This weekend in Cinncinatti, President Donald J. Trump once again boiled in the mainstream media, seemingly favorable comments regarding confederation general Robert E. Lee as a “great” military leader. However, the full description of the recording reveals that the commander -in -chief made such comments only as a preface to the announcement of General Union and the President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant as a really unique leader who was finally able to facilitate President Abraham Lincoln to defeat South.
First of all, NBC News posted a edited clip on Twitter without a context, which showed that President Donald J. Trump discussed only Robert E. Lee.
In the 52-second film, the president says what is:
“It also gave you a general – who was amazing. He drank a little too much. You know who I am talking about. So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And at Abraham Lincoln the phobia developed. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee! He was raging, I don’t know if you know this story, but Robert E. Lee won the battle behind the battle, and Abraham Lincoln returned home and said: “I can’t.” He defeated Robert E. Lee “and had all these generals. They looked great. They were leading in their class in West Point, they were the greatest people. There is only one problem – they didn’t know how to win, they didn’t know how to fight, they didn’t know. know how. ”
See: President Trump during a rally in Ohio said that “Robert E. Lee was a wonderful general”, calling the confederation leader “amazing”. pic.twitter.com/4p6huezcd4
– NBC news (@nbcnews) October 13, 2018
And then the clip ends. Whoever worked on Friday’s evening change in the NBC News editorial office, decided that placing this quote on Twitter is worth publishing. Did the Editor of the NBC News weekend believe that the President’s purpose was to praise Robert E. Lee? Or maybe he deliberately tried to get President Trump out of context? Well, to decipher his reasoning, you need to read the comments of President Trump in this part of his rally.
Manu Paradise from CNN posted a full copy of the right part of his comments on Twitter. The full text shows that President Trump described Lee as a “great” general in terms of his ability to win battles (which is true) and that the “amazing” description concerned Ulysses S. Grant. Trump continues to tell how the Grant was an alcoholic (it’s also true), but he managed to defeat Lee, who at some point Lincoln asked for command of the Union army. To show how impressive the achievements of Grant were, President Trump does what is the following: 1) recalls Lee’s initial success for the South and 2) discusses the so -called experts who at that time failed to stop this powerful opponent.
Here are his comments: pic.twitter.com/8le6irqgpo
– Manu Paradise (@Mkraju) October 13, 2018
Although the president clearly bragged about the heroic victory of Ohio Grant on the south, the liberals on Twitter and in the media reacted impulsively when they heard the term general of the confederation as “wonderful”. It is as if the liberals heard the word “great” and immediately assumed that President Trump meant the “great” confederation, and not that Lee simply had a “great” military mind.
This nuance did not stop Washington post From the headlines of newspapers such as: “Trump calls black to” honor “Republicans with voices, and then praises the general confederation Robert E. Lee.” Liberal commentators on Twitter, such as Brian Krassenstein, completely ignored the full context of his comments and decided, “Trump is such a” stable genius “that during the Civil War he goes to Ohio, the state of Union Union in the north, and praises Robert E. Lee, at the same time calling Ulysses S. Grant” drunkard “. I think that he flatter the latter “stable geniuses” who live in Ohio and proudly hang the confederation flags. “
Of course, conservatives pointed out that President Trump was completely right in his claims, did not praise the confederation and did not insult Grant.
I can’t even believe the dishonesty of the media surrounding Trump saying that Robert E. Lee was a good general. Praising Grant for defeating him was at the end.
Moreover, Lee was objectively one of the best military minds of those times
– Alec is afraid? (@Searsal) October 13, 2018
Robert E Lee was actually a great general. Undermining this fact is simply idiotic. You do not have to be a supporter of the confederation to recognize the basic historical reality.
– Matt Walsh (@Mattwalshblog) October 13, 2018
The audience does not support Robert E. Lee.
Cheer when @realdonaldtrump recalls General Grant.
Because he is in Ohio and the grant was with Ohio.
This is a miserably stupid controversy invented by the media. https://t.co/u5ophyvvap“Soooperr!” ? C137 (@Soopermexican) October 13, 2018
As an optimist, I would like to believe that those who pull President Trump out of context here are in fact simply too badly informed to understand the meaning of his comments made during yesterday’s rally. For a person with common sense, it is painfully obvious that for a liberal fighting with Trump in the media or on Twitter, if the commander -in -chief can be presented as a bad man, the hell is it right. The left will deliberately publish false messages to divide the country.
