Trump is EVISCERATED on Twitter National Anthem mumbling

Donald Trump is being dragged on Twitter after he appeared to not know many of the words to the National Anthem during his appearance at the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Alabama and Georgia.

The Anthem was performed by the Zac Brown Band at Monday night’s game. Trump placed his right hand over his heart and he was flanked by military members who saluted.

He appears to do pretty well in the beginning, clearly mouthing along to ‘say can you see, by the dawn’s early light…proudly we hailed’.

Trump was flanked by military members during the game between the Bulldogs and the Crimson Tide

He appeared to mouth certain words and phrases properly but at other points remained silent or appeared to mouth gibberish

At one point (not pictured) Trump appeared to give side eye to the camera that was trained directly on him for the duration of the Anthem

But then his mouth appears to go awry. He utters something at ‘gleaming’ and appears to correctly mouth ‘stripes and bright stars’.

Otherwise, he either keeps his mouth shut or appears to utter gibberish.

President 45 also appears to give a quick side eye to the camera trained directly on him and at another point pats his chest while remaining silent.

The former businessman gets back on track with ‘red glare, The bombs bursting in air’. While singing this phrase, his eyes go wide for reasons unknown.

He sings along to ‘gave proof through the night’ before appearing to veer off again.

On ‘wave,’ when the Anthem crescendos before its last line and people generally start clapping, Trump gives an awkward smile.

He then states ‘For the land of the free, and the home of the brave’ – but appears to preemptively say ‘brave’. 

Twitter was quick to take Trump – who has been a vocal critic of football players who do not stand for the National Anthem – to task for appearing to mumble his way through it.

Vigilant tweeters were quick to take Donald Trump to task for appearing to bumble his way through the National Anthem

Kasey Dixon wrote: ‘Does @realDonaldTrump even know the words of the Star Spangled Banner? Sure doesn’t look like it…’

puppits said: ‘Thought Trump looked ok until the camera close-up showed he clearly didn’t know the words to the Star Spangled Banner’

Drew Gibson observed: ‘When the camera panned to [Trump] he just had that mouth agape, thousand-yard stare going.’ 

Inderia Salter wistfully asked: ‘Where is Obama?’ 

The fumbled Anthem came as Trump was jeered and booed by several protest groups that packed into an already crowded Atlanta, where the game is being held. 

The Atlanta branch of the NAACP urged people to wear white to the game and to bring white towels to wave when the president enters the stadium. 

The white is meant to mock the ‘snowflake’ insult that Trump supporters have made against those who oppose the president.

‘We’re going to make a snowflake turn into a mighty blizzard inside of Mercedes-Benz stadium when Mr. Trump comes,’ Gerald Griggs, a vice president of the Atlanta NAACP, said at a news conference Monday.

Drew Gibson observed on Twitter: ‘When the camera panned to [Trump] he just had that mouth agape, thousand-yard stare going’

Ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is pictured at center kneeling during the National Anthem before an October 2016 game against the Dallas Cowboys. He inaugurated the kneeling movement as a means to protest police brutality against African Americans

The organization also planned a ‘Twitter storm’ beginning at 6pm and continuing through to the end of the game. 

The plan is to use the hashtag #AllTrumpsLies to highlight what they say are lies told by the president.

Another group, Refuse Fascism ATL, also demonstrated outside CNN’s world headquarters near Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where the game was set to kick off at 8pm. The group planned to ‘take a knee’ there at 6.30pm.

Atlanta police stated earlier that they set up several designated areas for protesters and won’t interfere with demonstrations unless protesters break the law. 

Local, state and federal law enforcement authorities said last week that they’ve worked for months to develop security plans. 

Earlier on Monday, Trump urged respect for the American flag and the national anthem at a farmers’ convention on Monday.

Trump was there to deliver a partisan message about tax cuts and regulation-slashing to America’s largest agriculture group.

The Georgia Bulldogs Marching Band performs on field prior to the game presented by AT&T at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Brian Robinson Jr, #24 of the Crimson Tide, walks out of the tunnel with Jonah Williams #73 during warm ups prior to the game

Crimson Tide cheerleaders perform during the game held in Atlanta, Georgia

Trump waves to sports fans as he walks on the field before the game

However, he began talking about the ‘great American flag’ midway through.

‘We are fighting for our flag. We want our flag respected. We want our flag respected,’ he said twice. ‘And we want our national anthem respected, also,’ Trump added to whoops.

Kendrick Lamar, the game’s half-time performer, could also take the opportunity to rip the president after saying in October that Trump’s election was a ‘mindf***’ and it is ‘building the fire’ for him.

A track Lamar released earlier this year, ‘The Heart Part 4,’ hits Trump as a ‘chump’ and claims that Russia is ‘up to something’.

Trump said Monday afternoon in Tennessee that there’s ‘plenty of space for people to express their views and to protest.

‘But love our flag, we love our anthem, and we want to keep it that way,’ the president stated.

At a rally in Alabama last year, Trump issued a sharply worded warning to players who do not stand for the National Anthem.

The move was inaugurated by ex-49ers Colin Kaepernick during the 2016-2017 season as a means to protest police violence against African Americans.  

‘Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, “Get that son of a b***h off the field right now! He is fired. He’s fired!”‘ Trump boomed at the rally held in September 2017.

His crowd applauded and chanted ‘USA! USA!’