'The idiot you elected': Trump leaves onlookers aghast with geography question

[Demovictory9]

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lot-of-countries/

During a press conference Monday, President-elect Donald Trump made a number of assertions that left viewers in giggles.

While discussing the world leaders he'd spoken to after his election, Trump confessed to being shocked at the number of countries in the world.

"I've spoken to way over 100 people, where they called to congratulate not only the election but also the size of the election and the extent of the victory," Trump claimed. "They were great. I spoke to over 100 countries."



He then announced: "You wouldn't believe how many countries there are. I'm trying the best I can to get back to everybody," said Trump. "There are a lot of countries. Literally, everyone called. It was very nice.


Former CUNY professor and "This Week in Google" podcast host Jeff Jarvis reacted to Trump's countries remark: "The idiot you elected, America."

[Jit423]

1. Yes, they giggled all the way to the bank. nt

[Bo Zarts]

2. "Literally, everyone called."

Sure they did.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Size of the election, extent of victory

Size of your lies, extent of the gullibility of a chunk of the electorate. Imagine foreign leaders congratulating the winner of our presidential election. It’s never happened before ,this is huge. The number of felony convictions. Huge. Unprecedented.

[struggle4progress]

4. "The king of Mexico called, and the President of New Mexico, and the

Prime Minister of Poughkeepsie, and the Lemur of Carib Bean, and everybody else!"

[louis-t]

22. Don't forget the governor of Canada.

[GreenWave]

35. And the Dutch S of Chocolate.

[struggle4progress]

38. nee Sleaze?

[electric_blue68]

47. You left out The Queen of The Five Great Lakes!

[TheBlackAdder]

58. The Sofa King called because Trump is Sofa King respected.

[TheBlackAdder]

59. The ruler of Fah refuses to call because Trump is Fah King stupid.

[smb]

5. And Bialya, and Kaznia, and Latveria, and Wakanda, and... nt

[Walleye]

6. He doesn't know how many countries there are? Wasn't he president once?

[FormerOstrich]

7. No, don't think he does

but that aside, I am having deja vu. I think he had the same comment when the first go around. I thought maybe this was from 2016.

[Walleye]

11. Sundowning?

[keep_left]

16. Anyone remember "Nambia" (the real country is Namibia)? How about Thigh-land?

Apparently they don't put the phonetic spelling on the teleprompter for difficult countries. Although I would have thought that Trump would at least know how to pronounce "Thailand" correctly. Trump also seems to have trouble with places in his home country as well. Who can forget "Yo-Semite"?!

?si=beXNX1hA9VyLSNJP

[DFW]

52. No one ever found out

Did he mean Zambia or Namibia?

Knowing Trump, he might have meant Malawi.

[struggle4progress]

39. Wasn't he actually a bloviating buffoon?

[Walleye]

40. Obviously, if he doesn't know how many countries there are how do you make foreign policy when you don't even know

[struggle4progress]

44. As long as nearby noses turn Shinola brown, he won't care

[Walleye]

53. Yep. Orange-brown

[UpInArms]

8. Did Narnia call?

[boonecreek]

33. Probably not,

but I'll bet he got a call from Mordor.

[electric_blue68]

48. Bwah!

[LisaL]

9. To be fair, most of his voters are likely just as surprised as he is at

how many countries there are.

[Aussie105]

10. There are only two countries . . .

The USA and the rest of the world.

Simples!

/sarcasm

Ask the average person in the street how many countries end in 'stan' and no one will know. (7)

[Mr.Bee]

12. Everybody knows there are 5 countries!

First there's USA! USA! USA!
Then Russia,
then Europe
and South America
and Africa!
There, that's Five!

[RainCaster]

14. Can't forget Israel

[orwell]

64. That's...

...Russia, Russia, Russia.

He always says that in threes...

[RainCaster]

13. You won't believe what that dumbass said today...

It's time for four more years of that.

[GB_RN]

31. Ugh. Yeah.

Four more years of waking up every day, wondering what fresh hell he’s unleashed on us via his 1 am Xitter rants. 🙄🤦‍♂️

[Wiz Imp]

15. Yet another thing that all 4th graders know that this 78 year old idiot doesn't know.

The article said it left viewers in giggles. Who the hell would giggle at that? It's not funny that the moron doesn't know things that the average 9 year old knows. It's sad and embarrassing.

