Sunday, former President Donald Trump flapped through a rambling speech that didn't address anything new but repeated some of the same old talking points typically heard at his rallies.
Trump bragged about his crowd size, he attacked President Joe Biden's family, he went after Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), lied about crime, and went off on several tangents that were impossible to follow.
One piece of the speech disturbed some, however. At one point, while Trump was bragging about what he did to rebuild the old-school military with ships and jets. The United States doesn't typically fight wars using ships and jets anymore, the new war is being fought in cyberspace, as military experts have explained. Still, Trump bragged about what he accomplished. But it was what he threatened after that left some concerned.
"Everything's brand new and we have a great military, or it's coming soon and they won't be able to stop it," said Trump. It's unclear if Trump meant that the new fighter jets the American taxpayers bought are "coming" to the military or if he meant that the military was "coming soon."
There are several reports of militia members and radical right-wing terrorists who have penetrated the American military and police departments. As Trump fans are promising that their guy will be reinstated in August, many Americans have been left wondering if there will be another attack on the U.S. Capitol like the Jan. 6 attack.
Others questioned Trump's ongoing lies and how people still believe them after so many fact-checks and reality has proved otherwise.
See the comments below:
\u201cIt\u2019s coming soon and they won\u2019t be able to stop it.\u201d\n\n- Anyone else hear that?— Alex (@Alex) 1626039970
Another trump lie.\n\ntrump just said pollster John McLaughlin told him, "You got 65 million votes the first time, just get more votes than that next time and you'll get re-elected."\n\nBut John McLaughlin died in August 2016, three months before even the first election!— Strictly (@Strictly) 1626048263
The GOP has been talking about "Communists" all weekend at #CPAC, but they never talk about how two of Trump's wives were Communists or that Melania's parents were Communist party apparatchiks. Also, 4 GOP senators spent July 4, 2018 in Moscow and no one blinked. Just saying.pic.twitter.com/ut7WhuTkq4— Victoria Brownworth #GetVaccinatedNOW (@Victoria Brownworth #GetVaccinatedNOW) 1626034786
I will nutshell the Trump CPAC speech right now. This is what he is saying without saying it: Fuck you, Joe Biden, Garland and the United States Justice Department. I committed every crime imaginable and there is not a damn thing any of you have done about it or will do about it.— Jason Overstreet (@Jason Overstreet) 1626041191
At the same CPAC convention this weekend Louie Gohmert claimed the insurrectionists were actually Democrats dressed up as MAGA, while Trump called them patriots and \u201cbeautiful\u201d peaceful protesters.\n\nSadly, MAGA will believe both can be true.— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1626049829
Trump at CPAC is talking about how he really won the election.\n\nDon\u2019t ignore him. Report on every dangerous, dishonest, undemocratic thing he says.— Joe Walsh (@Joe Walsh) 1626039782
Trump says at CPAC that he didn\u2019t change after being impeached: \u201cI became worse\u201d \u2014 in a proverbial slap in the face to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who voted to acquit Trump and said he learned his lesson.— Hugo Lowell (@Hugo Lowell) 1626051569
FACTS\n\n#1 Trump directly caused the death of Ashli Babbitt.\n\n#2 Babbitt was a domestic terrorist, attacked our Capitol, and betrayed the United States.\n\nShut up and stop making her a martyr, you treason weasels— Lindy Li (@Lindy Li) 1626047323
From reciting the Snake poem at his rallies to comments like this, it\u2019s clear Trump really enjoys trolling his own supporters by openly telling them how he\u2019s conning them. He thinks so little of his own base.https://twitter.com/andrewsolender/status/1414347916236541960\u00a0\u2026— Ahmed Baba (@Ahmed Baba) 1626047420
Why is no one doing anything? I mean didn\u2019t McConnell say Trump would be prosecuted for his role in the insurrection? Hello, Is this thing on?https://twitter.com/caslernoel/status/1414330152910299139\u00a0\u2026— Regina Marston (@Regina Marston) 1626050382
I know the GOP is having fun with their "audits" and CPAC and racist freakshows and sewer-clowns like Tucker, Boebert, and MTG, but one thing future historians (if there are any) will find really weird and disturbing is that Trump wasn't already in federal prison by this point.— Steve Silberman (@Steve Silberman) 1626053951
Don't bother fact checking Trump's CPAC speech. Just put a big "Pants on Fire" stamp on the whole thing.\n\n#ArrestTrumpNowpic.twitter.com/cRaozX8STI— \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc99 Tweety (@\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc99 Tweety) 1626053857
