Trump Now an Expert in Aircraft Carrier Design
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.
Man’s a menace. Steam catapults use so much steam during a busy flight op schedule, it can cause parts of the propulsion system to go off-line. Not a good thing.
Surprised he doesn’t think we can launch aircraft using wound-up rubberbands.
1Just distract the Dotard. Tell him the herd of despots/dictators is sending him nonstop compliments…
2An exhausting menace. Good lord how will we get past that moron? A friend is watching her niece graduate from the Air Force Academy today. So proud. She plans to insert ear buds when frump begins to speak whatever nonsense he will no doubt spew. Sigh.
3Forgive me, I thought Melanoma was the architect of the fambly.
4Since he’s the putative Commander-in-Chief, I think we can safely say their leadership IS stupid.
5Somebody should build him a Rube Goldberg-type steam-powered Twitter machine and tell him “who needs digital”, and maybe we’ll never hear from him again.
6Good way to promote coal.
7In his mind he’s an expert on everything. To everyone else he’s equally qualified in every field. 0=0=0=0=0.
8Does “no digital” means that he’s dumping his smart phone and returning to a rotary phone on a landline?
9And yet….
You will STILL find rank-and-file military who will slap on pro-Trump patches on their uniforms. Against regs of course but man they love them some hunkin mass o Trump.
Because liberals get upset.
10north coast@6,
I shudder to think what he might do if someone puts plans for a bungee cord powered catapult on twitter.
ePlatypus onion @ 4,
All I’ve seen is a Stepford Barbie who is skilled in buying diamonds for her future single life and layering mascara to “Be Best”.
11Thus speakers Cadet Bonespurs, the nationally elected coward. Would pay good many (If I had any) to see Cadet Bonespurs come the ballista in any kind of a catapult!
12I understand that DOD contracts are very lucrative.
I’d like to hear more about this rubber band technology. Maybe we could come up with a proposal to submit.
Alternatively, I think that it’s reckless and shortsighted to rely on unreliable wind power to provide the propulsion for the propellers on beanies. Let’s get to work on a good old reliable steam-powered one.
13Charles Phillips, the rubber bands worked for our balsa wood planes so why not?
14We know trump got his border information from the movie “Sicario” (women with tape on their eyes, etc.). If he watches “Down Periscope” he’ll want to return to diesel-powered submarines. Can’t the SS rig his yuge flat-screen so it only gets Fox?
15This isn’t the first time he’s floated this!
16He ought to be cut of at the knees over this BS!
Somebody put a kevlar red tie on Comrade Bonespurs and attach it to one of those carrier catapults, then test launch that blimp into the wind, see if it flies.
17Oh Lordy, the depths to which our nation has bowed:
“Trump Trashes John McCain, Confirms Reports White House Tried to Hide Ship From Him”
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-trashes-john-mccain-but-insists-he-would-never-order-his-ship-to-be-hidden/
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