“You know, the new thing is magnets. So instead of using hydraulic that can be hit by lightning and it’s fine. You take a little glass of water, you drop it on magnets, I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Trump said.
The race to the bottom of intelligence is neck and neck between Donald Trump himself and the slack jawed bozos that vote for him. There is no winner to the “Lights Are On, But They Are Motion Sensor” Award.
I think what’s he’s getting confused about is that they’re using electromagnets, which the circuitry of could certainly be damaged by water.
I suspect someone at some point communicated some kind of potential problem the navy could be having, and he just went “magnets + water = bad, got it”. Which is what I think the real point should be here. It’s not so much that the president is confused about how magnets work, its more that someone at some point mentioned some kind of existing or potential situation and he is just spewing it back out without really understanding it.
Like basically the president of the fucking United States is not capable of understanding someone telling him that electromagnets can be damaged by water and/or is unable to communicate that basic concept.
Never mind every other fucking electronic thing on a modern aircraft carrier.
Nobody tell him that fighter jets sink in the water, he’ll have all the carriers decommissioned because “Planes don’t go on water. Why are we sending airplanes into the ocean, they’ll just sink!”
Yeah, see, you don’t need to worry about planes sinking in the water if you don’t take them out in the water. Melt all the carriers down and make shitty branded watches out of them to sell to dopes for way too much money.
The elderly president was talking about the magnetic catapults used to launch planes from the latest Navy super carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford class, and the electromagnetic elevators used to move weaponry to the flight deck. Both systems double the speed with which planes can be armed and launched but slowed the delivery and commissioning
If you remember the news a few years back there were all sorts of delays and problems caused by switching from hydraulics to magnetic/electrical. It’s probably a vague memory of more complexity than he can handle. A sane president would have had someone with expertise go over his speech
It was the first time so as long as all the issues have been worked out and the next one is smoother, we’re good
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.
He STILL thinks this somehow after saying it like 18 months ago too. I don’t know how no one told him he sounds like a fucking moron after the first time he said it publicly.
He thinks that magnets can be foiled by water.
The race to the bottom of intelligence is neck and neck between Donald Trump himself and the slack jawed bozos that vote for him. There is no winner to the “Lights Are On, But They Are Motion Sensor” Award.
I think what’s he’s getting confused about is that they’re using electromagnets, which the circuitry of could certainly be damaged by water.
I suspect someone at some point communicated some kind of potential problem the navy could be having, and he just went “magnets + water = bad, got it”. Which is what I think the real point should be here. It’s not so much that the president is confused about how magnets work, its more that someone at some point mentioned some kind of existing or potential situation and he is just spewing it back out without really understanding it.
Like basically the president of the fucking United States is not capable of understanding someone telling him that electromagnets can be damaged by water and/or is unable to communicate that basic concept.
Never mind every other fucking electronic thing on a modern aircraft carrier.
Nobody tell him that fighter jets sink in the water, he’ll have all the carriers decommissioned because “Planes don’t go on water. Why are we sending airplanes into the ocean, they’ll just sink!”
Well, to be fair, we do seem to be doing that a lot
One of those was a helicopter, which in fairness, also does not go on water.
Yeah, see, you don’t need to worry about planes sinking in the water if you don’t take them out in the water. Melt all the carriers down and make shitty branded watches out of them to sell to dopes for way too much money.
Hey - ask him about windmills
or batteries and sharks and boats.
Or the big faucet in the mountains.
The article has a translation
If you remember the news a few years back there were all sorts of delays and problems caused by switching from hydraulics to magnetic/electrical. It’s probably a vague memory of more complexity than he can handle. A sane president would have had someone with expertise go over his speech
It was the first time so as long as all the issues have been worked out and the next one is smoother, we’re good
Where does the water come in
During his first term, he wanted to keep using steam, then somebody explained that magnets are better and steam kinda sucks
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.
Going for the juggalo vote?
With the economy as it is, we may all need to switch to Faygo.
It’s what plants crave.
It mutilates thirst!
I might be broke but at least I ain’t got no money
He STILL thinks this somehow after saying it like 18 months ago too. I don’t know how no one told him he sounds like a fucking moron after the first time he said it publicly.
Because he surrounds himself with sycophants. Anyone who would have pushed back is gone.
Someone probably did tell him. But he forgot. Because he’s old, and probably has dementia.
He’s right though, he doesn’t know what’s going to happen…
Yes, which is 1 million percent true. Just ask any aquarium hobbyist or electromagnetic elevator engineer.
https://www.kjmagnetics.com/blog/can-magnets-rust