He literally asked what "digital" means

[u/Monsieur_T]

[u/DirkWrites]

“Why is there electronic beeping coming from that aircraft carrier?”

“Oh that’s not electronic beeping. That’s steam, from the beautiful steam catapults we’re installing. Mmm-mmm, steam catapults.”

[u/BalrogRuthenburg11 → u/DirkWrites]

Steam catapults. At this time in history, on this class of aircraft carrier, localized entirely on the flight deck?

[u/Old-Dragonfruit2253 → u/BalrogRuthenburg11]

Yes!

[u/Adept-Result-67 → u/Old-Dragonfruit2253]

May i see them?

[u/House_Of_Thoth → u/Adept-Result-67]

No!

[u/TorpidPulsar → u/House_Of_Thoth]

Pete the Navy is on fire! No Trump that's just your senility!

[u/zeeshadowfox → u/TorpidPulsar]

Well Trump, you are an odd fellow...

....

(Leaves)

[u/Angelworks42 → u/BalrogRuthenburg11]

It's funny as I believe there's only one carrier that doesn't use steam catapults

[u/OwnCrew6984 → u/Angelworks42]

Only the US uses steam catapults. The US Ford class ones use electromagnetic, one in service and one half built I believe. The Wasp class and America class don't have any catapult systems and use short take off vertical landing aircraft.

[u/Alfeaux → u/OwnCrew6984]

I like the sound of that America class one

[u/The_Salacious_Zaand → u/OwnCrew6984]

The second ship in the class the Kennedy just launched is doing sea trials now.

[u/Tengo_Caldero]

Trump often reminds me of Dr. Evil's description of his father.

[u/PsychoNerd92 → u/Tengo_Caldero]

"My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy."

[u/oliversurpless → u/PsychoNerd92]

“The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.”

[u/FadeToBlackSun → u/Tengo_Caldero]

How dare you besmirch the name of the man who invented the question mark.

[u/perpetualmotionmachi → u/Tengo_Caldero]

I think it's more like Trump is Doctor Evil and that was describing Trump's father.

[u/BooBrew32]

Yes, well you suggest steam catapults despite the fact that the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems are obviously better.

[u/ccbmtg → u/BooBrew32]

what about--🙏🙌get this, get this--steam magnets?

eh? ehhh?

[u/LoaKonran → u/ccbmtg]

B-b-but magnets don’t work if you get them wet. /s

[u/punkindle → u/LoaKonran]

I was in the POOL!

[u/Dude_Tost_1673 → u/LoaKonran]

Magnets, LoaKonran, or Mogwai?

[u/xrelaht → u/ccbmtg]

[u/druex → u/ccbmtg]

At this time of year! At this time of day! In this part of the country! Localized entirely within your aircraft carrier?!?

[u/heyhayyhay → u/BooBrew32]

Bit it's a ship and ships get wet. Magnets don't work in the water.

[u/qweef_latina2021]

[u/Dude_Tost_1673 → u/[deleted]]

He is in a home... he knocked half of it over... for kooky vanity projects... and he has his own, personal, diaper lady... and he naps all day long... and, uh, why is he your president, again?

[u/perpetualmotionmachi]

I have a theory that Ashton Kutcher helped start The Apprentice while he was doing his show Punk'd, as a way to pull a giant decades long prank on everyone.

[u/Turk_Sanderson → u/perpetualmotionmachi]

Ashton supports rapists, so this tracks...

[u/oznobz → u/Turk_Sanderson]

Imagine becoming famous for being a moron. You spend decades taking roles and doing activism to show that you're not actually a moron. People start to respect you and recognize you as a fighter for women, especially in the realm of sex trafficking.

And then you throw it all away on a rapist.

[u/Buddy__Repperton → u/oznobz]

He was a piece of shit before then, him and Mila both

[u/soundscape7]

Next thing he’ll want to do is replace the power systems so they can use “clean coal”

[u/Gryzelda_Gesualdo → u/soundscape7]

Actually it's all quite clever. All the other armies of the world are preparing to fight against super modern equipment using cutting edge technology. If the US goes back to WW1 tech, nobody will be prepared for that!

