{"id":16809,"date":"2025-10-05T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=16809"},"modified":"2025-10-05T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:14:19","slug":"trump-roasted-by-european-leaders-after-embarrassing-geographic-mix-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=16809","title":{"rendered":"Trump roasted by European leaders after embarrassing geographic mix-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>They say everyone slips up on geography sometimes \u2014 but when it\u2019s the President of the United States, the world can\u2019t help but chuckle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>European leaders had a field day laughing at Donald Trump\u2019s latest map mishap.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-many-people-come-from-the-congo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201dMany people come from the Congo\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0seems to have a unique approach to geography\u2014at least when it comes to countries and regions that pique his interest. There\u2019s the famous\u00a0<em>Gulf of America<\/em>, his bid to make Greenland \u201cAmerican,\u201d and a few other ambitious ideas. But when it comes to places a bit further afield, things get\u2026 fuzzier.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, Trump admitted he wasn\u2019t quite sure where the Congo in Africa is, saying,\u00a0<em>\u201cmany people come from the Congo.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1912943723765170236&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Ftrump-roasted-by-european-leaders-after-embarrassing-geographic-mix-up%2F&amp;sessionId=0331ecc5d71c75924f79d73fba97c28c50f81d81&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1912943723765170236\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump has also confused Hungary and Turkey, calling Viktor Orb\u00e1n \u201dthe leader of Turkey\u201d and claiming that Hungary is right next to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>On another occasion, he famously said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to Russia,\u201d just before a meeting with Vladimir Putin \u2014 which, in reality, took place in Alaska, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-geographical-mix-up\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geographical mix-up<\/h2>\n<p>And more recently, he\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>On Fox News last month, Trump boasted: \u201dI solved wars that was unsolvable. Azerbaijan and\u00a0<em><strong>Albania<\/strong><\/em>, it was going on for many, many years, I had the prime ministers and presidents in my office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yep\u2026 you see where he got his wires crossed.<\/p>\n<p>During a summit in Copenhagen on Thursday (October 2), EU leaders couldn\u2019t resist having a laugh. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama turned to President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a>\u00a0and Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev and joked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201dYou should make an apology to us because you didn\u2019t congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan,\u201d according to Politico.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-177363\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/03072558\/GettyImages-2238361136.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/03072558\/GettyImages-2238361136.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/03072558\/GettyImages-2238361136-768x542.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) meet during the 7th Summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 2, 2025. (Azerbaijan Presidency\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trio erupted in laughter, with Macron replying: \u201dI\u2019m sorry for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albania (in the Balkans, Europe) and Azerbaijan (in the South Caucasus, near Armenia) are completely separate countries and have no conflict with each other.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>President Aliyev met with Armenia\u2019s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House and agreed to a peace deal that, as of now, remains unsigned.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Trump hasn\u2019t 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:<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAnd they started off at both sides of the Oval Office, so far away, I didn\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-177258\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/02094842\/trumpmilitary.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/02094842\/trumpmilitary.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/02094842\/trumpmilitary-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/02094842\/trumpmilitary-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/02094842\/trumpmilitary-412x216.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/02094842\/trumpmilitary-664x350.jpg 664w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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\u00a0<em>\u201cAber-baijan\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and, of course, bringing Albania into the mix again:<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI am very disappointed in the fact that that one\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say everyone slips up on geography sometimes \u2014 but when it\u2019s the President of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":121,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16811,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809\/revisions\/16811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}