During his highly anticipated primetime Afghanistan address on Monday night, during which the president announced a troop surge, Donald Trump said that his change in strategy came after he “studied” the country “from every conceivable angle.”
“I studied Afghanistan in great detail, and from every conceivable angle,” Trump says
— Teresa Welsh (@tmawelsh) August 22, 2017
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The internet was having none of it, and quickly laid waste to the president’s claim that he is a thoughtful commander-in-chief who actually has an adult decision-making process.
Some of the hilarious social media responses to the president’s claim:
“I studied #Afghanistan in great detail.” Yeah….right. #Trump pic.twitter.com/07cecTF2rg
— YouHaveToVote (@UHave2Vote) August 22, 2017
Trump: I studied Afghanistan from every angle. pic.twitter.com/iHdJJchO8X
— ALT🛂 Immigration (@ALT_uscis) August 22, 2017
Trump studies Afghanistan like Bart Simpson does book reports. https://t.co/dwSccn9CtU
— Ⓜike (@JasperJay40) August 22, 2017
Ok, “I studied #afghanistan for many months says Trump, $10 bucks he still can’t find it on a map
— Omy (@bassomar_omy) August 22, 2017
“I studied all the Afghanistans. The best Afghanistans.” #Afghanistan #Trump
— Thomas Teague (@thomas_teague) August 22, 2017
Donald Trump: “I have studied Afghanistan for months from many angles, on both Fox & Friends and Morning Joe.”
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) August 22, 2017
Trump studied Afghanistan from every angle…from the bunker to the green on hole 7. #TrumpResign
— Wayne Perala (@smartplay31) August 22, 2017
In a speech Trump hoped to use to change the subject from his disastrous Charlottesville response, he only made himself look more foolish by spewing nonsense that even he knows isn’t true.
Instead of coming off as a strong commander-in-chief, he once again made himself an internet laughingstock.
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.