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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:49 PM Apr 2016

Trump mistakenly refers to 9/11 as 7-11

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday mistakenly referred to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as “7-11.”

“I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen, down on 7-11, down at the World Trade Center, right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action," he said during a rally Monday.

"I saw the bravest people I’ve ever seen, including the construction workers, including every person down there,” he continued.

“That’s what New York values are about.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276756-trump-mistakenly-refers-to-9-11-as-7-11

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Trump mistakenly refers to 9/11 as 7-11 (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2016 OP
"Occasionally forget!" morningfog Apr 2016 #1
+1000 trotsky Apr 2016 #13
9-11 6-11 7-11 it was one of those 11's liberal N proud Apr 2016 #2
bu$h was a puppet, we knew who the puppeteers were, and we knew they were evil MH1 Apr 2016 #37
On a tangeant . . . . . no_hypocrisy Apr 2016 #3
In his best Palineque-ness...."I saw it from my house" George II Apr 2016 #10
Apparently he was,,,here is video dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #18
But Trump claimed he was at the WTC ON THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, 9-11-01. no_hypocrisy Apr 2016 #19
Trump cowers Chrisdutch Apr 2016 #38
"Was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?" Botany Apr 2016 #4
"Forget it, he's rolling." Initech Apr 2016 #6
that's where he gets his coke Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2016 #5
you rtracey Apr 2016 #7
A convenience store - it was very convenient for Bush lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #8
Some New Yorker he is! KamaAina Apr 2016 #9
I hope El Shaman Apr 2016 #11
It must have actually been 7/11 elljay Apr 2016 #12
LMAO! n/t TIME TO PANIC Apr 2016 #14
We need Dave so badly. lpbk2713 Apr 2016 #15
this is gold, jerry Fred Drum Apr 2016 #30
What a buffoon! robertgodardfromnj Apr 2016 #16
Where is Jon Stewart when we need him? Hekate Apr 2016 #17
Oh, Thank Heaven Fritz Walter Apr 2016 #20
My anniversary is on 7-11 Cresent City Kid Apr 2016 #21
Not sure Goblor Apr 2016 #22
This is just pure gold. Man, while GD:P is exploding, people are missing all the fun. AgadorSparticus Apr 2016 #23
President Whatever chapdrum Apr 2016 #24
I'll never forget the moment the second slurpee came down. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #25
Bless his little pin head. pressbox69 Apr 2016 #26
Cut the moron some slack.. Hulk Apr 2016 #27
When you talk as often and as much as Trump occasionally you stumble ... spin Apr 2016 #28
I've mistakenly refered to 911 Fred Drum Apr 2016 #29
Bingo. chapdrum Apr 2016 #33
He forgot the first rule of Republican primaries AgerolanAmerican Apr 2016 #31
Slip of the tongue--Obama visited 57 states. We have all done it. virgogal Apr 2016 #32
7-11 Chrisdutch Apr 2016 #34
7-11 and 9-11 both occupy the same address in his brain: branding. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #35
Sometimes Dalziel3979 Apr 2016 #36
I need to start handing out these buttons at Trump events... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #39
As I stood over the smoking ruins of my microwave burrito... Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #40
He's beginning to sound like Ben Carson. Zira Apr 2016 #41
I dout he was down there. Can he prove this? Is he suffering from lung issues etc? Zira Apr 2016 #42
what a moran.. bench scientist Apr 2016 #43
Did Trump take a big gulp after making the error? left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 #44
To be fair, I have made that exact slip, myself. Odin2005 Apr 2016 #45
C'mon... how is this not funny? Bucky Apr 2016 #48
meanwhile mnmoderatedem Apr 2016 #46
Spoken by a man utterly lacking in 411 Bucky Apr 2016 #47

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
2. 9-11 6-11 7-11 it was one of those 11's
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:59 PM
Apr 2016

Can't imagine that monster as President. And we thought bu$h was evil.

MH1

(17,600 posts)
37. bu$h was a puppet, we knew who the puppeteers were, and we knew they were evil
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:18 PM
Apr 2016

The question is, who are Trump's puppeteers? Will he be an obedient puppet?

He could be a total loose cannon and take this country totally off the rails. Or, he could turn out to be an obedient puppet to some very evil people, but keep the country basically functional (because that is better for the puppeteers).

