Trump Mistakes Which Sri Lankan Official He Talked To And When
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Trump Mistakes Which Sri Lankan Official He Talked To And When
Amy Russo, HuffPost 14 hours ago
The now-deleted Monday tweet ― archived by FactbaIn yet another social media flub following the devastating Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 290 people and injured hundreds more, President Donald Trump mixed up the country’s president and prime minister.
The now-deleted Monday tweet ― archived by Factba.se , a website that tracks and stores the president’s posts ― Trump wrote, “Spoke to President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka yesterday to inform him that the United States stands by him and his country in the fight against terrorism.”
However, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement that Trump called Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday morning ― meaning Trump not only mixed up the officials, he mixed up the date, too.
A corrected post has since been uploaded:
This iframe is not allowedIt was not Trump’s first error since the tragedy occurred. In the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s bombings, he tweeted the death toll had reached “at least 138 million;” at the time, the figure had been put at 138.
That tweet was quickly deleted.
The Sri Lankan government alleges that the coordinated bombings, which hit churches and hotels in 3 different cities , were carried out by a little-known Islamist extremist group in the country. Twenty-four people have been apprehended by Sri Lankan authorities, Reuters reported, but no additional details have been made available by police so far.
The majority of the dead are Sri Lankans, though 32 are foreigners, according to government officials. “Several” are American citizens , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.
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I am surprised he did not refer to Sri Lanka as Ceylon, which it was called the last time he most likely looked at an Atlas. But is does not matter as he most likely thinks it lies somewhere in the Atlantic.
When you elect an idiot, then we must suffer such idiotic comments.
Does the Donald know where Sri Lanka is? What it is?
Better question would be...………"Does he care?"
Hell, the way he described PR (an island surrounded by big water), my answer would be NO.
"Trump Mistakes." Little more to discuss.
"When you're a star you can do anything." That pretty much covers that.
A star is little more than a big ball of gas, so yep he's a star and a legend in his own mind.
"big ball of gas?" You are too kind.
Make that a YUGEEEEEEEEEEEE ball of gas.