It’s been several years since President Barack Obama stood at Naval Station Norfolk in front of active-duty sailors and compared Republicans to bugs in need of extermination.

In a rambling speech, Obama made specious claims about the armed forces, asserted that he predicted the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and urged uniformed service members to boo his political opponents in a violation of propriety and protocol.

That never happened, of course. But that accurately describes what unfolded in Norfolk on Sunday afternoon when President Donald Trump delivered a wholly inappropriate address at the world’s largest Navy base.

Sunday’s event was meant to commemorate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Navy but Trump predictably used the occasion for self-aggrandizement and political score settling.

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