Trump Chooses Absolutely Baffling New Topic For Latest Rambling Aside
Donald Trump’s speech on Sunday took an unexpected turn when he went on a tangent about the names of U.S. military installations.
“We won world wars out of forts,” he said at an event in Rochester, New Hampshire. “Fort Benning, Fort This, Fort That, many forts. They changed the name, we won wars out of these forts, they changed the name, they changed the name of the forts. A lot of people aren’t too happy about that.”
Trump then essentially repeated what he’d just said.
“They changed the name of a lot of our forts. We won two world wars out of a lot of these forts and they changed the name,” he said. “It’s unbelievable.”
Nine U.S. military installations named for Confederate generals have been renamed to honor people who didn’t fight against the United States.
The Fort Benning that Trump mentioned was named for Henry L. Benning, who NPR noted was not just a Confederate general but a “virulent white supremacist.”
The Georgia installation was renamed Fort Moore last year in honor of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Compton Moore, whom Military.com called “one of the Army’s most influential couples.”
Trump’s critics on X, the former Twitter, noted the strange digression:
Understand that Trump is mad because military facilities named for treasonous white supremacist slavery advocates who waged war against the United States were renamed to honor actual American heroes. That's what he and his audience are pissed about. https://t.co/wAIQGKupjV
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) January 22, 2024
We can’t forget the brave soldiers stationed at Fort This. https://t.co/axR6SwBeoR
— Sophie Persists (@Sophieresists) January 22, 2024
I was stationed at Fort This in 2009. They wanted to transfer me to Fort That. Lol a commander in chief that can’t even remember the names of the bases, yet he’s so upset the names were changed.
— Chris Taylor (@taylor4arizona) January 22, 2024
I know by now I shouldn’t be surprised at his ignorance. Yet here we are… https://t.co/DGS4h8n8sb
— Bryan 🇺🇸for🇺🇦 (@swimmerbr78) January 22, 2024
Grandpa Ranty's Ahistorical Ignorance Tour, 2024 edition. https://t.co/Bqgo2SGNDI
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 22, 2024
Attached to this post is an excerpt from the speech Henry Benning made at the Virginia convention with his reasons for secession. Trump is bemoaning not having a base named after him. https://t.co/c6HaYsrGa9
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 22, 2024
Stay in school kids…there is so much insanity in this clip https://t.co/XI5qTZlZ2Z
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 22, 2024
I am absolutely livid that THEY dared to change the names of Fort This & Fort That! https://t.co/SbKSzSPC6Apic.twitter.com/7SISVMYTcS
— PC Butter Bread (@PC_Butter_Bread) January 22, 2024
"Where were you stationed?"
"Fort This, you?"
"Fort That!"
"Oh weird!"— ProLib 🇺🇦 (@prolibshow) January 22, 2024
Good God. And you MAGA people still love him. He’s an incoherent buffoon. https://t.co/A0qyYMR9GR
— 🦋𝓢𝓾𝓮 𝓩 🦋 (@IamButterflySue) January 22, 2024
Of all the world’s problems and Trump wants to whine about Forts. 🤦♀️
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) January 22, 2024
“We won world wars out of forts. Fort Benning, Fort This, Fort That.” –Fmr Pres. Donald J. Trump
These military bases have been renamed and are now know as:
Fort Moore
Fort Thing One
Fort Thing Two https://t.co/f7kCZX6ECWpic.twitter.com/PKqAuloe4p— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) January 22, 2024
Stick a fort in it already!
— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) January 22, 2024
