People can’t stop cracking up over the former president’s bizarre, bumbling speech.

Speaking outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Donald Trump left everyone confused when he attempted to explain the Battle of Gettysburg, praised (and invented a quote from) Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and generally had no idea what he was talking about.

When his off-the-cuff remarks hit late-night television on Monday, the hosts couldn’t hide their laughter.

“You have to hand it to this guy: On the weekend before his unprecedented criminal trial begins, he somehow manages to overshadow it with this broken-brained interpretation of what happened at Gettysburg during the Civil War,” Jimmy Kimmel quipped.

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    7 months ago

    The quote he made up reeks of lost cause mentality. The idea that Lee lost because his generals didn’t follow his grand wisdom has been around since right after the war. There was a southern journalist who lost a defamation case to a general he claimed didn’t adhere to orders. I think some lost cause circles still bring it up. Despite winning the case the guy was military not pr, and didn’t know how to use the money to repair his reputation from a guy who professionally spreads information (disinformation in this case).