They say everyone slips up on geography sometimes โ but when itโs the President of the United States, the world canโt help but chuckle.
European leaders had a field day laughing at Donald Trumpโs latest map mishap.
โMany people come from the Congoโ
Donald Trump seems to have a unique approach to geographyโat least when it comes to countries and regions that pique his interest. Thereโs the famous Gulf of America, his bid to make Greenland โAmerican,โ and a few other ambitious ideas. But when it comes to places a bit further afield, things getโฆ fuzzier.
A few months ago, Trump admitted he wasnโt quite sure where the Congo in Africa is, saying, โmany people come from the Congo.โ
WTF. In an unbelievable showing of stupidity, Donald Trump admits he doesnโt know where the Congo in Africa is: โmany people come from the Congo. I donโt know what that is.โ He is the dumbest president we ever had. pic.twitter.com/o785Qpe8Ry
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Trump has also confused Hungary and Turkey, calling Viktor Orbรกn โthe leader of Turkeyโ and claiming that Hungary is right next to Russia.
On another occasion, he famously said, โWeโre going to Russia,โ just before a meeting with Vladimir Putin โ which, in reality, took place in Alaska, according to Politico.
Geographical mix-up
And more recently, heโs repeatedly mixed up two completely different countries while boasting about his foreign policy wins, even taking credit for calming historic tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
On Fox News last month, Trump boasted: โI solved wars that was unsolvable. Azerbaijan and Albania, it was going on for many, many years, I had the prime ministers and presidents in my office.โ
Yepโฆ you see where he got his wires crossed.
During a summit in Copenhagen on Thursday (October 2), EU leaders couldnโt resist having a laugh. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama turned to President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijanโs President Ilham Aliyev and joked:
โYou should make an apology to us because you didnโt congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan,โ according to Politico.
The trio erupted in laughter, with Macron replying: โIโm sorry for that.โ
Albania (in the Balkans, Europe) and Azerbaijan (in the South Caucasus, near Armenia) are completely separate countries and have no conflict with each other.
Despite the slip-ups, Trump did help broker a real deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia in August to end a conflict that had raged for nearly four decades.
President Aliyev met with Armeniaโs Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House and agreed to a peace deal that, as of now, remains unsigned.
Still, Trump hasnโt let the details stop him from calling it a major U.S. and personal victory. He even described the meeting with a touch of warmth:
โAnd they started off at both sides of the Oval Office, so far away, I didnโt know you could be so far away. And as we were together for an hour, they kept getting closer and closer and by the time we finished, we all hugged each other.โ
When pressed about the deal during a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump once again stumbled over the geography, mispronouncing Azerbaijan as โAber-baijanโ and, of course, bringing Albania into the mix again:
โI am very disappointed in the fact that that oneโs not settled. To think that we settled, Aber-baijan, and Albania, as an example. It was going on for years. It was never gonna be settled. If you remember the prime minister and the presidents and they were there for many years, they said when they were in my office, we settled.โ
