Trump je sada bubnuo da je Španjolska gripa, koja se dogodila dva desetljeća prije, okončala Drugi svjetski rat

Američki predsjednik Donald Trump u ponedjeljak je na presici izjavio kako je “pandemija španjolske gripe, koja se dogodila 1917. godine vjerojatno okončala Drugi svjetski rat”. Inače, ta pandemija dogodila se dva desetljeća prije Drugog svjetskog rata, piše HuffPost.

“Najbliže ovom sada je, kažu, bilo 1917. velika pandemija. Bila je to strašna stvar i izgubljeno je 50 do 100 milijuna ljudi. Vjerojatno je okončala Drugi svjetski rat, svi vojnici bili su bolesni”, rekao je Trump. Twitter je njegov novi gaf jedva dočekao pa mu se sada masovno rugaju i pokušavaju ga malo educirati.

The President says the “1917 pandemic” ended the Second World War pic.twitter.com/jSltuSYim2

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 10, 2020

The Second World War ended in 1945. It’s cruel for @DonaldJTrumpJr and family to let @realDonaldTrump stand out there like this. https://t.co/E0v9VAcBWX

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 10, 2020

Sve je fulao

Godinu izbijanja Španjolske gripe Trump je već nekoliko puta pogriješio i ljudi su ga ispravljali. Ipak, on i dalje uporno tvrdi da je Španjolska gripa krenula 1917. godine, iako je krenula 1918. kad je i njegov vlastiti djed, Frederick Trump, preminuo od nje u New Yorku.

Osim toga, Španjolska gripa nema nikakve veze s Drugim svjetskim ratom. Ona je harala 1918. i 1919. godine te se poklopila sa završetkom Prvog svjetskog rata. Prema američkom Centru za kontrolu i prevenciju bolesti, Španjolska gripa prvo je otkrivena među vojnim osobljem u proljeće 1918., a nakon toga se proširila na 500 milijuna ljudi diljem svijeta.

Pandemija se nastavila i sljedeće godine. Širenje je još potpomognuto činjenicom da su vojnici slani diljem svijeta. Drugi svjetski rat, koji Trump spominje, počeo je tek 1939. godine.

Trump: In 1917, the great pandemic, where they lost 50 to 100 million people, probably ended the Second World War.

1. The pandemic happened in 1918, not 1917.

2. About 37 million people died in WWI, not 50 to 100 million.

3. The Second World War ended in 1945, not in 1917. https://t.co/EEsnVUkXcE

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 10, 2020

A significant part of Trump’s (and the Trump campaign’s) message against Biden has been that Biden gets confused and makes speaking mistakes. https://t.co/pfNGzsQYt2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

Rugao se Bidenu

Twiteraši u svemu ovome još više uživaju s obzirom na to da je Trump pokušao diskreditirani svog protukandidat Joea Bidena jer ponekad ne izgovori sve dobro. Prozivao ga je da mu nedostaje mentalne oštrine, a tome su se pridružili i Trumpovi fanovi.

Inače, među onima koji su na Twitteru pokušali educirati Trumpa je i demokratski zastupnik Eric Swalwell, zatim bivši šef za etiku Bijele kuće, Walter Shaub te konzervativna skupina The Lincoln Project. Shaub je tako objavio da imaju najglupljeg predsjednika na svijetu, a drugi da je imao sreće što je Tajna služba prekinula presicu zbog pucnjave.

The President of the United States of America is the stupidest man in the world. https://t.co/O1CSD5eAIy

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 11, 2020

The president thinks the Spanish Flu probably ended World War Two (!) because “all the soldiers were sick.”

The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki fell 75 years ago yesterday, bringing a long and devastating war to a shattering, violent end.

Remember history. Don’t distort it.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 10, 2020

By the way the 1918 flu pandemic started in 1918, not 1917.

World War 2 ended in 1945.

And for some reason it’s the Trump Campaign that’s trying to run on mental fitness.

— The Lincoln Project 🏴‍☠️ (@ProjectLincoln) August 11, 2020

The republicans are worried about Joe Biden’s mental acuity https://t.co/NpmQGSqcjp

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 10, 2020

If anyone says anything about Joe Biden flubbing a line ever again, just post the clip of Trump saying the 1917 pandemic ended the Second World War over and over again.

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) August 11, 2020

Trump says the Spanish Flu in 1917 “probably” ended the Second World War.

The Spanish Flu was in 1918 and WWII ended in 1945. It’s “probably” a good thing the Secret Service cut that press conference short. pic.twitter.com/sHQj2Uqov6

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 10, 2020

The genius MAGA crowd who worships and defends the guy who can’t pronounce “Yosemite” or “Thailand” and says the 1917 pandemic probably ended WW2 thinks Joe Biden is mentally compromised. https://t.co/xt2KY8l1kQ

— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) August 11, 2020

How is this not an example of some sort of brain problem or dementia? He has repeatedly, on numerous occasions, claimed the Spanish flu was in 1917, not 1918. He must have been corrected dozens of times. He still says 1917. It’s not some sort of politically useful lie. Why do it? https://t.co/EEFifIJxjg

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 10, 2020