President Trump Revealed He 'Never Knew We Had So Many Countries'
Source: International Business Times
BY HANNAH PRESTON ON 11/06/17 AT 3:57 PM
Beginning his Asian tour Saturday after touching ground in Japan, President Donald Trump detailed his high regard for the relationship between him and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - and his apparent lack of knowledge about the number of countries in the world.
On his final night in Japan, before moving on to South Korea, Trump spoke about his relationship with the prime minister at a dinner in Agasaka Palace following their Sunday game of golf a tradition initiated by Abe's grandfather and former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi during President Dwight Eisenhower's term. Following his comments about Abe, the president revealed that he never knew how many countries there were.
"So my relationship with Shinzo got off to quite a rocky start because I never ran for office, and here I am," Trump said at the dinner. "But I never ran, so I wasnt very experienced. And after I had won, everybody was calling me from all over the world. I never knew we had so many countries."
Trump continued to express his gratitude for their friendship and called Abe a "very aggressive, strong, tough prime minister."
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)What a fucking moron.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)He probably has the same answer for the number of states. Along with what's a territory. That many, no shit?
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)Nope!
had the social grace and instinct not to admit he didnt know we have so many countries. In Trumpland, stone stupid is a selling point.
iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Making
America
Geographically-challenged
Again
TeamPooka
(24,227 posts)brush
(53,781 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)DOTUS thinks the only countries are
US Mexico Canada
England, France, Germany, Scandinavia
China, Philippines, Korea, Japan
Russia
Africa
South America
and Australia
Nothing else matters to the ignorant narcissist.
Kali
(55,009 posts)he thinks that is a country
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)That he's a blithering fucking idiot.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)that someone could have its head jammed so far up its pale, fat, wide, sagging, pimply, wrinkly ass.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)But.........pssst, come closer...........( How did you he had a pimply one?)
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,045 posts)underpants
(182,817 posts)3catwoman3
(23,995 posts)When my now 27 yr old son was only 2 1/2, he want a globe. We got him one. He was fascinated by it and could find little tiny Bhutan, among many other countries. One of my mother's favorite memories of him at that age is asking him to find Azerbaijan. He pointed it out, and confidently told her, "Here it is, right next to Georgia."
I'm guessing Dotard has never heard of Bhutan.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Thank you for that. It is spot on.
AJT
(5,240 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Jopin Klobe
(779 posts)... what a stupidly ignorant God damned fool ...
Grins
(7,217 posts)...isn't the order of names in Japan is that the family name (the surname) is first, then the person's given name?
In the United States/Europe we would flip that and say "Abe Shinzo" instead of Shinzo Abe, as as we would for, example, "Paul Smith".
So what the orange menace said was the equivalent to (using as my example, Paul Smith): "...my relationship with Smith got off to quite a rocky start..."
And didn't he also do that with the Japanese PM at the horror called Mar-a-Lago last Feb....?
brush
(53,781 posts)Mar-a-Lago misstep.
Such competence all around. Shouldn't the three top truth-tellers, Kelly, Huckabee Sanders or Conway said something to him after the earlier incident ?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)every time he opens his stupid mouth. It's almost like he's bragging about his ignorance.
Yonnie3
(17,442 posts)They didn't know as well.
brush
(53,781 posts)audiences.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)Loyd
(309 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)This one.
A lot of countries exist, but only one is ours.
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)Paladin
(28,262 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,711 posts)... and even higher, if he can see his toes over his fat gut!
underpants
(182,817 posts)0rganism
(23,955 posts)shit man, number of countries? really? that's some basic material right there, i'd think Putin would have a subordinate brief him on it, at least
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Except who ever wrote things for her to say, could at least spell.
Yeah....he's wayyyy lower on the dotard scale.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 6, 2017, 09:40 PM - Edit history (1)
riversedge
(70,237 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)And literate and up to date person with the news would know what the world's map looks like..
So Drump doesn't know. Why? Illiterate? Most if not all the people here know more than Drump.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)LOATHE this orange assh***e. He is so repulsive, I can not bear to even look at his photos. Repulsive, ego driven, ugly ass. His family is despicable, too.
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Even the memory of the sound of his voice, or his face itself is enough to make a person sick.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)You can stop wondering. Now we know.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)in the way the nation goes when she stepped in, and took over tweeting from the toilet, and making asinine public statements.
riversedge
(70,237 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)He guessed wrong. We already suspected he was clueless but that statement revealed its worse than that.
disalitervisum
(470 posts)Again, as always happens in a good con, you only hear what you want to, even though the con man tells you exactly what you're missing. Who knew?
The trump organization worldwide business holdings: trump has businesses operating in at least 18 countries around the world.
UAE -- 13
Canada -- 12
China -- 9
Indonesia -- 8
Panama -- 8
Saudi Arabia -- 8
Scotland -- 7
Azerbaijan -- 7
Brazil -- 4
Ireland -- 4
Israel -- 4
Qatar -- 4
French West Indies -- 2
South Africa -- 2
Turkey -- 2
Uruguay -- 2
Bermuda -- 1
Don't tell me trump doesn't know how many "countries we have." Additionally, all these offshore, multiple layered-links to other governments and figures in them (i.e. Cyprus, Russia, etc.) is prima facie evidence of sophisticated understanding necessary to navigate geopolitical relationships.
Reading the naive comments on DU about this bloodsucking cockroach makes my head explode.
calimary
(81,281 posts)EXCELLENT statistical rundown. Most illuminating!
LudwigPastorius
(9,148 posts)it's not a real country.
Puzzler
(2,505 posts)... Yes, the Occupier of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue apparently has some hazy knowledge now about the world!
Nice of Abe to have told him. Probably right after some kind peon helped Tr*mp tie his fucking golf shoe laces, presumably after he figured out: socks first, shoes second... or something.
Whadda guy!!! Attaboy asshole!
Quick, fire up the presses and declare Tr*mp a savvy and experienced diplomat.
Whod have thunk it???
And am I ranting? Goddamn right I am.... but hey, excuse me while I go and throw up
Let this be my rant.
-Puzzler
[FYI: my above rant was NOT aimed at the OP, nor DU, nor the Democratic Party]
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Mad-in-Mo
(229 posts)What does he call his campaign?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)To late, China jumped in and grabbed USAs seat.
DFW
(54,387 posts)Even Bobby Kennedy never knew of Nambia............
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)What a huge audience. I hope all of you voted for me, of course you did. Now we have to "make America great again".