# Is Trump confused? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 24, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589 "2024-01-24T13:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1129
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1129 "2024-06-28T22:46:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump: Electric planes fall out of the sky when it’s cloudy He didn’t say that it’s cloudy, he said “the sun isn’t shining” which could also include nighttime. There are aircraft that use solar power, such as the NASA Pathfinder. > **[Where Are They Now: Pathfinder Plus - NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/where-are-they-now-pathfinder-plus/)** > > During 1998, the Pathfinder was modified into the longer-winged Pathfinder-Plus configuration. On Aug. 6, 1998, the modified aircraft was flown to a record altitude of 80,201 feet for propeller-driven aircraft on the third of a series of... [![](https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/NASA-Pathfinder/IMAGES/NASA-Pathfinder-Plus-Title.jpg) ](https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/NASA-Pathfinder/IMAGES/NASA-Pathfinder-Plus-Title.jpg) It has a backup battery to handle conditions where there is inadequate sunlight, and of course it’s unmanned. I’m not aware of any plans for manned aircraft to rely on solar power. Trump does this often. He hears something, comes up with a potential problem based solely on speculation, then acts like this is some issue that he came up with himself because he’s a genius that none of the “experts” have thought of or are choosing to ignore. He loves him a good strawman, it’s easy for tiny hands to push over I guess. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589)._