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Posted On: 09/11/2020 1:08:51 PM
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No one combines historical illiteracy and compulsive lying like Trump....
‘KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON": TRUMP COMPARED HIMSELF TO BRITS IN THE BLITZ. BUT THAT PHRASE WAS NEVER USED IN WWII
By Tim Elfrink
September 11, 2020 at 4:17 a.m. EDT
Facing a second day of fierce blowback over revelations that he deliberately misled the public about the risks of the novel coronavirus, President Trump on Thursday reached for a historical analogy to explain himself.
“As the British government advised the British people in the face of World War II, ‘Keep calm and carry on.' That’s what I did,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in Freeland, Mich.
While some critics took Trump to task for comparing his decision to misinform the public about a virus that has now killed at least 188,000 Americans to the British government’s battle with the Nazis, others noted that he was the latest to fall for a common myth.
Those uber popular “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters? They were never actually used during World War II. In fact, critics noted, that message contrasted noticeably with many of Winston Churchill’s famed speeches, which urged Britons to fight to the death — not to carry on as if life were normal.
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‘KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON": TRUMP COMPARED HIMSELF TO BRITS IN THE BLITZ. BUT THAT PHRASE WAS NEVER USED IN WWII
By Tim Elfrink
September 11, 2020 at 4:17 a.m. EDT
Facing a second day of fierce blowback over revelations that he deliberately misled the public about the risks of the novel coronavirus, President Trump on Thursday reached for a historical analogy to explain himself.
“As the British government advised the British people in the face of World War II, ‘Keep calm and carry on.' That’s what I did,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in Freeland, Mich.
While some critics took Trump to task for comparing his decision to misinform the public about a virus that has now killed at least 188,000 Americans to the British government’s battle with the Nazis, others noted that he was the latest to fall for a common myth.
Those uber popular “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters? They were never actually used during World War II. In fact, critics noted, that message contrasted noticeably with many of Winston Churchill’s famed speeches, which urged Britons to fight to the death — not to carry on as if life were normal.
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