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Judi Lynn

(160,532 posts) Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:01 AM Jun 2017

Donald Trump boasts about construction of Panama Canal before being reminded it was built 100 years

Critics ridiculed the President for bragging and deemed it his latest gaffe

Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim 2 hours ago

Donald Trump’s encounters with world leaders have been anything but boring. From his infamous white knuckle handshake with the newly elected French President to reportedly hanging up the phone on the Australian Prime Minister mid-conversation after yelling at him, it would be safe to say he has upended the usual diplomatic order.

In a similar vein, the President has now used a bilateral meeting with Panama's President on Monday to boast about building the Panama Canal. For the record, the 48-mile waterway in the Central American country is a century-old canal he of course did not build.

Sat side by side while cameras flared, the mogul-turned-politico claimed he and Mr Varela had many important issues to discuss, but nevertheless found time to declare: “The Panama Canal is doing quite well. I think we did a good job building it, right - a very good job.”

Turning to Juan Carlos Varela, Mr Trump asked: "Right?"

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-panama-canal-juan-carlos-varela-boasting-twitter-mocking-a7799306.html

LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141804288

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Donald Trump boasts about construction of Panama Canal before being reminded it was built 100 years (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2017 OP

Varela's response is a classic. hedda_foil Jun 2017 #1

Didn't they just enlarge the canal so it can take bigger ships? I think applegrove Jun 2017 #2

hedda_foil

(16,374 posts)

1. Varela's response is a classic.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:35 AM

Jun 2017

Turning to Juan Carlos Varela, Mr Trump asked: "Right?"

The President of Panama made sure to interject with: “Yeah, about 100 years ago.”

Apparently keen to make his point again, Mr Trump later added: “But things are going well in Panama”.

Betcha the idiot in chief had a second grade level briefing on U.S.-Canada relations before this meeting and this was how he processed it. Honestly, I've begun to think that science isn't the only discipline he disbelieves He doesn't believe in history either. It's as if anything that falls outside his immediate frame of reference doesn't really exist.

applegrove

(118,659 posts)

2. Didn't they just enlarge the canal so it can take bigger ships? I think

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:35 AM

Jun 2017

so and assuming Trump is always going to be wrong is wrong itself. A stopped clock is right twice a day after all.

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