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A thread for those who think @realDonaldTrump could find Ukraine on a marked map:
. @realDonaldTrump thinks Belgium is a city, albeit a pretty one. https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-belgium-is-a-beautiful-city-hellhole-us-presidential-election-2016-america/
. @realDonaldTrump seems to think Paris is in Germany. (It kind of was for a few years in the 1940s, I guess.) https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/685089631973601280
. @realDonaldTrump thinks there are countries on this planet called “Nipple” and “Button.” (Do NOT, under any circumstances, ask him to point them out. PLEASE.) https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/trump-world-knowledge-diplomatic-774801
Also, @realDonaldTrump didn’t understand that when it’s the afternoon in Washington, it’s the middle of the night in Tokyo. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/trump-world-knowledge-diplomatic-774801
In a meeting with leaders from the *Baltic* states, @realDonaldTrump thought he was talking to people from the *Balkans*. (No, seriously. This created quite a stir in diplomatic circles.)
https://www.baltictimes.com/trump_confused_baltics_with_balkans_at_a_meeting_with_baltic_presidents_in_april_-_newspaper/
https://www.baltictimes.com/trump_confused_baltics_with_balkans_at_a_meeting_with_baltic_presidents_in_april_-_newspaper/
I have to say that really is my personal favorite. @realDonaldTrump is there trashing the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia for the breakup Yugoslavia, and they’re like, WTF. And then it dons on them—Balkans, Baltics ... buffoon. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/baltics-vs-balkans-trump-reportedly-gets-the-two-confused-at-meeting-with-leaders-of-estonia-latvia-and-lithuania.html
Don’t forget that beautiful border wall @realDonaldTrump is building between Colorado and Mexico. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/24/trump-colorado-wall-mocked-twitter/
Oh, wait. A small correction. @realDonaldTrump thought Nipple and Button were in India, not separate countries. My bad—we all make mistakes. Sorry. https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/donald-trump-nepal-bhutan-button-nipple-1449172-2019-02-06
. @realDonaldTrump once bombed Syria but thought he bombed Iraq. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/04/12/trump-xi-syria-iraq-misspeak-fox-intv-orig-vstop-aa.cnn
. @realDonaldTrump once got a call from the president of *South* Korea, but then told hundreds of journalists that he’d gotten a call from the leader of *North* Korea. https://qz.com/1222154/trump-said-he-talked-to-north-korea-but-it-was-actually-south-korean-president-moon-jae-in/
“After I had won, everybody was calling me from all over the world. I never knew we had so many countries.”
— @realDonaldTrump https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/trump-after-i-had-won-everybody-was-calling-me-from-all-over-the-world-i-never-knew-we-had-so-many-countries/2017/11/06/0d88c118-c2e9-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_video.html
— @realDonaldTrump https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/trump-after-i-had-won-everybody-was-calling-me-from-all-over-the-world-i-never-knew-we-had-so-many-countries/2017/11/06/0d88c118-c2e9-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_video.html
. @realDonaldTrump once told the prime minister of India, “It’s not like you’ve got China on your border.” (India has a 2,520-mile border with China.) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/its-not-like-youve-got-china-on-your-border-trump-geography-error-stunned-indian-prime-minister
. @realDonaldTrump has to be told in 2018 that Ireland isn’t part of the U.K. .... https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/embarrassing-trump-told-ireland-is-not-part-of-uk-1.3563769
... yet made the mistake again in 2019. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/us-president-donald-trump-calls-ireland-part-of-uk-as-he-boasts-about-his-british-properties-38437690.html
And just a few days ago, @realDonaldTrump earned global mockery when met with the president of *Iraqi* Kurdistan but thought he was taking to someone from *Syria*. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/23/trump-appears-confuse-kurds-syria-iraq-meeting-with-president-iraqi-kurdistan/
When Gordon Sondland called @realDonaldTrump on July 26 and said he was in Kyiv, Trump had to ask whether Sondland was in Ukraine, according to the testimony of embassy staffer David Holmes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-holmes-statement-impeachment-inquiry-full-opening-statement/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-holmes-statement-impeachment-inquiry-full-opening-statement/
National-security officials once showed @realDonaldTrump a map of Korea. What he saw stunned him: He had no idea Seoul was so close (15 mi) to the DMZ, well within the range of KPA-GF artillery. https://time.com/5744414/trump-generals-military-experience/
. @realDonaldTrump asked, “Why is Seoul so close to the North Korean border?”
And then, referring to the 10 million inhabitants of South Korea’s capital, he said, “They have to move!” https://time.com/5744414/trump-generals-military-experience/
And then, referring to the 10 million inhabitants of South Korea’s capital, he said, “They have to move!” https://time.com/5744414/trump-generals-military-experience/
In 2018, @realDonaldTrump didn’t know the difference between England and the United Kingdom, our closest ally. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-britain-england-1055423
And in 2019, @realDonaldTrump remained blissfully ignorant, and confused about, the distinction between England and the UK. He seems to think that England changed its name. Maybe a branding thing. Who knows. https://www.indy100.com/article/trump-england-uk-g7-interview-boris-johnson-9080026
And now we have this for the Trump geography thread: https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1224170024572723200
And now it appears that the president of the United States of America thinks that one of the two military engagements that started America’s Revolutionary War was fought in Concord, *New Hampshire*. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7990485/Trumps-poor-geography-strikes-President-praises-famous-Concord-road-NH.html
Update to my @realDonaldTrump-is-ignorant-about geography thread.
Trump didn’t know that Finland is separate country from Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/politics/trump-2020-election.html
Trump didn’t know that Finland is separate country from Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/politics/trump-2020-election.html
