In a meandering, embarrassing, and even nonsensical address to the nation’s top military leaders Tuesday in Virginia, President Donald Trump was almost incoherent at times as he switched topics endlessly, listed out his grievances repeatedly, and even went on a tirade about sending a nuclear submarine to Russia’s coast.

But one of the most eye-popping comments Trump made, after bizarrely mentioning “N-word” twice, once in a new context, was when he first walked into an utterly silent room full of admirals, generals and other top members of the armed forces and demanded they applaud him.

“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before. Don’t laugh, don’t laugh. You’re not allowed to do that. You know what? Just have a good time. If you want to applaud, you applaud and if you want to, do a

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