Donald Trump 's surprising claim that George Washington 's revolutionary troops "took over the airports" during the War of Independence could be explained by his method of correcting himself President Trump said that the Continental Army "took over the airports" from the British during the American Revolutionary War during his Fourth of July "Salute to America" speech. President Donald Trump used his Fourth of July speech on Thursday to praise the victories of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War — but made a major historical stumble, claiming that the The president blamed a teleprompter fail for saying the Continental Army "took over the airports" more than a century before the first plane flight. The president’s anachronism came during his Fourth of July speech, as he bounced from describing the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812. President Donald Trump celebrated “the greatest political journey in human history” Thursday in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy, cheering crowd of spectators, many of them President Donald Trump blamed a faulty teleprompter for his claim during remarks he made at a July 4th event that the Continental Army “took over the airports” during the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War airports? President Trump revised history in his Fourth of July speech, to the internet’s amusement. President Donald Trump raised eyebrows during his Fourth of July celebration speech for a reference to an apparent seizure of “airports” by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War During his "A Salute to America" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Donald Trump said that troops "took over airports" during the Revolutionary War. Of course, said war occurred between Trump Says Troops ‘Took Over Airports’ During Revolutionary War, in Rainy Fourth of July Speech "The Continental Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over airports, it did Trump gave the 45-minute speech during a rain-soaked spectacle in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2019, during which military hardware such as tanks and aircraft were displayed on parade. President Donald Trump appeared to stumble over a portion of his prepared Fourth of July speech in Washington, saying that the army 'manned the air' and and took over airports during the In a 2019 Fourth of July speech, former US President Donald Trump claimed that the Continental Army took over the airports during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s. This statement, made during a Salute to America event in Washington, D.C., sparked humorous reactions on social media, particularly on Twitter, where hashtags like #RevolutionaryWarAirports and # WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump read most of his Independence Day speech from a prepared text, but stumbled on his history at one point: He talked about airports during the American President Trump appeared to stumble a little over his prepared remarks on July 4, mistakenly claiming that Revolutionary Army soldiers “took over airports” in 1775. Trump, speaking to a Trump Throws 4th Of July Fit In 'Disgraceful' New Holiday Tantrum Critics called out the former president for a bonkers Independence Day message that barely mentioned the holiday. In a largely apolitical speech for the Fourth of July commemorating the history of America’s triumphs, President Donald Trump got a bit of America’s history wrong when he referred to the Donald Trump held a “Salute to America” 4th of July celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Read the full transcript of the speech and watch the video below by using the timestamp links. During his July 4th speech, President Donald Trump says American forces “took over the airports” during the US War of Independence in the late 18th century. Of course, as many viewers noted,
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