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from mediaite.com…
President Donald Trump appeared to confuse Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin — and then spoke in circles trying to cover the gaffe — in a bonkers moment during a presser from the NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday.
Trump, taking questions from reporters in Ankara while flanked by Zelensky, gestured toward the Ukraine leader at one point and asked reporters, “You have a question for President Putin, please?”
After some snickering among the journalists, Trump oddly tried to defend his mistake by acting like he hadn’t made one at all.
“Do you have a question for President Putin — not Zelensky — Putin,” Trump said while pointing. “What would you like to ask him? Because I’m gonna ask him that question.”
When the reporter asked about how Trump had called Putin a “paper tiger” last year, Trump returned to his request.
“No no, give us a question, not for Zelensky, give us a question for Putin. ‘Cause I’m speaking to him today. Give me a good, hard question.”
A reporter then asked, “When will he end this war?”
Trump replied, “That’s a good question. I don’t think I’ve ever asked him that question. I’m gonna ask him that question.”
He added: “By the way, I will tell you though, he’s gonna to tell you, he wants it ended as soon as he can end it. He wants to end it soon. I talk to him a lot. I talk to [Zelensky] a little less, but the relationship is very good. But I talk to President Putin a lot. He wants to end the war. A lot of people don’t believe that.”
It was just one gaffe of several during the presser. Earlier, Trump appeared to confuse Iran with Japan, telling reporters that the “Islamic Republic of Japan” had fired more than 100 missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier as he touted the effectiveness of Patriot missile defense systems.
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A bit of confusion is to be expected from a man-child who should be playing Candy Crush in some sort of prison before Father Time escorts him to the bowels of Gehenna for his eternal duties as a groom of the stool.
And take cover, the Dumpster is pissed.
Trump Says US-Iran MoU Is ‘Over,’ Calls Iranian Leadership ‘Scum’
I’m not sure the MoU was ever seriously in effect and certainly not followed by the US, but calling the Iranian Leadership ‘Scum’…has this asshole ever even met with any of them, or talked to them? Naw…he just talks AT them
Later in the day, Trump said the US wasn’t even “attacking at the highest level” and threatened that the US could destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including bridges and desalination plants, attacks that would be clear war crimes under international law.
“The highest level is the bridges, which we can knock down. I would say in one day we could knock down every single bridge in Iran, there’s not a thing they can do about it. Their electric manufacturing facilities … they have desalinization plants, we’ll take them out if we have to. I’d hate to do that. That’s probably the one I’d like to do least,” he said while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Of course, only advanced minds in shitfuckery can understand this is how you bring about peace, by garbage talk of blowing up civilizations.
Winning!
And don’t think that the Dumpsters peace efforts are confined to just the Middle East.
Trump Says He Supports Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks Inside Russia, Will Allow Ukraine To Produce Patriot Missiles – antiwar.com
President Trump heaped praise on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, expressed support for Ukraine’s long-range attacks inside Russia, and said he would allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missile interceptors.
When asked about Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries, the president said, “It’s an escalation, but it’s also an escalation that could help lead to an end.”
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Tonight’s musical offering:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air on the G String, Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
Dispatches from the Asylum 