Defense expert lists 6 Trump errors in 2 minutes of his Navy speech

[jpak]

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/389435-defense-expert-lists-six-trump-errors-in-two-minutes-of-his-navy-speech-inbox

President Trump made six false statements in the span of two minutes during his commencement speech at the Naval Academy on Friday, according to defense expert Todd Harrison.

Harrison, who serves as the Director of Defense Budget Analysis and the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, tweeted on Friday that he watched a portion of the speech and couldn’t "let it go."

"Error #1: The $700B defense budget for [fiscal year] FY18 is not the largest ever," Harrison tweeted. "It was larger under the Obama administration: $710B in FY11 and $714B in FY10. And that's without adjusting for inflation!"

Harrison then called out Trump's claim that the U.S. was using the fewest Navy ships since World War I. "We have 283 ships today, and in 2007 (Bush administration) we had 279," he said.

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Fucking idiot

[marble falls]

1. He's certainly has convinced me he's an idiot.

[Blecht]

2. Lies

How hard is it for a writer to use these four letters -- L I E S -- instead of the fifteen (plus a space) it requires to write F A L S E S T A T E M E N T S ??

LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES! It's easy.

[yallerdawg]

3. From "Art of the Deal." Come on, he might have read it. Ok, got bullet points.

"The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It's an innocent form of exaggeration, and a very effective form of promotion."

Still a huckster and a fraud.

Never grew into the job. Never respected the office.

[Garrett78]

7. I'm reminded of when the likes of Limbaugh, Beck or Alex Jones admit to being mere entertainers.

But their supporters still take their word as gospel. You can't fix stupid.

[YessirAtsaFact]

8. It isn't so much stupid as brainwashed

If you live in a rural area and get your news from Faux and talk radio, you're basing your political thinking on propaganda.

If there was no AM hate radio, things would be significantly different in this country.

[Garrett78]

13. I'm talking specifically about those who take as gospel...

...the words of those who essentially admit to being liars.

Of course, most would ignore or deny that such admissions were ever made.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Raw numbers of ships is bogus. Modern ships do more. . . . nt

[lark]

5. This isn't idiotic, it's planned lying and manipulating for personal and political power.

He wants more $$ for defense, so he can get more bribes and who knows what companies he has stake in that will get business from these moves, and "for the (hater) base".

[Kurt V.]

6. he should not have used the word error.

he should have said lie. It's important.

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Just as some sharks must constantly swim to breathe,...

Trump must lie.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread jpak

[ladym55]

11. Only 6 lies in two minutes?

Must have been an off day for the the grifter in chief.

[struggle4progress]

12. "I am the Commandeer-in-Chef so whatever I say goes!"