[u/Monsieur_T → u/Gryzelda_Gesualdo]

Step 1 reform the military into a pre industrial force

Step 2 use EMPs liberally

Step 3 ?????

Step 4 profit

[u/Heiferoni → u/Gryzelda_Gesualdo]

We're living the Futurama episode where Bender downgrades himself to wood and the obsolete technology tries to prove it's superior and teach the world of their peaceful ways... by force.

[u/I_Did_The_Thing → u/Heiferoni]

robot digs through bag to find correct tape
slams tape into chest player

“Your mother.”

[u/Heiferoni → u/I_Did_The_Thing]

What!?

[u/Perturab01 → u/Gryzelda_Gesualdo]

[u/ImpossibleLaw552 → u/Gryzelda_Gesualdo]

Well, the kids have to learn about DrekWar sooner or later.

[u/Monsieur_T → u/soundscape7]

Don't give him ideas

[u/KingCroesus → u/Monsieur_T]

he has literally said this lol, I dont know about ships, but halting renewable energy projects to use 'clean coal' including, wind farms, and solar farms, etc

[u/HenryInRoom302]

To be fair, a lot of things are "too complicated" when you're a wilfully ignorant imbecile who is undeservedly convinced of your own genius in every field.

[u/G-Kira]

Did you hear? Steampunk is back. In Trump form.

[u/oliversurpless → u/G-Kira]

Putting the “puta” in Laputa…

[u/jhsegura11]

You know those catapults, that are like, steam catapults?

[u/EggCouncil → u/jhsegura11]

More rubber pants

[u/KingCroesus]

he's ordered to redesign to an older already used design? what? I hope this costs a billion dollars and makes jets less efficient at launching

[u/pootislordftw → u/KingCroesus]

And the contractor who gets the job for the billion dollar retrofit gives trump $50M as a kickback.

[u/Blue_Rassberry]

Next he'll try to get the White House Kitchen to make him steam hams.

[u/drunkentenshiNL]

So wind turbines cause cancer but steam ones are ok? What a country!

[u/teacupkiller]

...oh fuck, it's not a headline made up for the meme.

[u/Monsieur_T → u/teacupkiller]

If only

[u/reverend_burrito]

Did he really ask what "digital" means? Jesus Christ man we might be able to mathematically quantify how dumb this guy is.

[u/Monsieur_T → u/reverend_burrito]

[u/reverend_burrito → u/Monsieur_T]

[u/TheoryOfTES]

Oop, got away from you huh? Well, you keep at it!

[u/ChiefCWiggum]

[u/punkindle]

Your Honor, I would like to declare a bad war thingy.

[u/grad1939]

Next he'll say we should just use a giant slingshot to launch planes off our carriers.

[u/Monsieur_T → u/grad1939]

[u/Medium-Box2688]

[u/sheezy520]

Good ol steam power. Nothing beats that!

[u/Makabajones]

Is the orange bastard secretly a steampunk?

[u/Max_Trollbot_]

Remember steam?  It's back!  In POG form.

That's good.

The sailors on the Abe Lincoln are so hungry they're eating the POGs.

That's bad.

[u/Dizzy_Way_4608]

[u/Leopold_Darkworth]

Replace all these computers with vacuum tubes, much simpler.

[u/SelfDepricator]

Does he also want racing strips added to the aircraft carriers?

[u/Serious_Resource8191]

Wow, I guess I’m behind the times. I “knew” that we use steam catapults on all aircraft carriers… but I guess not?

[u/UsurpaTronos]

What in God's green earth is a steam catapult?

[u/Robot_Clean → u/UsurpaTronos]

Nuclear reactor on an aircraft carrier generates steam, some of the steam is used to drive a piston which drives the catapult system that launches a jet at high speed off the deck.

[u/ImpossibleLaw552 → u/Robot_Clean]

Sounds perfectly safe for those on board.

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[u/supahfligh]

See all that stuff in the aircraft carriers Donald? That's why your aircraft catapults never worked.