Donald Trump just had his Waterloo
Donald Trump couldn’t be any more ignorant of history if he tried. He thinks America had airports in colonial times. He thinks the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 were the same thing. He appears to believe Civil War-era icon Frederick Douglass is still alive. He keeps asking why the Kurds didn’t fight alongside America at Normandy during World War II.
Now Donald Trump is displaying a new kind of historical ignorance. At least we think he is, because his tweet is too incoherent to fully parse. As Trump continues to try to dishonestly justify his decision to abandon the Kurds, it’s becoming more clear that he did so because he wanted to drive the Kurds into the arms of Vladimir Putin. The thing is, Trump is now dragging Napoleon Bonaparte into it.
Trump posted this tweet this afternoon: “After defeating 100% of the ISIS Caliphate, I largely moved our troops out of Syria. Let Syria and Assad protect the Kurds and fight Turkey for their own land. I said to my Generals, why should we be fighting for Syria and Assad to protect the land of our enemy? Anyone who wants to assist Syria in protecting the Kurds is good with me, whether it is Russia, China, or Napoleon Bonaparte. I hope they all do great, we are 7,000 miles away!”
Not only is Donald Trump finally admitting that his Syria pullout is for the benefit of Russia, he also appears to maybe think Napoleon Bonaparte is still alive? Did he not remember Waterloo from his history textbooks? Oh right, that would require reading. Trump should know that after Napoleon tried to massively overreach and failed, he ended up spending the rest of his life in exile.
