During his "A Salute to America" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Donald Trump said that troops "took over airports" during the Revolutionary War. Of course, said war occurred between 1775–1783, a time in which there were no airports.
"Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rocket’s red glare it had nothing but victory," Trump incorrectly stated. In addition to the whole aviation thing, the Fort McHenry battle that Trump mentioned occurred in Baltimore during the War of 1812.
Read a longer excerpt of Trump's speech, via USA Today, below and scroll down a bit further for clips.
Trump also promised that a U.S. flag will be put on Mars during the speech.
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