Donald Trump’s speech on Sunday took an sudden flip when he went on a tangent concerning the names of U.S. navy installations.
“We received world wars out of forts,” he mentioned. “Fort Benning, Fort This, Fort That, many forts. They modified the identify, we received wars out of those forts, they modified the identify, they modified the identify of the forts, lots of people aren’t too blissful about that.”
Trump then primarily repeated the apart.
“They modified the identify of a variety of our forts, we received two world wars out of a variety of these forts and so they modified the identify,” he mentioned. “It’s unbelievable.”
9 U.S. navy installations named for Accomplice generals have been renamed to honor individuals who haven’t fought in opposition to the USA.
The Fort Benning referenced by Trump was named for Henry L. Benning, who NPR famous was not only a Accomplice common however a “virulent white supremacist.”
It was renamed Fort Moore final 12 months in honor of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Compton Moore, who Army.com referred to as “one of the Army’s most influential couples.”
Trump’s critics on X famous the unusual digression:
Perceive that Trump is mad as a result of navy amenities named for treasonous white supremacist slavery advocates who waged warfare in opposition to the USA have been renamed to honor precise American heroes. That is what he and his viewers are pissed about. https://t.co/wAIQGKupjV
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) January 22, 2024
I used to be stationed at Fort This in 2009. They wished to switch me to Fort That. Lol a commander in chief that may’t even keep in mind the names of the bases, but he’s so upset the names have been modified.
— Chris Taylor (@taylor4arizona) January 22, 2024
Hooked up to this submit is an excerpt from the speech Henry Benning made on the Virginia conference together with his causes for secession. Trump is bemoaning not having a base named after him. https://t.co/c6HaYsrGa9
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 22, 2024
“The place have been you stationed?”
“Fort This, you?”
“Fort That!”
“Oh bizarre!”
— ProLib 🇺🇦 (@prolibshow) January 22, 2024
Of all of the world’s issues and Trump desires to whine about Forts. 🤦♀️
— Artwork Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) January 22, 2024
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