I think what’s he’s getting confused about is that they’re using electromagnets, which the circuitry of could certainly be damaged by water.
I suspect someone at some point communicated some kind of potential problem the navy could be having, and he just went “magnets + water = bad, got it”. Which is what I think the real point should be here. It’s not so much that the president is confused about how magnets work, its more that someone at some point mentioned some kind of existing or potential situation and he is just spewing it back out without really understanding it.
Like basically the president of the fucking United States is not capable of understanding someone telling him that electromagnets can be damaged by water and/or is unable to communicate that basic concept.
Never mind every other fucking electronic thing on a modern aircraft carrier.
Nobody tell him that fighter jets sink in the water, he’ll have all the carriers decommissioned because “Planes don’t go on water. Why are we sending airplanes into the ocean, they’ll just sink!”
Yeah, see, you don’t need to worry about planes sinking in the water if you don’t take them out in the water. Melt all the carriers down and make shitty branded watches out of them to sell to dopes for way too much money.
I think what’s he’s getting confused about is that they’re using electromagnets, which the circuitry of could certainly be damaged by water.
I suspect someone at some point communicated some kind of potential problem the navy could be having, and he just went “magnets + water = bad, got it”. Which is what I think the real point should be here. It’s not so much that the president is confused about how magnets work, its more that someone at some point mentioned some kind of existing or potential situation and he is just spewing it back out without really understanding it.
Like basically the president of the fucking United States is not capable of understanding someone telling him that electromagnets can be damaged by water and/or is unable to communicate that basic concept.
Never mind every other fucking electronic thing on a modern aircraft carrier.
Nobody tell him that fighter jets sink in the water, he’ll have all the carriers decommissioned because “Planes don’t go on water. Why are we sending airplanes into the ocean, they’ll just sink!”
Well, to be fair, we do seem to be doing that a lot
One of those was a helicopter, which in fairness, also does not go on water.
Yeah, see, you don’t need to worry about planes sinking in the water if you don’t take them out in the water. Melt all the carriers down and make shitty branded watches out of them to sell to dopes for way too much money.
Hey - ask him about windmills
Or the big faucet in the mountains.