You can only laugh!

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Trump's own words:

"In 1917 they say, the great pandemic was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people, probably ended the Second World War all the soldiers were sick."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5xY829UoY

[KingsGambit]

Unpopular opinion, but people make too much out of simple verbal gaffes. I remember when Andy Schlafly developed a big theory about how when Barack Obama said there were 57 states, he was referring to a specific conglomeration of 57 Islamic nations... and it was ridiculous.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Unpopular opinion, but people make too much out of simple verbal gaffes. I remember when Andy Schlafly developed a big theory about how when Barack Obama said there were 57 states, he was referring to a specific conglomeration of 57 Islamic nations... and it was ridiculous.

Trump has turned the foot in mouth/gaffe into a way of speaking. The man is Mencken's prediction come true.

[mikewhitney]

Trump has turned the foot in mouth/gaffe into a way of speaking. The man is Mencken's prediction come true.

The smart presidents rely totally on the teleprompter and scripts written by their staffs. You can't hope for anything better than genuine intellect obtained merely from the staff writers.

[Terraceth]

Trump's own words:

"In 1917 they say, the great pandemic was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people, probably ended the Second World War all the soldiers were sick."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5xY829UoY

I assume he meant to say the First World War but simply misspoke.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

I assume he meant to say the First World War but simply misspoke.

Then he should have immediately corrected himself.

We all can make a verbal faux pas but our brain recognises what has come out of our mouth and we quickly correct ourselves.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

The smart presidents rely totally on the teleprompter and scripts written by their staffs. You can't hope for anything better than genuine intellect obtained merely from the staff writers.

A ninth grader would know that the Spanish Flu did not end WW2. An eleventh grader should know that the Spanish Flu did not start in 1917.

Good grief the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was only last week.

[mikewhitney]

A ninth grader would know that the Spanish Flu did not end WW2. An eleventh grader should know that the Spanish Flu did not start in 1917.

Good grief the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was only last week.

Maybe you can become ruler of the free world.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Maybe you can become ruler of the free world.

One would expect the supposed Leader of the Free World to have at least reached the eleventh grade of his education.

[rogue06]

Unpopular opinion, but people make too much out of simple verbal gaffes. I remember when Andy Schlafly developed a big theory about how when Barack Obama said there were 57 states, he was referring to a specific conglomeration of 57 Islamic nations... and it was ridiculous.

He likely was thinking he had been in 47 states but when he said "all" his mind switched to 50 states (as in "all 50 states") and it got combined into 57 when it came out of his mouth (the 47 he had campaigned in and "all 50"). It was a humorous gaffe but if it were Trump it would be high on those various list of "lies" he has said.

[NorrinRadd]

He likely was thinking he had been in 47 states but when he said "all" his mind switched to 50 states (as in "all 50 states") and it got combined into 57 when it came out of his mouth (the 47 he had campaigned in and "all 50"). It was a humorous gaffe but if it were Trump it would be high on those various list of "lies" he has said.

Honestly, we on the right made a lot of fun of it at the time, mainly because Barry was always lauded as being such a bright intellect and articulate speaker. And clean.

[Cow Poke]

Maybe you can become ruler of the free world.

She's definitely becoming "one of them".

[Cow Poke]

Honestly, we on the right made a lot of fun of it at the time, mainly because Barry was always lauded as being such a bright intellect and articulate speaker. And clean.

And "the One".

[shunyadragon]

Trump's own words:

"In 1917 they say, the great pandemic was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people, probably ended the Second World War all the soldiers were sick."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5xY829UoY

Actually this is the first time I actually agree with Trump. The Flu pandemic first spread among allied forces brought to the war by US troops, and then after a key battle along the German border in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign it spread widely in the German army and their allies from captured American troops. The caaualties were so high, 28% of the total war casualties in one year, that yes it likley contributed to the end of World War i.

Actually I used the 1917-1920 flu pandemic course in the human population to help me model the COVID-19 pandemic course.

[Whateverman]

Unpopular opinion, but people make too much out of simple verbal gaffes.

This would be a fun subject to debate/discuss. While I agree with you somewhat, I believe I can make a good case for those expectations being justifiable.