▲ 500 ▼ Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy (www.thedailybeast.com) submitted 10 months ago by Redditsux@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 131 comments fedilink hide all child comments archive link: https://archive.is/hk7Bw
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Where does the water come in permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) During his first term, he wanted to keep using steam, then somebody explained that magnets are better and steam kinda sucks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I can't tell if this is true or not. Considering that Trump has taken ignorance-based misinformation to a whole new level, it seems only fitting that "that sounds so absurd, it's plausible he said that" has and/or will become part of his legacy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* I honestly don’t remember what specific problems they had during development but it’s easy to believe dealing with harsh environment at sea for long periods was one of them. You can probably look them up easily enough. It’s got moving parts and high power electronics on an open deck and the boat can be at sea for months … permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) During his first term, he wanted to keep using steam, then somebody explained that magnets are better and steam kinda sucks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I can't tell if this is true or not. Considering that Trump has taken ignorance-based misinformation to a whole new level, it seems only fitting that "that sounds so absurd, it's plausible he said that" has and/or will become part of his legacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I can't tell if this is true or not. Considering that Trump has taken ignorance-based misinformation to a whole new level, it seems only fitting that "that sounds so absurd, it's plausible he said that" has and/or will become part of his legacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* I honestly don’t remember what specific problems they had during development but it’s easy to believe dealing with harsh environment at sea for long periods was one of them. You can probably look them up easily enough. It’s got moving parts and high power electronics on an open deck and the boat can be at sea for months … permalink fedilink source parent