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moondust

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112. Preznut Trump led the charge on Heathrow.

Fri Jul 5, 2019, 05:54 AM

Jul 2019

He never talks about it because he's not one to boast. Everyone says he deserves a Medal of Honor banquet but he's so humble he awarded it to himself in a private ceremony with no fancy parade or anything.

So brave.

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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