ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Well, on Wednesday he let loose with another huge mistake/whopper, whichever you want to call it when he was standing next to the Norwegian PM. He actually said that the US was selling F-52 fighter aircraft to them.
Hate to tell y'all, but the F-52 fighter aircraft only exists in one place, and that is in the video game Call of Duty. The most advanced fighter we have is the F-35.
Trump lauded delivery of F-52s to Norway. The planes only exist in ‘Call of Duty.’
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.”
Trump was reading from a statement, and it appears he combined the figure of 52 planes with the “F” designation assigned to fighter jets in the U.S. inventory, such as the F-35 Lightning II.
How is it a Whopper?
The F-52 aircraft doesn't exist anywhere except in the game Call of Duty. The most advanced fighter we have is the F-35. And, I said mistake/whopper because he uses both on a regular basis, and it's usually one or the other.
If he's not lying, he's embellishing.