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Uncle Joe

(65,542 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:50 PM Aug 2025

VIRAL GAFFE: Trump Mistakenly Says He's Going To Russia, When Meeting With Putin Is In Alaska



At a press briefing on Monday, President Trump spoke about his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin which he said was in Russia but is actually in Alaska.

I think he said it twice in this speech.
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Uncle Joe

(65,542 posts)
3. Well he does have seem to have land swaps on the brain, in stating that Russia should have part of Ukraine.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:55 PM
Aug 2025

Perhaps subconsciously or consciously he feels the same about Alaska, that it should be part of Russia?

Irish_Dem

(82,378 posts)
6. Yes, doing something new and audacious always gets people's attention off of the last crime.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:56 PM
Aug 2025

YoshidaYui

(45,656 posts)
4. Maybe TRUMP is going to give ALASKA back to the Russians?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:55 PM
Aug 2025

It was theirs before we purchased it, Maybe if he gives the Russians Alaska back they will leave Ukrane alone? Maybe the fool thinks Alaska is up for sale? HES A FUCKING IDIOT..

Uncle Joe

(65,542 posts)
9. They sold Alaska to the U.S. in 1867, it was derisively called "Seward's Folly."
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 02:01 PM
Aug 2025

In another video, they state that in Russian schools, they teach their children that it's still is part of Russia.

I guess the solid red tie *rump is wearing can mean more than just partisan colors for the party that enabled him to power?

unblock

(56,263 posts)
7. cognitive decline?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:56 PM
Aug 2025

i know, i know, it's so hard to detect cognitive decline when your starting point is stupid as hell....

Jilly_in_VA

(14,624 posts)
8. Could he please just GO there?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 02:00 PM
Aug 2025

Now would be a good time. And then the Ukrainians could aim some well-placed drones....

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
12. Well, Sarah Palin did say she could see Russia from her house. And Alaska used to be Russia's...
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:07 PM
Aug 2025

…before it was Seward’s Folly and became a US territory.

Not to mention, the orange monster really loves a deal.

Uncle Joe

(65,542 posts)
14. If *rump gets his way, we will all be able to see Russia from our doorstep,
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:54 PM
Aug 2025

no matter which state you live in.

thought crime

(1,787 posts)
15. Silly Left Wing Conspiracy Theory? .... or the truth?
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:14 PM
Aug 2025

I'm guessing they won't announce a plan to give away part of Alaska, but any agreement to do so will be kept secret until "later".

There's a pattern here. It's similar to Trump blurting out that his father was from Germany. Well, Hitler was from Germany, too. Connect the dots.

Uncle Joe

(65,542 posts)
16. Hitler was from Austria, but he considered himself German
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:30 PM
Aug 2025

*rump is from the U.S. but I don't think he considers himself from any country, so much as a member of global oligarchs, and their power via subterfuge, but becoming more blatant is superseding the power of nations or states.

I don't believe *rump likes Americans or as per the Pledge of Allegiance, "What its' symbol stands for."

For that matter I don't believe *rump likes people in general, they're just objects to be used for furthering his narrow personal ambitions and self aggrandizement.

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