Be proud America... This is YOUR goddamned president:

[Blue_Tires]

Link to tweet

[bearsfootball516]

1. Dumbass-in-Chief at it again...

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. The laughing stock

of the world. All that time and integrity our Forefathers put into our prestige and promise. They cheated. We want it all back like it was pre-dt. Nothing else is acceptable. It's been a chain of rip-offs to the American People and the US Treasury.

[NCTraveler]

3. What a fucking idiot. And who cares if they did.

Fucking simpleton.

[Aristus]

4. If I were Justin Trudeau, I would have responded by pointing out that the colonies, and later the US

invaded Canada seven times, and got their asses kicked each time.

Three times during the French and Indian War.

Twice during the American Revolution.

Twice during the War of 1812.

Every attempt failed.

So Trump should just STFU...

[Jerry Can]

34. To Be Annoyingly Accurate No One burned Down The White House in 1814.

In 1814, the British (grizzled veterans from the Peninsular War: the King's Own Light, 21st Royal North British Fusiliers, the East Essex Regiment of Foot, and 85th Regiment of Foot) set fire to every government building in Washington, but not the 'White House'.

Why not? Because at that time it was called the 'Executive Mansion'. It was often referred to unofficially as the 'white house' because it had been given a coat of whitewash to seal the stone used in its construction and that was refreshed every few years.

The British did set fire to the 'Executive Mansion', but a storm started the following afternoon, saving the 'Executive Mansion' from total ruin.

It wasn't until 1901 when Theodore Roosevelt had "White House, Washington" engraved on the stationery that the name became official.

[Aristus]

35. Welcome to DU.

As an American, please allow me to apologize for our non-Presidential hamhock, even though I didn't vote for the asshole...

[Fullduplexxx]

5. What a colossal loser

[Gothmog]

6. Trump is an idiot

[AZ8theist]

7. NOT MINE.

[NurseJackie]

8. God Bless America!

"... stand beside ME, and guide ME, through the night with the light from above..."

[world wide wally]

9. Truxeau's simple answer

Not yet

[asuhornets]

10. What Tha???!!!! n/t

[progressoid]

11. Trumpanzees think Donny won that argument.

[Javaman]

12. 1) I didn't and don't vote for morons.

2) he is a moron.

[Javaman]

13. I couldn't resist.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. Exactly what Kelly, Huckabuck, the staff and Faux News will say...

"forget it, he's rolling!".

...........

[Docreed2003]

27. Thread winner!!

[BHDem53]

14. Stable genius?

[Honeycombe8]

15. Idiot, supported by deplorables. nt

[Blue_Tires]

39. What really scares me is how his calls with other foreign leaders sound

[iluvtennis]

16. Always personal attacks...can never talk about policy. And this was revealed during the election

except the media wanted to focus on email.

[djacq]

17. Orange Clown can tweet but no to Wiki

Took me a minute on the Wikipedia app.

Easy find in the contents; “1814 fire”.

[D_Master81]

18. Even had they

That was 206 years ago. How does that have any relevance to today’s policies?

[Totally Tunsie]

19. Zero days

[link:https://www.amazon.com/Since-Trump-Embarrassed-America-Shirt/dp/B07712JNCY/ref=sr_1_52?ie=UTF8&qid=1528314986&sr=8-52&keywords=not+my+president+t+shirt|

[Pepsidog]

20. Don the Dumb!!

[zentrum]

21. Okay. But for accuracy....

Canada was part of the Empire back then and still is. It is sort of Britain. And for all we know Canadians were in the invasion force, helping their head of government. Right?

Real question.

I sometimes wonder if we'd be better off without the Revolution. I think slavery would have ended sooner, though that may be wishful thinking, given how much the economies of both Africa and Britain depended on slave labor. But we'd be today a more progressive, educated country—more like Canada, which is a better country than we are, in terms of the government giving a real damn for its people.

[Jerry Can]

37. To be specific.

Elements from the Peninsular War that was freed up after the abdication of Napoleon and hurried across the Atlantic to clean up the North American battle with one of Napoleon's allies. The British as the time thought America took advantage of the fact that Britain was tied up with a war against most of Europe under Napoleon, the War Hawks were vociferous and even to canny a thinker as Thomas Jefferson thought that invading Canada was " a mere matter of walking."

Perhaps the Seventeenth Century's equivalent to a cakewalk.

[zentrum]

42. Thanks. Great information.

[Blue_Tires]

38. Are you serious or just taking the piss?

Without the American Revolution, Spain would kept New Spain and all their holdings, Russia keeps Alaska, and France keeps the Louisiana Territory...

[zentrum]

41. Interesting. Yes, was just

…thinking how we'd have perhaps been better of staying with England. But your points about the larger moment in history are terrific. Thanks.

[FSogol]

45. Fuck England. Go read The Great Shame by Thomas Keneally

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Double stupid. Wasn't even Canadians. Was the British. . . nt

[billpolonsky]

23. A proverbial Canadian college radio favourite from the late 90's

Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie comedy troupe

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[chade]

44. I thought of the same thing when I read the news!

My roommate introduced me to them back in college. I am so irrationally happy to see a reference in this thread! Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[MurrayDelph]

24. Trump probably couldn't tell you

when the War of 1812 was.

(Or why Tchaikovsky played Russian and French themes during his Overture)

[Kurt V.]

25. tRump sure didn't know that.

my guess is miller told him.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

28. Oh, the shame.....can it get any worse?

Oh wait, it has....it's in the news in Canada as well: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/macron-trudeau-meeting-g7-1.4693770

.......

[Bettie]

29. How can he be so fucking stupid

all the time?

I'd think you have to actually work at it to be as much of a dumbass as he is.

[Glimmer of Hope]

30. I laugh then remember millions of people support him.

[roamer65]

31. Canada, please annex Michigan ASAP.

The stupid over here is unbearable.

[oasis]

32. After all, it was Trump who informed us that Lincoln was a Republican.

He has a very high IQ and went to the best schools.

[Totally Tunsie]

43. He has the best words too...really, really good words! n/t

[XRubicon]

33. Brawndo's Got Electrolytes!

[RandomAccess]

36. This takes the cake

I was SURE that was The Onion, or Borowitz.

I can't stop laughing. Not even SNL.

[Cha]

40. Stupid Fraud