In Japan on Memorial Day, Trump criticized the Navy, IN FRONT OF THE NAVY, for replacing the old steam powered catapults that launch aircraft with new electric catapults.  In excoriating the Navy for cost overruns in the new system, he announced:

“I think I’m going to put an order,” the president continued. “When we build a new aircraft carrier, we’re going to use steam. I’m going to just put out an order: We’re going to use steam. We don’t need — we don’t need that extra speed.”

Drawing on his deep experience in maritime architectures and aeronautical engineering, Trump continued that steam is much more reliable than “digital”, even saying, “What is digital?” “What is digital?”  Wait…back in January when riffing on border security Trump proclaimed,

“The only [way] you’re going to have border security – there’s only [one] way. You can have all the technology in the world. I’m a professional at technology. But if you don’t have a steel barrier or a wall of some kind – strong, powerful – you’re going to have human trafficking; you’re going to have drugs pouring across the border; you’re going to have MS-13 and the gangs coming in.”

So, the president who is a professional at technology doesn’t understand what digital means?  Trump once again causes whiplash by simply freelancing when he’s in front of an audience and the cameras are rolling.  He doesn’t have a goddam clue what he’s even talking about, and I can just imagine how Navy personnel is receiving the message from the president of the United States when he is telling them their leadership is stupid.

But we all know who is stupid.