Trump Gaffes Part 2 will focus on his verbal, pronunciation and spelling slipups, and I’ll start with the low-hanging fruit.
While it’s impossible to figure out the very first Trump gaffe, one of the earliest ones was just a couple of months into his administration – back in May of 2017. As always, Trump just deletes anything he deems embarrassing – so there’s only a screenshot of his famous whine about negative press Covfefe:
But just because Trump deletes it doesn’t mean the Twittersphere is going to let it pass.
Once the Mueller Investigation began, I don’t think Trump let a day pass without whining about something. One of his longer whines was when he claimed that Democrats were unable to find a Smocking Gun.
(No idea why, but he let this one remain.)
“Democrats can’t find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey’s testimony. No Smocking Gun…No Collusion.” @FoxNews That’s because there was NO COLLUSION. So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution,…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2018
Fortunately the Twitterverse was able to locate the Smocking Gun:
(One thing we can all agree on is that Trump has never COLLUDED with a Spell Checker.)
After the Clemson football team was crowned national champions, Trump invited them to the White House. But his self-induced government shutdown (because the funding bill didn’t include money for his Wall) meant the White House kitchen staff was gone – so he had to improvise.
But who knew that rather than standard fast food fare, he would elect to get Hamberders instead!
Burger King responded brilliantly:
due to a large order placed yesterday, we're all out of hamberders.
just serving hamburgers today.— Burger King (@BurgerKing) January 15, 2019
A surprising fact I learned while putting this together is that Trump gaffes, when committed in an official capacity, are memorialized by the official White House records.
An example is when Trump saluted parents who sacrifice for the FURNITURE of their children. It’s in the official White House transcript:
One that truly baffles me is that Trump has repeatedly, and on multiple occasions, claimed that the F-35 Stealth aircraft is LITERALLY INVISIBLE.
I personally think he has a Wonder Woman fixation – and is thinking of her “Literally Invisible” plane:
One of my favorites is during a July 4th celebration the Teleprompter stopped working, and Trump had to wing it. If you had any doubt how the Revolutionary War was going to turn out, Trump reassured you that the tides changed in our favor when Gen. Washington was able to take over all the airports:
Our Army manned the air, it ran the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do.”
President Trump: "The Continental Army suffered a bitter winner at Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. Our Army manned the air, it ran the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do." pic.twitter.com/KQIGDUWDG3
— The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2019
Here’s George commanding our “Revolutionary” Air Force:
And I guess George agreed with Tom Cruise even way back then that …
“I felt the need … the need for speed”
There are so many more Trump gaffes, I’m going to switch to compilation videos to help out.
We’ve all known that Trump – combining his 3rd grade reading level and difficulty using a Teleprompter – produces disastrous pronunciations.
Even when a person is standing right next to him, Trump can NOT remember anyone’s name.
How did he do with names Mr. High I.Q.?pic.twitter.com/Krxf2Dsd8a
— BallsOut (@bjcreigh) March 18, 2019
And we’ll close with one from the Daily Show. We’re all aware that Trump et al have been trying (with no success) to convince folks that Biden’s going senile. With a clever job of splicing, the Daily Show was able to turn the tables and make Fox News extremely concerned about Trump’s mental acuity – using his own words!
Fox News is very concerned that this presidential candidate's brain isn't working pic.twitter.com/VGfUgG0tE3
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 25, 2020
I’ve left out quite a few – but I did try to select the ones that amused me the most. But I think it’s time I move on to another topic next week.
Hopefully you feel better armed to counter any claims mocking Biden’s mental acuity.
8 Responses to “Trump Gaffes – Part 2: War on Error”
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Covfefe: Missed it initially, but boy, did it take off.
The smocking gun. Has a nice ring to it, eh?
I laugh when I read about how dt spoke of George Washington, and his brave men who ran the ramparts, and saved the day by taking over the ramparts. I still laugh!
Great pic of Washington commanding the “Revolutionary” Air Force too. omg!
First video: omg. hilarious!
Mr. High Q: Hilarious!!!
The Daily Show: He should have not been allowed to speak like he did, imho.
Thanks, Nameless for bringing a few laughs to the table. I enjoyed it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if all of tRump’s gaffes could fill a book as thick as any volume of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” Both feet are in his mouth all the way to the hip.
Wow, I thought I kept up, but there were many things in here i had missed. (ROTFL!) I can’t even pick any favorites.
Want to talk about senility? I’ll bet he could not even spell it, without the possible(?) help of a teleprompter.
Thanks Nameless. I did read DT had apparently given up on senility, cognitive function against Biden campaign strategy before Biden was even done with his acceptance speech (which was praised heavily by several on Fox). Next plan seems to be claiming that they didn’t accomplish anything thing in their 8 yrs.
Nice refreshing the memory of some of the earlier ones should I have to remind others who try to claim otherwise.
Thanks, Nameless, for the laughs but also for the reminder that America is run (into the ground) by a man with obvious cognitive impairment. The daily show put together a brilliant video of all the gaffes, but it gets a bit scary if you realize they were only cherry-picking.
By now we know that these remarks on his increasing senility hit home when he goes into his usual full-blown projection mode and accuses his opponents of whatever ails him.
Wonderful, Nameless.
It was worth the wait, and I hope you are feeling better.
Fantastic job, Nameless.
Some of these are new to me, but doesn’t surprise me seeing/hearing the way this despicable leader reacts to serious matters our nation is facing.
His ignorance of his so-called title and it’s required responsibilities, will hopefully be what finally makes his kingdom/wall crumble.
Thanks Nameless