Does Donald Trump Think Electric Planes Would Run On Solar Power?

If you attended Donald Trump’s latest rally in Virginia, you’re probably a touch dumber than you were before

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At a recent rally in Virginia, Donald Trump touched on one of his favorite topics, electric vehicles. We’ll let the former “leader of the free world” put it in his own words:

“All they know is electric. They want electric army tanks. They want electric planes. What happens if the sun isn’t shining while you’re up in the air?

To reiterate: It really looks like this man believes that if the sun stops shining on electric planes, they’ll lose power. Thankfully, many people online cooked his ass. “Electricity, a technology that famously does not work in the dark,” read one tweet.

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Expect to hear even more outlandish lies and theories as we get closer to election day.