r/politics The Netherlands 12d 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 12d 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/ExZowieAgent Texas 12d ago

My guess is Putin keeps telling him Alaska belongs to Russia and Trump, being the idiot he is, believes him since he believes the last thing he was told.

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u/Dodge542-02 12d ago

Easier for him to sell it back to Russia

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u/MississippiJoel America 12d ago

Or better yet, to cut Putin a trillion dollar check on the promise of "I'll leave all this land, as far as you can see, to you, right here, right now."

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u/Vivid_Pianist4270 12d ago

Nah, we can see Alaska from the tip of of Haida Gwii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) so they can probably see us. Canada says no too! 🇨🇦

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u/MississippiJoel America 12d ago

I think Sara Palin already tried to sell that one.

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u/Boring_Track_8449 11d ago

Tina Fey sold it better.