--- title: Trump: Twitter Roasts President for D-Day Speech in Paris description: The internet is roasting President Donald Trump for bragging about how much he has read about D-Day during remarks he made in France. canonical: https://time.com/4856740/trump-d-day-paris-internet-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-13T18:19:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:21.590Z og:title: The Internet Roasts Trump for Bragging About D-Day Knowledge og:description: Trump gave a brief history lesson on D-Day og:url: https://time.com/4856740/trump-d-day-paris-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf7846184bb7a4c7/6988d58d4ee26274f030e20f/gettyimages-813879012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump Meets France's President Emmanuel Macron og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Roasts Trump for Bragging About D-Day Knowledge twitter:description: Trump gave a brief history lesson on D-Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf7846184bb7a4c7/6988d58d4ee26274f030e20f/gettyimages-813879012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Said He's 'Read So Much About D-Day' and Now the Internet Is Roasting Him > Sponsored content. 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The awkward relationship between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron that began with a white-knuckle handshake and the U.S. president's repudiation of the Paris climate accords gets a chance for a reset with Trumps two-day visit to France. Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg via Getty Images Emmanuel Macron, France's president, center left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, center right, shake hands while posing for photographs at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Thursday, July 13, 2017\. The awkward relationship between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron that began with a white-knuckle handshake and the U.S. president's repudiation of the Paris climate accords gets a chance for a reset with Trumps two-day visit to France. Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 13, 2017 6:19 PM UTC The latest [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4856233/donald-trump-jr-emails/) remark to get the [internet laughing](http://time.com/4824806/trump-panama-canal-internet-reactions/) happened in Paris on Thursday. [Trump](http://time.com/4856227/donald-trump-ahca-health-care-bill-angry/) was giving a speech at Les Invalides military complex when he praised the transatlantic ties between the U.S. and France while giving a brief history lesson. “The bond between our countries was forged in the fires of war. American and French patriots have fought together, led together and died together for freedom, country and democracy,” he said. As he honored veterans, Trump made sure to inform everyone that he hit the books hard on the historic seaborne invasion on June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France known as D-Day. “With us are three American veterans of [D-Day](http://time.com/2826794/at-d-day-commemoration-few-mourn-the-wars-losers/). I’ve read so much about D-Day, very brave people,” Trump said. He later named the vets honored at the event as Joseph Reilly, Donald Cobband Steven Melnikoff. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/885481504780013568) One of several critics quickly retorted on Twitter: “It’s a really terrific day, and people are talking about it more and more.” > [](https://twitter.com/lorikane2000/status/885483148896862209) > [](https://twitter.com/paulbibeau/status/885482726224166912) > [](https://twitter.com/emperorxclothes/status/885516426282491904) > [](https://twitter.com/LarisaLiberty1/status/885495791367970816) > [](https://twitter.com/geistweg/status/885492280546799616) > [](https://twitter.com/ms%5Freba/status/885490209005084672) > [](https://twitter.com/Blu%5FSanz/status/885489696972865536) > [](https://twitter.com/Kanadian%5FKate/status/885486195110805504) Trump [arrived in France](http://time.com/4855860/donald-trump-emmanuel-macron-bastille-day-france/?xid=homepage) Thursday where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of Bastille Day celebrations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4856740/trump-d-day-paris-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4856740/trump-d-day-paris-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"Trump Said He's 'Read So Much About D-Day' and Now the Internet Is Roasting Him","datePublished":"2017-07-13T18:19:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:21.590Z","description":"Trump gave a brief history lesson on D-Day","url":"https://time.com/4856740/trump-d-day-paris-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","trump","onetime","President Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf7846184bb7a4c7/6988d58d4ee26274f030e20f/gettyimages-813879012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf7846184bb7a4c7/6988d58d4ee26274f030e20f/gettyimages-813879012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump Meets France's President Emmanuel Macron","caption":"President Donald Trump Meets France's President Emmanuel Macron","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4856740/trump-d-day-paris-internet-reactions/","name":"Trump Said He's 'Read So Much About D-Day' and Now the Internet Is Roasting Him"}}]}] ```