Everyone makes geography mistakes — but when it’s the U.S. President, the world notices.
European leaders recently had a laugh at Donald Trump’s latest slip-ups. From calling Hungary “next to Russia” and confusing its leader with Turkey’s president, to claiming Greenland should be American, Trump’s geography gaffes are nothing new.
A few months ago, he vaguely remarked, “many people come from the Congo,” without knowing where it was. He also once said, “We’re going to Russia,” before a meeting that actually happened in Alaska.
His most recent mix-up? On Fox News, Trump took credit for brokering peace between Azerbaijan and Albania — two countries that aren’t at war and aren’t even near each other.
At a summit in Copenhagen on October 2, Albanian PM Edi Rama joked with French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev: “You didn’t congratulate us on the peace deal Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan.” Macron laughed, replying: “I’m sorry for that.”
In reality, Trump did help facilitate a deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia in August — though it remains unsigned. Still, Trump called it a personal triumph, even recalling how the leaders “hugged each other” in the Oval Office.
Yet during another press conference, he again referred to “Aber-baijan and Albania,” keeping the confusion alive.