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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 04:30 PM Jan 2018

Trump lauded delivery of F-52s to Norway. The planes only exist in 'Call of Duty.'

Source: The Washington Post




By Alex Horton January 11 at 12:05 PM

President Trump caused a stir with his announcement that the United States had delivered F-52 fighter jets to Norway.

Was it a secret advanced jet capable of beating its Russian counterparts? A ruse to fool intelligence analysts? Neither, it turns out. The “F-52” is a fictional jet only available to fly if you’re a gamer at the controls of “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.”

Trump lauded the sale of the fictional planes alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the White House on Wednesday, remarking on the very real and growing defense relationship with America’s Northern Europe ally.

“In November we started delivering the first F-52s and F-35 fighter jets,” Trump said. “We have a total of 52 and they’ve delivered a number of them already a little ahead of schedule.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2018/01/11/trump-lauded-delivery-of-f-52s-to-norway-the-planes-only-exist-in-call-of-duty

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Trump lauded delivery of F-52s to Norway. The planes only exist in 'Call of Duty.' (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
WTF?? gademocrat7 Jan 2018 #1
... BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #2
Stable Genius strikes again n/t emulatorloo Jan 2018 #3
You're #FAKEPLANE xor Jan 2018 #10
Very Sad ... Making up something like this..for what reason? Stuart G Jan 2018 #4
He doesn't know the difference DBoon Jan 2018 #19
Blahahahahha I was wondering what those F-52 comments I've been seeing were coming from xor Jan 2018 #5
Didn't we send Normay a bunch, too??? marble falls Jan 2018 #6
No, that was Nambia. Wonderful country. LuckyLib Jan 2018 #20
Im beginning to think that the people who write stuff for him to say Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #7
It's gotten to the point that every public pronouncement from him shows he has no grasp... brush Jan 2018 #8
They were used after the terror attack at Bowling Green Renew Deal Jan 2018 #9
I remember when that happened. xor Jan 2018 #17
omg Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #26
We will never forget 2/30/11 Renew Deal Jan 2018 #29
tRump made a mistake, the F-52s went to Binomo... Sancho Jan 2018 #11
Is that somewhere near Covfefe? paleotn Jan 2018 #15
Was he thinking B-52's? paleotn Jan 2018 #12
Someone should question him point blank..Are we dlivering F-52s? Stuart G Jan 2018 #13
Exactly. And someone should ask him why does he think black people are shitholers. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #27
The F-52 Strike Fighter... Aristus Jan 2018 #14
Holy smoke, what a clown! ffr Jan 2018 #16
The first plane has been named "The Very Stable Genius" L. Coyote Jan 2018 #18
I guess I'm asking Plucketeer Jan 2018 #24
Norway is buying 52 F-35s. tammywammy Jan 2018 #21
His lack of any knowledge about anything is staggering. You can see his head trying to chelsea0011 Jan 2018 #30
A righteous reponse to the Bowling Green massacre. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #22
Genius Trump gives away F-52s but refuses resources to our own military, killing our troops. keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #23
I can't wait for Sarah to insist the planes exist. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #25
Awesome. Next he will announce a joint defense strategy with Osea tymorial Jan 2018 #28
Shithead assclown. truthisfreedom Jan 2018 #31

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,547 posts)
7. Im beginning to think that the people who write stuff for him to say
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 04:37 PM
Jan 2018

include crazy shit just to fuck with him!

brush

(53,784 posts)
8. It's gotten to the point that every public pronouncement from him shows he has no grasp...
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 04:37 PM
Jan 2018

on what he's talking about.

The DACA roundtable, designed by the White House to show his competence revealed just the opposite.

Long past time for him to be gone.

paleotn

(17,920 posts)
12. Was he thinking B-52's?
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 05:11 PM
Jan 2018

Why would the North Men want those? Some are older than I am.



Maybe he meant The B-52s



I dunno?

Stuart G

(38,428 posts)
13. Someone should question him point blank..Are we dlivering F-52s?
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 05:12 PM
Jan 2018

He could say, he made a mistake..or he could come up with another lie..To make up something like that in front of a world leader, a friend, is beyond stupid. It is sick, and Trump needs to be "gone" as soon as possible.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
27. Exactly. And someone should ask him why does he think black people are shitholers.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 07:57 PM
Jan 2018

I know the media has to play a game for access, but we are close to real problems in the streets.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
24. I guess I'm asking
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 07:24 PM
Jan 2018

if this has been done already, or is it something that should be....

Need a hat like this with the rear end of a horse embroidered on it - few flies buzzing around - and only the words: STABLE GENIUS above or below the equine rump.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
21. Norway is buying 52 F-35s.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jan 2018

And we didn’t just start delivering them. The first Norway jet was rolled out in 2015 and sent to Luke AFB for training. The first jets just arrived in Norway, but they were Norwegian property since 2015.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
30. His lack of any knowledge about anything is staggering. You can see his head trying to
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 06:55 AM
Jan 2018

spurt out all the crib notes he has been fed, and just getting it all wrong. Sad.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
22. A righteous reponse to the Bowling Green massacre.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 05:52 PM
Jan 2018

A righteous reponse to the Bowling Green massacre.

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
23. Genius Trump gives away F-52s but refuses resources to our own military, killing our troops.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 06:49 PM
Jan 2018

Genius Trump gives away F-52s but refuses resources to our own military, killing our troops.

Our military requested more resources for Niger mission(s) but the Trump administration refused them.

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-trump-niger-20171019-story.html

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