WASHINGTON (DPA) - US President Donald Trump blamed a faulty teleprompter for a gaffe in his Fourth of July speech, in which he claimed that the Continental Army "took over airports" during the Revolutionary War - more than a century before the dawn of aviation - but his remarks still inspired a storm of social media hilarity. "The Battle of Baggage Claim (1776) Many Lives were lost. And Bags too," a Twitter user called @King-Of-Shade tweeted, along with an image of George Washington crossing the Delaware - in an airport. The inspiration was two apparent anachronisms in Mr Trump's speech from the Lincoln Memorial, delivered during a rainstorm, in which he discussed the revolutionary army seizing victory from the British. "The Continental Army suffered a bitter winner at Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown," Mr Trump said in his speech, referring to the 1781 surrender by British General Charles Cornwallis at the … [Read more...] about Trump said revolutionary army ‘took over airports’