Reprinted with permission from Alternet
President Donald Trump’s circle is up in arms over a late-night CNN segment on Monday in which analysts joked that Trump — and his fanbase — are probably not smart enough to locate Ukraine on a map.
But on Tuesday, conservative lawyer and Trump critic George Conway pointed out that the president has indeed never shown any aptitude for geography — and listed some of his most well-known and mocked blunders:
A thread for those who think @realDonaldTrump could find Ukraine on a marked map:
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump thinks Belgium is a city, albeit a pretty one. https://t.co/0CQWpckgk7
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump seems to think Paris is in Germany. (It kind of was for a few years in the 1940s, I guess.) https://t.co/RF5e3Rb1VO
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump thinks there are countries on this planet called “Nipple” and “Button.” (Do NOT, under any circumstances, ask him to point them out. PLEASE.)https://t.co/1rRD1SOw0C
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
Also, @realDonaldTrump didn’t understand that when it’s the afternoon in Washington, it’s the middle of the night in Tokyo. https://t.co/1rRD1SOw0C
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
In a meeting with leaders from the *Baltic* states, @realDonaldTrump thought he was talking to people from the *Balkans*. (No, seriously. This created quite a stir in diplomatic circles.)https://t.co/F5DzrV2E7y
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump once got a call from the president of *South* Korea, but then told hundreds of journalists that he’d gotten a call from the leader of *North* Korea. https://t.co/qtGtTS2WSf
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
Don’t forget that beautiful border wall @realDonaldTrump is building between Colorado and Mexico. https://t.co/xfFrhFScg9
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
Oh, wait. A small correction. @realDonaldTrump thought Nipple and Button were in India, not separate countries. My bad—we all make mistakes. Sorry. https://t.co/TfvMJ05n9m
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump has to be told in 2018 that Ireland isn’t part of the U.K. ….https://t.co/mQtXIyShb6
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
… yet made the mistake again in 2019. https://t.co/XsRCDJlxbe
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
When Gordon Sondland called @realDonaldTrump on July 26 and said he was in Kyiv, Trump had to ask whether Sondland was in Ukraine, according to the testimony of embassy staffer David Holmes. https://t.co/IXRiivo82z pic.twitter.com/RGkFTYCZ15
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
* This anecdote is from the greatest book ever about Donald Trump, by @CarolLeonnig and @PhilipRucker, a book I wish @MikeBloomberg would put in every mailbox in America:https://t.co/Ly1fhMePKy
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
Paris is in Germany!!! OMFG 😂!!
— Shane Brady🇺🇸🐶☘️ (@tweet_dropping) January 28, 2020
Starting to think @SecPompeo keeps the unlabeled map around for Trump's geography lessons
— Calvïn Graves (@CDG_GTR) January 28, 2020
