CLEVELAND, Ohio -- No, Donald Trump doesn’t think there were airports during the Revolutionary War.

While paying tribute to the military during Thursday’s “Salute to America” speech, the President recounted a story about how the American army in 1775 seized “the airports” from the British. The only problem? The invention of the airplane was still more than 125 years away.

“In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the great George Washington, commander in chief. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown,” the president said. “Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rocket’s red glare it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant.”

Two things: the Battle of Fort McHenry took place during the War of 1812, not the Revolutionary War. Second, we’re guessing Trump probably meant to say “seaports" instead of “airports.” Still, that didn’t stop the internet from having some fun at the president’s expense.

#RevolutionaryWarAirportStories

The Battle of Baggage Claim (1776)

Many Lives were lost. And Bags too. Some people are saying it was the worst massacre they had ever seen.



Art from @Acyn pic.twitter.com/ZuKfgy3ghd — Covfefe Jones- King Of Shade👑 (@King_Of_Shade) July 5, 2019

When you find out your flight has been cancelled due to bad weather and you and the Continental Army have to spend time in Valley Forge #RevolutionaryWarAirportStories pic.twitter.com/Ri5whf8A7r — Damian Ayers (@Talented_Xth) July 5, 2019

Dearest Martha, please find enclosed a tracking number for my lost luggage at Philadelphia. It shall arrive to Mount Vernon via carriage in 21-25 days. Also enclosed is a receipt for the cost of parking my horse at Dulles for the weekend. #RevolutionaryWarAirportStories — Shawna 🇺🇸⚔️🇬🇧 (@shawna1776) July 5, 2019

Abigail, it's hot as hell in Philadelphia. My desire for a quick trip to Boston is thwarted by a connecting flight through Atlanta. It's as if the world has turned upside down. Yours, John. #RevolutionaryWarAirportStories — Diane@hpochocolate1 (@hpochocolate1) July 5, 2019

One if by Land.

Two if by Sea.

Three if by the Delta Shuttle from LaGuardia.



~Paul Revere#RevolutionaryWarAirports #facts — Marco Price (@Primar13) July 5, 2019

As he was leaving for his golf club in New Jersey for the weekend, Trump blamed the flub on the teleprompter which, he said, malfunctioned after being deluged by rain.

“It kept going out and then at the end it just went kaput,” the president told reporters. "Right in the middle of that sentence it went out and that’s not a good feeling when you’re standing in front of millions and millions of people.

“But despite the rain, that was just a fantastic evening," he added.

President Trump: "That's not a good feeling when you're standing in front of millions and millions of people on television... And I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter. But I knew the speech very well." pic.twitter.com/5MCZc2Vw6t — The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2019

The irony is that for the most part Trump stuck to the script and, other than those two mistakes, reviews of the speech were generally favorable.