People can’t stop cracking up over the former president’s bizarre, bumbling speech.

Speaking outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Donald Trump left everyone confused when he attempted to explain the Battle of Gettysburg, praised (and invented a quote from) Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and generally had no idea what he was talking about.

When his off-the-cuff remarks hit late-night television on Monday, the hosts couldn’t hide their laughter.

“You have to hand it to this guy: On the weekend before his unprecedented criminal trial begins, he somehow manages to overshadow it with this broken-brained interpretation of what happened at Gettysburg during the Civil War,” Jimmy Kimmel quipped.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Honestly, that makes perfect sense. Their other darling president was a talentless hack, brainless politician with dementia, so it 100% tracks that they can’t get on their knees fast enough.

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      7 months ago

      Their other darling president was a talentless hack, brainless politician entertainer with dementia

      Yeah, I’m not sure the right elected St. Ronnie or Trump because of their political acumen.

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        7 months ago

        To be fair, and I say this as no fan of Ronnie Raygun, he seemed relatively normal until the later years. A jerkass right-wing nut in practice, who screwed up a LOT of things and set the stage for later disasters, but otherwise human. Possibly even personally likable. I didn’t cheer when he got shot, like.

        Trump is seven layers of freak criminal mental disease. If Jodie Foster’s Army was active and working today, I’d be dancing on the rooftops.

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        7 months ago

        I’m not sure the right elected St. Ronnie or Trump because of their lack of political acumen.

        Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly why they elected both. Idiots are notoriously easy to manipulate and control.

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        7 months ago

        Gawd I’d love to go back in time and kick Ronny down the stairs as a toddler.