Trump Seems To Declare ‘We Have To Keep Our Country Gay’ In Speech Flub

An unfortunate slip-up during one of Donald Trump’s routine campaign speeches that he loves so much has his critics in stitches, because it sure sounded like he said that “we have to keep our country gay” as he stumbled over his well-worn slogan. The gaffe occurred late last week, and wasn’t going to go unnoticed, since Trump has worked so hard to make sure we all have no choice but to pay attention to him.

Trump was at another “Save America” rally in Wilmington, North Carolina to champion his preferred candidates for the upcoming midterm elections in November when he stumbled in just the right spot.

“Remember, I was going to say, I was going to use an expression, ‘we have to keep our country gay,’ [unintelligible] but it’s not, I mean, for some reason, it’s just not great anymore,” he said.

It seems as though Trump was attempting to invoke the variant to his classic slogan “Make America Great Again,” which change to “Keep America Great” after he was elected president. However, he apparently forgot for a moment exactly how that went, and as he realized he was messing it up, also forgot to pronounce the “R” and “T” sounds in the word “great.”

And therefore he invented one of the best political slogans ever uttered by any politician who ever existed.

A better politician would have run with it and proudly declared that we must keep America gay, nay perhaps even make it gayer. However, in spite of a couple empty statements claiming to support LGBTQ+ folks, his actions speak much louder than his constant barrage of words. During his time as president, he advanced multiple policies that make it easier to discriminate against the queer community in the U.S. and has been supportive of Republicans leading the crusade against trans people.

The rest of Trump’s speech was pretty standard fare, including the usual falsehoods about the 2020 election and complaining about being the most persecuted president ever. This one, of course, included additional whining about the FBI taking away some of those top secret documents he said he declassified with his mind and took to Mar-a-Lago from the White House when he left office.

Trump can also add the recent civil lawsuit filed against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleging many years of tax evasion committed by his real estate businesses to his list of problems. His habit of interpreting the law to mean whatever he feels like may be catching up with him.

Meanwhile, this is a rare moment of people on the political left agreeing with Trump, and the jokes are pretty much mandatory.

Guess he's got something else on his mind. — Samir (@PackersGonnaWin) September 24, 2022

It’s great to see him come around!!! — Sue B Esq (@Bob57518442) September 24, 2022

Make Our Country Gayfurffifitt? That the slogan right? — Manannan (@Mannanan6) September 24, 2022

You heard him, everyone! Keep our country, 🏳️‍🌈🌈GAY!🌈🏳️‍🌈 https://t.co/z2vI8uuRxN — Bitchfinder General ⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Kel ♉ (@HeathenLegion) September 24, 2022

Who was on his mind as he was saying that? 🤔 https://t.co/FuwyjYSzmP — Marla in WNC 😷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈☮️🌊 (@MarlaCaldwell) September 24, 2022

🤣🤣🤣"To use an expression: we have to keep our country gay puh puh." https://t.co/IV2iDTra2m — Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 24, 2022