblue2007 Jul 2019 #100

Air power was key sarisataka Jul 2019 #3

You're wrong PJMcK Jul 2019 #5

Of course our nukes sarisataka Jul 2019 #11

No it was the Sherman Tanks at Bowling Green mercuryblues Jul 2019 #30

You have the correct history Perseus Jul 2019 #62

I believe the airport was at Kittyhawk Generic Other Jul 2019 #65

On that one, you have to google, "Bowling Green Massacre." 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #96

In order to learn about it, you have to google, "Bowling Green Massacre." 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #98

Yes, the Bowling Green massacre! PatrickforO Jul 2019 #93

Hey, wait a minute. Are you sure he isn't talking about playing Fallout 4? AllyCat Jul 2019 #97

No flying rabbit Jul 2019 #108

Trying Survival mode right now. AllyCat Jul 2019 #115

Stop! Laughing self crazy. 😂 emmaverybo Jul 2019 #79

I thought our planes ran on coal. Midnight Writer Jul 2019 #89

DUzy underpants Jul 2019 #7

Bwahaha! cwydro Jul 2019 #14

You win the internet today! moose65 Jul 2019 #37

The Alamo? Don't you know your history? It was at Appomatox..which i cannot spell. pangaia Jul 2019 #60

you must be employed by trump gopiscrap Jul 2019 #69

Did we give up when the British bombed Pearl Harbor?? Roland99 Jul 2019 #70

Lol. /Nt emmaverybo Jul 2019 #73

+10 nt reACTIONary Jul 2019 #87

That must have been before the Germans... SeattleVet Jul 2019 #109

Hold on! PJMcK Jul 2019 #4

This has not gone unnoticed. nolabear Jul 2019 #15

Well I think he took a 33 year leap in time here for dramatic effect underpants Jul 2019 #18

What I wonder is this PJMcK Jul 2019 #22

He got lost. underpants Jul 2019 #24

That was actually his October 1993 address on health care reform where that happened. (eom) StevieM Jul 2019 #33

Ok thanks underpants Jul 2019 #36

And it wasn't "a few minutes" jmowreader Jul 2019 #48

Bill Clinton actually does have a very high IQ.... Buckeyeblue Jul 2019 #117

My sides ache from laughing Generic Other Jul 2019 #68

You've got it!!!! underpants Jul 2019 #80

And Ft. McHenry is in Baltimore, not NY or Boston. brush Jul 2019 #25

How many of his supporters would know the difference mgardener Jul 2019 #90

He was reading the entire thing....WHICH leads me to believe pangaia Jul 2019 #102

The Yorktown don't you know! GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #6

Right up there with the greatest... BootinUp Jul 2019 #8

The Michaelangelo of bullshit artists sop Jul 2019 #21

What a dumb guy. #TrumpTooStupidToBePresident trueblue2007 Jul 2019 #9

"Rammed the ramparts" "Manned the air" ???? cwydro Jul 2019 #10

Yea. See below. underpants Jul 2019 #13

1) refuses to wear his reading glasses in public. 2) why would you ram ramparts protecting you? underpants Jul 2019 #12

Lol! cwydro Jul 2019 #23

Not buying it ornotna Jul 2019 #35

He was thinking of the Bowling Green Massacre, easy to confuse the two. Brainfodder Jul 2019 #16

Did he mention all the submarines shot out of the sky? Elwood P Dowd Jul 2019 #17

They'd BUHLEEVE him if he told them Lafayette was from Indiana and he created a Sharknado .... underpants Jul 2019 #20

my wife says that one is the best gopiscrap Jul 2019 #77

"Submarines shot out of the sky." Brilliant. 👏 emmaverybo Jul 2019 #83

Bankrupt Unstable Moron Kid Berwyn Jul 2019 #19

It's as if Bluto Blutarsky is President! neeksgeek Jul 2019 #26

Does he know that the defense of Ft. McHenry, the inspiration for The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #27

Had we lost the Revolutionary War, we'd at least have national health coverage. Hoyt Jul 2019 #28

A monument to the famous "Airport of Blood" is coming to a golf course near you soon! struggle4progress Jul 2019 #29

"Our Army manned the air?" KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #31

So did General Grant use his Sherman tanks take the British airport @ the battle of Bowling Green? Botany Jul 2019 #32

My great grandparents are still looking for their lost luggage. edbermac Jul 2019 #34

lol Roland99 Jul 2019 #75

And of course the Space Force Zambero Jul 2019 #39

Are we talking about the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812? Poiuyt Jul 2019 #40

fried green tomatoes pangaia Jul 2019 #104

"They rammed the ramparts and wagged the wagon parts... klook Jul 2019 #41

Did our army man the air ... CatMor Jul 2019 #42

If this doesn't trigger the use of the 25th Amendment, nothing will. This creature Nay Jul 2019 #43

Rammed the ramparts? jberryhill Jul 2019 #44

F minus NBachers Jul 2019 #45

It's true. H2O Man Jul 2019 #47

drumpf was clearly watching Cowboys vs. Aliens Takket Jul 2019 #49

And it was long before the Bowling Green Massacre my friends. Vinca Jul 2019 #50

Continental Air Force, Washington's Flying circus. Historic NY Jul 2019 #52

Here he is on the tarmac Generic Other Jul 2019 #106

"Stupid is as stupid does" Jarqui Jul 2019 #53

He also conflated the Revolutionary War with the War of 1812, saying that when the dawn tblue37 Jul 2019 #55

I'm so ashamed that he is playing president. napi21 Jul 2019 #56

Thank you for the script KentuckyWoman Jul 2019 #57

Jefferson Airplane mainstreetonce Jul 2019 #58

I had never seen this picture before today and now you mentioned them. ✅ underpants Jul 2019 #84

Does he even go over the speeches that are written for him? It really is unbelievable. YOHABLO Jul 2019 #59

I don't think he does. Does anyone else? subterranean Jul 2019 #86

I wonder if the whole fucking speech wasn;t a brilliant prank... pangaia Jul 2019 #105

kick DesertRat Jul 2019 #63

and he didn't even mention the Pork & Beans War of 1838 with Canada, the nut is slipping. nt yaesu Jul 2019 #64

the Star Spangled Banner was from a different war gopiscrap Jul 2019 #67

Drones and Nukes Aussie105 Jul 2019 #71

Surely, someone must have it on their cellphone... Totally Tunsie Jul 2019 #94

The airport seizure occurred in Bowling Green, allowing Churchill to defeat Caesar AND Jeb Stuart. VOX Jul 2019 #76

Yep. Aussie105 Jul 2019 #88

I have not lived in weirder times than these. VOX Jul 2019 #118

Valley Forge, then Ft. McHenry. Combine 2 wars, novel approach appalachiablue Jul 2019 #78

And plenty of penicillin for those diseases that soldiers are susceptible to. Crunchy Frog Jul 2019 #81

Some may laugh, area51 Jul 2019 #82

Why didn't Orville and Wilbur do a flyover? democratisphere Jul 2019 #85

Redenbacher? Historic NY Jul 2019 #107

Even the fabric of space time is being affected by Trump's lies. patphil Jul 2019 #99

The army was "... named after the great George Washington, .." OH ! pangaia Jul 2019 #101

Total bullshit. The Continental Army had control of the airports Buns_of_Fire Jul 2019 #110

does not matter, his minions don't know anything other than fux gnewz. WOW! washington saved the pansypoo53219 Jul 2019 #111

Preznut Trump led the charge on Heathrow. moondust Jul 2019 #112

In Alzheimer's Disease this characteristic is called CONFABULATION bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #114

It is fun to make fun of him Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #116