I'm seeing a LOT of tweets saying Trump doesn't know the words to the national anthem

[highplainsdem]

Last edited Mon Jan 8, 2018, 10:10 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm not watching the game, just started seeing all these comments on Twitter, reactions to Trump apparently NOT knowing the anthem.


Editing to add a tweet with video of the complete anthem from NBC News. It's very obvious that Trump doesn't know all the words:

Link to tweet

/video/1

[BigmanPigman]

1. Why is this a surprise?

Malaria had to nudge him to remember to put his hand over his heart during ceremonies. In 6 months he may not even recognize his own kids.

[bpj62]

8. Clown

For all his bluster about NFL players kneeling during the anthem you would think this ass clown would know the National Anthem start to finish. Why was he even on the field.

[SCantiGOP]

32. I was really surprised by the volume of boos

Coming from a generally Southern football crowd.

[KentuckyWoman]

40. Glad it wasn't just me.

my husband and I thought maybe we misheard.

I'll give the young men who escorted him out credit. They did a wonderful job of respect

I could not have done it. Would have turnt my stomach.

[Ms. Toad]

2. Here ya go:

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

6. Thanks for that tweet/video! Wow, is Trump pathetic!

Just hours after he gave a speech ranting that "we want our anthem respected."

[Codeine]

12. Motherfucker doesnt even know where the fuck

he is.

Sundowning.

[dalton99a]

25. It's plain as day

[mcar]

3. He sure didn't seem to

No surprise. Dotard.

[Takket]

4. stable genius

[trueblue2007]

5. ton of horse manure in Trimp's stable !!!!!

[FakeNoose]

7. Putin forgot to give him the words

[PJMcK]

10. That's a remarkable cover

Remember that the NY Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch. It's the voice of the right-wing in New York City.

[highplainsdem]

15. LOL!

[Wounded Bear]

9. It wouldn't surprise me if he were entirely tone deaf...

Maybe just deaf.

It's all right though, he knows better words than those anyway.

[L. Coyote]

11. Check this out, Trump does a really good job of singing it:

Link to tweet

[Leghorn21]

28. Diz fuckin GREAT, L!! I rarely laugh out loud, so thank you for this!!! Much needed!! nt

[L. Coyote]

30. Check out more of their stuff, truly rib-cracking awesome.

Link to tweet

[Leghorn21]

33. Glorious, mahvelous!! Thanks so much again, my friend!! (zomg!). nt

[KentuckyWoman]

41. I watched it without sound - it's funnier

The 2 men next to him... it was all they could do to stop themselves from turning around and tell him to act right.

The older man.... you can just see "what the actual fuck?" in his eyes.

[KelleyKramer]

48. I noticed in this and the OP, he just can NOT stand still

He is like a fidgety little child.

Also, in both of them at the end he has this weird expression, like he is REALLY proud of himself

There is something wrong with him, bigly

[Hekate]

13. A lot of people don't, plus the thing is unsingable by most. nt

[highplainsdem]

14. True, but Trump's the one who's been demanding respect for the anthem. I'd think

knowing the words would be a minimum for someone who wants to see pro athletes fired if they take a knee during the anthem.

[mr_lebowski]

16. That, and ya know ... also ... BEING FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PERIOD ...

Not yelling at you

[Hekate]

18. Yes -- it's the stupid hypocrisy

[DeminPennswoods]

27. That's true

A few years ago at a local high school basketball game, the young man who was singing the anthem forgot the words right in the middle. Instead of remaining silent and lettlng the singer struggle, the entire crowd, most of whom had been just listening until then, joined in with the words and sang along with him until he finished.

[John Fante]

34. Was anyone critiquing Gump's singing ability?

The POTUS should know the words to the national anthem, don't you think?

[GulfCoast66]

38. Yeah, but they are not, like, a smart genius.

[ollie10]

52. The "unsingable" part is the high note....the rest is very singable

[MineralMan]

60. When the Anthem is in the wrong key for me,

I just sing that last stanza an octave down. And it's often in the wrong key for me. I'm a bass/baritone. I can even sing the whole thing an octave down in some keys, and do, if that's the case.

[ollie10]

61. Sounds good to me!

[anneboleyn]

63. Lmfao. As a classically trained soprano I have to roll my eyes at the high note in our anthem.

I actually quite like our anthem (La Marseillaise is my favorite), and if our kids were still learning music in school with just a bit of voice training and practice (our anthem was meant to be belted out in bars by regular citizens etc after all — not performed by coloratura sopranos) it wouldn’t be challenging to most of our citizens. It’s tragic that music is no longer considered important (thanks repub cuts) even though it’s well known that musical training is fantastic for young minds. Of course Trump never learned the words.

[ProudLib72]

17. And the rockets' red glare

Set of the orange in my hair
Giving proof through the night
That the turd was still there

[BumRushDaShow]

23. !!!!

You got me choking and I didn't even have any water in my mouth yet!!

[ProudLib72]

24. He knows the song is all about him. nt

[highplainsdem]

19. Kicking after editing the OP to add link to tweet with video of entire anthem.

[spanone]

20. he's a phony in every sense of the word

[ecstatic]

21. Get that lying, disrespectful SOB off the field!!1

What a motherfucking hypocrite / jackass / clown!

[tanyev]

22. They need to write a verse with TRUMP in every line.

It's so boring and low energy right now.

[mshasta]

26. He is bouncing keep moving hands,

Not straight stable posture, and that smirk on he's face.... he is making fun of the national anthem

That bouncing posture said everything ....he is bored , just mumble words for amusement and constantly smiling at the cameras.....

[OhioBlue]

29. He is swaying and twisting and keeps patting his heart instead of standing at attention

doesn't know the words, has a look of confusion and then a smirk.

Bizarre. Even for a stable genius.

[BoneyardDem]

37. Yup....as fidgety as a 2 year old

All those excerpts from the book suddlendy remembered: Trump would get bored and walk out of meetings while they were still in progress. I think it took all of his will power not to walk away in the middle of the anthem. He seem *that* antsy.

[OhioBlue]

39. Yes, there seems to be something cognitively wrong with him

Idk if it is a condition he has been able to mask for years and is being exacerbated by the pressure of POTUS or if he is truly in a mental decline... but he isn't right. I mean, we all knew his level of knowledge and competence was well beneath that of a person that should be elevated to even a Presidential candidate, let alone POtUS.... but he really seems to be falling apart.

[madamesilverspurs]

31. Kinda felt for those ROTC kids.

Not one of them looked even remotely proud to be there with him.


.

[former9thward]

35. Most people don't.

I doubt 1 in 100 or even 1 in 1000 on this site know all the words. I know I don't. So what? Of all the things to attack Trump for this is the least. I have been to countless professional sports games where the anthem is played and everyone follows the lyrics that are presented on video screens. If that is a crime I plead guilty!

[KentuckyWoman]

42. Honestly?

I could not find the right note if it bit me on the toe. Rosanne Barr did a better rendition than I can muster.

But I know the words to all the verses and can mouth along. I don't expect that of all my fellow citizens. Expecting as much of my President is not asking too much.

[CreekDog]

46. somebody said something bad about Trump or the Republicans

former9thward has to answer by saying:

1)others don't know the same thing
2)Democrats don't know the same thing
3)it's not a bad thing if the Republicans or Trump did the same thing

To make sure the Republicans or Trump doesn't look as bad as folks are saying.

Rinse, lather repeat.

Now if someone says something bad about Democrats, then he has to take a different approach.

To make sure the Democrats don't look good as folks are saying.

Once you recognize the pattern it's fun to spot, it's like bird watching or cloud identification.

[Kingofalldems]

56. Always.

[former9thward]

55. Very admirable of you.

But can you post videos of previous Presidents knowing all the words?

[KentuckyWoman]

58. What an odd question

Why do you need "previous presidents". That doesn't have anything to do with this one.

If you are going to support a president on a board that clearly does not, at least get your logic in order.

[former9thward]

62. Nice try to bait.

But I won't fall for it. It was you who said Presidents should know the anthem. I thought that was curious and wondering if any other president knew the words.

[CreekDog]

66. nobody needs to bait you, anyone can look at all your public posts here:

(there's that little box up there, putting in your screen name is like spinning a hot slot machine):

Defending General Lee:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029157581#post6

You posted against the Army removing portraits of Confederate Generals:
https://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014676345#post16

Supporting the idea that Bill Ayers wrote Barack Obama's "Dreams of My Farther"
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=659373&mesg_id=659527

Compared removing Confederate monuments to a Joan Baez song:
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10026895063#post29

[former9thward]

68. I always appreciate my admirers.

There can be no other explanation because what sane person would follow around an anonymous poster on a discussion board? Answer: None.

[LeftInTX]

44. Here are my memorized lyrics to the first verse. I got only one word wrong.

I have always used, "our" instead of "the" in front of twilight.

I only know the first verse. I've never been in sports. I don't watch sports. I have only been two 2 professional sports events in my entire life, one was in 1978 and another was in the 1990s.

I hear it at occasional Democratic events, but don't pay attention to the words. I watched Beyonce lip sync it an Obama's second inauguration. I believe that is the last time that I actually "watched" it sung.

I learned it in school over 50 years ago.

If I know these lyrics this well, I'm sure that more than 1/100 on this site know the lyrics better than me.

O say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At our twilight's last gleaning
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous strife
O'r the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That are flag was still there
O say does that star spangle banner yet wave
O'r the land of the free
And the home of the brave

[CreekDog]

45. Most people don't defend Trump here

*most*.

but some do.

[former9thward]

54. I try to defend sanity here.

Sanity doesn't care about politics. YMMV.

[CreekDog]

67. Nope. If someone is criticizing Obama or Democrats for a liberal position, you'll pile on

If someone is praising them, you'll say it's not that great.

[former9thward]

69. I bring facts to a discussion.

Wherever the chips fall, they fall. YMMV.

[LanternWaste]

59. Is yours merely a guess, or do you have objective evidence to support your premise?

"Most people don't..."
Is yours merely another little guess, or do you have objective evidence to support your premise?

"Of all the things to attack Trump for..."
You confuse mocking and attacking, they are in fact, two wholly separate constructs, regardless of any pleas you make.

[thbobby]

36. Could be dementia

I doubt he ever knew the words.

[tblue37]

43. He is so hyperactive he can't hold still for a second. He twists and rocks back and

forty and he taps his hand over his chest the whole time.

Remember when an apparently stewed E swayed back and forth and swung his arms (and Laura's and Michelle's) during "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" at a funeral? That's what this reminds me of.

I have ADHD, and my mother always called me a wiggle worm because I couldn't hold still. But as a grown-up I can control the wiggling and fidgeting when I need to. Obviously this 71-year-old man cannot.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

47. Too many words. Words are hard, believe me. n/t

...... ...........

[Cha]

49. trump likes to sabotage

himself. his own worst enemy.

[mainer]

50. I havent sung it in years but i know every word

It’s like Christmas carols. You learn them as a kid and they’re permanently in your head.

Which makes me think that the fact he doesnt know the words now means he never knew them. This is longterm memory info and even with dementia he should have retained this info.

[TubbersUK]

51. Here's a close up:

Link to tweet

[padah513]

53. I bet he knows Gosudrstvennyy gimn Rossyskoy Federtsii,

The State Anthem of the Russian Federation, in both English and Russian.

[doc03]

57. He only knows the best words, beleive me.

[anneboleyn]

64. Trump wouldnt know the War of 1812 if a redcoat bit him on the ass.

[Poiuyt]

65. Oh come now! He knows the words as well as famous opera star Enrico Palazzo