Blade_Runner wrote:
So, now you have inflated this beyond reason and are accusing president Trump of deliberately lying when he said, "they took the airports"? Is that what you are saying?
Geez, ya know, I've been thinking about that. During an hour long message saluting America and honoring Americans, why would he insert a quick lie at that specific moment? For what purpose? What was to be gained? I am hard pressed to come up with a wild answer, much less a reasonable one.
Well, let's see. Throughout his life as a businessman and now as president, Donald Trump has traveled all over the United States and all over the world. He doesn't travel to all of these places by car or bus or train. Nope, he flies. He flew often and everywhere in his own jet and he flies often on Marine One and Air Force One. And, where does he go to board an aircraft and where does he deplane after the aircraft lands? Last I heard, airplanes usually take off and land at AIRPORTS. I imagine then that AIRPORTS are a rather important, even vital, aspect of his travels. I reckon he is quite familiar with AIRPORTS.
Moreover, during the last half of his message, he talked about America's AVIATION pioneers--Orville and Wilbur, Rickenbacker, Doolittle, Earhart, Yeager, and about our Astronauts--Glenn, Armstrong.
And he praised the five branches of our armed forces. As he concluded his remarks about each one, he announced that we would witness a FLY OVER by AIRCRAFT operated by each branch of service. Anywhere from three to five AIRCRAFT of all types FLEW over the mall. First to FLY OVER were the Coast Guard AIRCRAFT, then came those of the AIR FORCE, then the Navy, Marines, and finally the US Army (who "took over the airports")
Yep, by the time the US Army AIRCRAFT flew over the mall, he probably had some sort of AVIATION thing going on in his mind. As he watched the FLY OVERS, he surely must have had AIRPORTS, AIRPLANES, AVIATION, AVIATORS, and FLYING in mind when he committed the grievous error of mentioning the Continental Army and airports in the same sentence.
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He is constantly telling lies deliberately, some for gain, some due to stupidity (like the Revolution era airports) and some that nobody knows why, Trump's claim that his father, Fred Trump, was born in Germany. Anything that isn't true is a lie. Do I think that he knew it was a lie when he told it, sadly, yes, but in his defense, I am sure he didn't see the harm in making up stupid stories because as far as he knew, it could have been true. To say he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed is a massive understatement. To say he is the dullest tool in the shed, that in many cases is very likely true.