r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 11d ago

Paywall Trump, 79, Seems Utterly Perplexed About Where Alaska Is - The president made multiple comments suggesting he doesn’t know Alaska is part of the United States.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-seems-utterly-perplexed-about-where-alaska-is/
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u/Carpenterdon 11d ago

Well to be fair....He's going to give Alaska to Russia so it won't be a part of the US much longer....

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u/DFu4ever 10d ago

I’m going to guess his handlers had to convince him to not just make the knee jerk decision to give Alaska to Putin.

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u/PatrioticRebel4 10d ago

The good thing about trump is he's too greedy to just give something away without anything in return. And its a good thing for America that Putin doesnt have any Nobel prizes.

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u/Endarkens 10d ago

Trump Tower in Moscow for the return of federation property (Alaska). Made the greatest deal for America right there!

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u/beardeddragon0113 10d ago

He would sell a US citizen into slavery for a hamberder and a compliment without even a second thought.

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u/octopuds-roverlord New York 10d ago

It wouldn't need to be even that, though. He's so terrible at negotiating he would trade Russia for shit we already have.

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u/JealousAstronomer342 10d ago

There one report (that I’m taking with a grain or two of salt) that Leavitt and Tongue-Bath Squad looked “ashen” after the meeting. I would be willing to make a small wager that they had to really, really, really work at convincing him not to hand over a state full of Americans to a genocidal thug. I mean, a different genocidal thug than the one Americans are already handed over to. 

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u/SnarkyGenXQueen 10d ago

You know, sad thing, he really is going to try and give Alaska to his bro Putin. He thinks they are one and the same.

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u/kdr140 10d ago

“See, Zelenskyy? Land swaps aren’t that hard!”

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u/LiquidPuzzle New Jersey 10d ago

Yea he probably uses this language to benefit Putin.

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u/MoreRopePlease America 10d ago

I wonder what important agreement was reached that they wouldn't give any details about.

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u/s3dfdg289fdgd9829r48 10d ago

The US bought Alaska for about 7 million dollars. Trump is a business man, he might be able to sell it for 14 million dollars and double our money!