Someone did the maths on Trump’s Korean War claim and it’s a thing of beauty
Here’s Donald Trump flying home on Air Force One after meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore.
People picked up on what he had to say about the relatives of American soldiers who died in the Korean War.
Trump tells Fox that parents of soldiers killed in the Korean War asked him on the campaign trail to bring their sons home. (Absolute minimum age of such a parents is 101 years old. Probable age 110 to 120.) pic.twitter.com/coIjMAekrg
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 14, 2018
So it’s not impossible that he’s not lying. Just, you know …
2/ [Show Your Work] Korean War ends in 1953. Minus 18 years is 1935 (birth of KIA soldier). Minus another 18 years is 1917 (birth of bereaved parent). Ergo a spry 101 years old.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 14, 2018
They weren’t ‘t the only person to do the maths.
Trump claims "thousands" of parents of fallen Korean War soldiers asked him for their children's remains while on the campaign trail. The Korean War ended in 1953. If those parents were 18 when they had their kids (who enlisted at 18), they would be AT LEAST 101 years old today. pic.twitter.com/dmt1ytptkU
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) June 14, 2018
Which reminded people of something else Trump said …
This is like the time Trump said he lost "hundreds" of friends on 9/11. Zero. He lost zero friends on 9/11. He attended zero 9/11 funerals.
Zero parents of fallen Korean War soldiers have spoken to Trump. Zero. https://t.co/d8msLHo1P0
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) June 14, 2018
And here’s what they made of it on the Late Show in the US.
Trump did get one good promise, he won a pledge from Kim Jong-Un to return the remains of those Americans killed in the Korean War. Finally, these soldiers’ families will get some closure. Well done, Mr. President. But then he had to lie about it. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/opNuss3ozw
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 15, 2018
In case anyone wanted some real world examples …
My dad fought in Korea and his parents were born in 1891 and 1892.
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) June 14, 2018
How are they doing?
— Kim Johnston (@Mrs_Johnston01) June 14, 2018
pretty stoked to talk to the President!
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) June 14, 2018
Yep – my uncle was in the Korean War and his parents ( my grandparents) would be 103 and 107 today if they were alive. 45 is unfit, unhinged, and innumerate
— jana goldman (@PressHereJG) June 14, 2018
Grandfather in law is a vet, 91 years old. His mother, who died at age 97, has been dead for almost 25 years.
— Minerva McGonagall (@Expelliarmoire) June 14, 2018
