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Trump Appears to Forget the Words to the National Anthem — Again
Donald Trump, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, has once again been filmed appearing to forget the words of the National Anthem during an appearance at the Alabama-LSU football in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday.
In a video from the event, Trump stops singing just before the penultimate line of “The Star Spangled Banner”, despite those around him continuing to recite the song.
The president then looks around at the people singing around him, before resuming singing for the anthem’s final line.
The incident is not the first time Trump has appeared to forget the song’s lyrics.
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At the College Football Playoff championship game in Atlanta in 2018, Trump was seen struggling with the words of the Anthem, take a look:
Flashback to the last time Trump attended an Alabama football game and we all found out he doesn’t know the words to the National Anthem. pic.twitter.com/MXpYzHaLpi
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) November 9, 2019
Trump has previously criticized Americans who do not sing the national anthem or choose to kneel during it and has suggested those who do not want to stand for the anthem “should not be in the country”.
At Saturday’s football game in Tuscaloosa, the president was met with a positive reception after he was loudly booed at the World Series in Washington DC last month and received a mixture of boos and cheers at a UFC match in New York last week.
In the pro-Republican state of Alabama, which Trump won with 62 per cent of the vote in 2016, he was greeted with loud cheers from fans.
However, Trump was still met with some resistance:
And then this happened – cheers to these wonderful students who have free will. pic.twitter.com/iaTZJKJKcs
— Publius (@ThePubliusUSA) November 9, 2019
Still, wouldn’t you think after being president for three years Trump would’ve learned the words to the Anthem by now?
WATCH:
President Trump sings the National Anthem at the LSU-Alabama game. #LSUvsBAMA pic.twitter.com/doGIQxwa4Z
— The Hill (@thehill) November 10, 2019
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