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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House desperately tries to clean up Trumps widely-mocked claim he met with president of the
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During his speech at the Values Voters summit on Friday, President Donald Trump told the crowd that he recently met with the president of the Virgin Islands.
This claim was quick to draw ridiculed because the Virgin Islands are an American territory which means Trump himself is actually the president of the Virgin Islands.
As noted by CNNs Kaitlan Collins, the official White House transcript of the presidents remarks actually crosses out the word president and replaces it with the correct title: governor of the Virgin Islands.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/white-house-transcript-corrects-trumps-widely-mocked-claim-he-met-with-president-of-the-virgin-islands/?preview=true
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White House desperately tries to clean up Trumps widely-mocked claim he met with president of the (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Oct 2017
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brucefan
(1,549 posts)1. The President of the Virgin Islands
Is a moron
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)2. correction
"fucking Moron"
snort
(2,334 posts)7. Total fucking moron
Totemo Baka Yaro とても バカやろ
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)3. I would say so.
I totally agree.
Maybe he shook hands with him self.
Looking in the mirror.
Vinca
(50,271 posts)4. The Virgin Islands. A nice country. Pwareto Reeeeeeco is a nice country, too.
What a fucking numbnuts.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)5. what a maroon!
malaise
(268,998 posts)6. Ah well
We know he's a fucking moron - add this to the pile of proof