Day: July 5, 2019

Trump said Friday that a teleprompter was to blame for his claim that Revolutionary War soldiers “took over airports” in 1775.

Man, that Washington was an idiot. He could have just flown over the Delaware in comfort! I’ll bet the flight attendants would even have brought him a Diet Coke if he pressed the special button and played the Future Presidential card.

Many people have misinterpreted this. He did not get incorrect info from the teleprompter. What happened is that the teleprompter conked out and he ad-libbed from his recollection of the speech, which he had rehearsed. The errors came from the ad-libbed portion.

(I’m guessing that the original speech said “ports,” and he didn’t realize it was about seaports, but I’m just guessing there.)

Not only was he too dumb to know that there were no planes in the 18th century, but the real beauty of it is that he was so dumb that he didn’t realize his excuse actually made things worse by revealing that he was lost without a teleprompter and left with nothing but his own ignorance.

From the comments:

“Russia, if you are listening, I have a really great election meddling idea for you … teleprompter hacking. (Watch “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” for inspiration.) “