Donald Trump could also be president, however that doesn’t imply you need him because the navigator on a highway journey.
That’s as a result of the president made a declare concerning the Center East on Sunday not supported by any map ― and one that may get him a failing grade on a geography check.
Whereas speaking with journalists on Air Pressure One, Trump praised Qatar for its function within the ceasefire and credited the “great” assist of the nation’s emir, Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, in mediating the peace deal.
Trump might have left it there, however he went on to make an embarrassing gaffe.
“They have been very courageous and their chief, the emir, was very courageous,” Trump mentioned. “His nation is true in the course of every little thing. Extra so than every other nation. His nation, you stroll throughout a line, and also you’re there.”
“Different international locations are there, however they’re an hour or an hour and a half away, a giant distinction. They’re actually, you stroll over from Iran to Qatar. You’ll be able to stroll it in a single second. You go ‘growth growth,’ and now you’re in Qatar, that’s powerful territory.”
The factor is, if one merely seems to be at a map of the Center East, Qatar and Iran don’t share a land border. They’re separated by the Persian Gulf, so they do share a maritime boundary, however there’s no approach one might be standing in Qatar after which, “growth growth,” be in Iran — except they will stroll on water with the velocity of The Flash.
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It didn’t take lengthy for individuals on X to clock Trump’s flub on Sunday.
“A kind of odd moments the place Trump gives extremely particular & completely inaccurate information about one thing nobody requested him about,” tweeted John Hudson of The Washington Post, together with a map.
CBS politics reporter Kathryn Watson additionally identified the error by additionally offering a map. This prompted different critics on X to share their two cents.
Earlier this month, Trump claimed that he brokered a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Albania, when it was actually with Azerbaijan and Armenia, Politico reported.
In August, the president claimed he was touring to Russia to fulfill with Vladimir Putin when he was actually going to Alaska.
Throughout a 2018 rally, Trump appeared not to know the difference between the UK, Nice Britain and England.
