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/FreedomBread 10d ago

“We’ll see what happens, if it’s bad, if it’s something I don’t see a future in, I’m gone, I’ll leave,” Trump added. “I’ll go back to the United States.”

“It’s going to be a big thing,” Trump said at a White House Press conference on Monday. “We’re going to Russia, it’s going to be a big deal.”

In a third instance, later in the same press conference, Trump said “You know, I’m going to see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday.”

This is a fucking humiliation to the United States of America. Even before the meeting giving POO-tihn the optics of hanging around with his old pal Donold.

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u/book1245 10d ago

At the press briefing earlier this week it was all "President Trump seemed to mistakenly say he was going to Russia, any comment on that?"

"The President is going to Alaska but we'll see what plans are in the future, next question."

The point of the question swept aside.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 10d ago

When does the media start calling him old? They were calling Biden old in '19.

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u/ralphy_256 10d ago

In fairness, the headline of the article mentions that he's 79. In the 2nd word.

Trump, 79, Seems Utterly Perplexed About Where Alaska Is

I think that qualifies as "calling him old".

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 10d ago

But nobody is making a big deal of it. Fox News would do entire half hours talking about how senile Biden was.

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u/mdp300 New Jersey 10d ago

They STILL DO, and they want someone to be punished for it.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 10d ago

I know, it's mind numbing insanity.

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u/MASSiVELYHungPeacock 10d ago

It's always barely given notice, versus Biden having a pitchfork mob analyzing his every step,dedicating days of analysis each and every time.

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u/RonMexico16 9d ago

So he’s leaking non-public future diplomatic plans, or he didn’t know where he was going for this summit, or he doesn’t know Alaska is part of the US. None are good options.