I don't think we'll know how he compares to bu$h until we have those answers.

And I hope we never have them.

no_hypocrisy

(46,114 posts)
3. On a tangeant . . . . .
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:28 PM
Apr 2016

how could Trump make it down to the WTC on 9-11 (whatever . . . . ) when the NYCPD closed all streets south of West 4th Street in The Village? It was broadcast on radio and TV that lower Manhattan was sealed off.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
18. Apparently he was,,,here is video
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 04:14 PM
Apr 2016

And, notice how sane he sounds in the this video interview

But a mere two days after the attacks, Trump was interviewed at Ground Zero by a German TV station, and the result is kind of amazing on several levels. Most starkly, there’s not a trace of the animus that has fueled his campaign to ban Muslims from entering the United States,
no mention of those celebrating rooftop Muslims
, just a characteristically monotone yet clearly shaken Trump trying to cheerlead New York back from the tragedy.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/this-donald-trump-interview-right-after-911-is-kind-of-amazing/


no_hypocrisy

(46,114 posts)
19. But Trump claimed he was at the WTC ON THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, 9-11-01.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 04:29 PM
Apr 2016

Your interview is two days later, and even that is suspect. Rudolf Giuliani, the mayor, sealed off Lower Manhattan except for emergency workers. Even residents had trouble returning for more than 10 days.

Chrisdutch

(70 posts)
38. Trump cowers
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:25 PM
Apr 2016

Kind of an interesting question at about 3:20 as to how the planes did what they did. Funny that was not asked by our media.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. A convenience store - it was very convenient for Bush
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 12:11 PM
Apr 2016

He spun it into an Iraq invasion, Rumplestiltskin-like.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
20. Oh, Thank Heaven
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:40 PM
Apr 2016


Is this ad a premonition of Drumpfites, Teabaggers and Sovereign Citizens? Or are the characters portrayed here merely Ronnie Raygun's campaign staff. (The ad was made in 1980).

You decide.

Cresent City Kid

(1,621 posts)
21. My anniversary is on 7-11
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:35 PM
Apr 2016

Every year after my anniversary dinner, I'll turn on the news to see if he's going there to lay a wreath or something.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
23. This is just pure gold. Man, while GD:P is exploding, people are missing all the fun.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 01:02 AM
Apr 2016

Trump just never fails to entertain. Lmao!

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
27. Cut the moron some slack..
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:45 AM
Apr 2016

He's a bumbling idiot with a ton of money he's made off the backs of us peons. Nobody ever said he was "Intelligent", and we all make verbal mistakes from time to time.

There are much greater problems with this turd for brains.

spin

(17,493 posts)
28. When you talk as often and as much as Trump occasionally you stumble ...
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:31 AM
Apr 2016

and misname something. As you age it gets worse and Trump is no spring chicken. I should know as I am the same age as Trump.

Trump says a lot of things he actually means that warrant criticism. This was just a slip of the tongue.

Chrisdutch

(70 posts)
34. 7-11
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:04 PM
Apr 2016

Trump bought a Slurpee, hot dog and a package of Twinkies. But he did deport the Arab that sold it to him.

Dalziel3979

(72 posts)
36. Sometimes
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:14 PM
Apr 2016

I think half the gaffes this guy makes he just does on purpose because he knows it will get him even more press attention and coverage from all sides.

 

Zira

(1,054 posts)
42. I dout he was down there. Can he prove this? Is he suffering from lung issues etc?
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:23 AM
Apr 2016

“I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen, down on 7-11, down at the World Trade Center, right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action," he said during a rally Monday

Yeah, he was standing there in front of the building when the towers came down. I don't believe it.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
45. To be fair, I have made that exact slip, myself.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 12:20 AM
Apr 2016

Trump is an ass but going after him for a slip anyone could make is tasteless. Let's not stoop to his level.

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
48. C'mon... how is this not funny?
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:31 AM
Apr 2016

When the other guy screws up something so fundamental to his fearmongering campaign as the name of the event he's exploiting for cheap emotional punch, when his patriotism is so facile and idiotic, how could we not have some fun with him exposing his own hucksterism?

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
47. Spoken by a man utterly lacking in 411
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:28 AM
Apr 2016

Or maybe there was an unreported 5th hijacking that flew into America's convenience store.

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