[Mossfern]

17. I did not know just how many countries there are in the world

I had to google it.
Just saying.


eta: At least I was curious enough to look it up

[Wiz Imp]

26. I hope you at least knew there were way more than 100

Hell, Trump dealt with the UN as President before so just from that he should have known there were over 190 member countries in the UN . And this is something kids learn in elementary school

[Mossfern]

46. Yes I did, but not the exact amount

Also, I'm not a Presidential candidate.

Countries come and go. My grandparents came from Austria-Hungary, but lived in Krakow. It just so happened that at that particular point in time there was no Poland.... and then there were the 15 republics that made up the USSR.

So you see, the absolute answer to the question can be elusive.

[Wiz Imp]

50. That was the point. I don't expect any random person to know exactly how many countries there are

I couldn't have named the exact number either. But in particular, anyone in an elected position in our government should have a rough idea and not be shocked that the number is way over 100. I learned way back in school (probably close to 50 years ago) that there were somewhere close to 200 countries in the world (I think it was somewhere between 170 & 180 back then). And most people should know the number changes frequently, (Germany reunited going from 2 back to one and the soviet union broke up into the individual states going from 1 to 15 (as you say) as examples. So I also knew that there were more now than when I was in school, without knowing an exact number. The fact that Trump expressed shock that there were over 100 countries, shows just how ignorant he is.

[Justice matters.]

62. Knowing the number of countries never brought him any profit for himself.

Since the convicted moron doesn't care about anything else than enriching himself, the rest be damned, it's no surprise. What's surprising is the millions of dumbfucks who voted for him don't know and don't care.

[DENVERPOPS]

63. I can imagine

that there are a ton of Trump Voters who can't tell anyone how many states there are, much less name more than a few, when given a blank map of the U.S. states..........

[Wiz Imp]

66. Depressingly, I believe you're probably right.

[DENVERPOPS]

69. It is appalling

how much of the education system has already been destroyed by the Republicans. And now they want to put the final nail in the coffin.

Jay Leno and some other guy were interviewing college students on the street, and asking them questions out of fourth? grade science, math, and geography books.........It was truly disgusting to watch...........0 out of 5, or 1 out of 5.........over and over again.......
Even the simplest basic questions......college students in L.A. who couldn't tell him the name of the Ocean a few miles away, name two states that border this state, the Nation's capitol, etc etc etc

[IzzaNuDay]

18. Makes me wish someone from a fake country baited him

extending their welcome to the dotard. The dotard engages, and further proving he is a damned MF’ing idiot!

[Katcat]

21. That would be hilarious

I really wish someone could make that happen. Make up a fake country with fake stats and tell trump allllllll about. The wonderful country that has pledged to help him with cash donations.

[the nelm]

27. Dumbfuckistan. n/t

[Wiz Imp]

29. Somebody call Borat. I'm sure he would do it and he could pull it off.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

19. Did they say, "Sir", with tears in their eyes???

[sakabatou]

20. Another day, another time Dump shows he's an idiot.

[Sneederbunk]

23. Obviously not a student of the UN.

[Xolodno]

24. What about...

Rohan? Gondor? Moria? Harad? Rhun? Lothlorien? Angmar? Mordor? Numenor? Isengard? Rivendell?

[mwooldri]

25. Mordor? I've been there!

I simply walked in.... Ehehehe....

[cloudbase]

28. Have the Kosovoans called yet?

[bucolic_frolic]

30. I liked the OP as far as it got

Trump leaves. Let's stop there.

[Norbert]

32. We need to agree with him always or else we'd be nasty

Laughing at the king is strictly forbidden.

[JoseBalow]

34. drumpf is a colossal dipshit

he is NOT smarter than a 5th grader

[Meadowoak]

51. Not even smarter than a 3rd grader.

[0rganism]

36. And his supporters cheered wildly

Any time he fucks up enough for someone who knows better to point it out, his loyalists somehow inexplicably consider it a win, for showing up those silly intellectuals or something. I though I'd left such bullshit behind in high school, but it appears a plurality of the electorate loves the smell. This might not be the worst possible timeline, but shit looks pretty deep from here.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

37. They don't know any better either.

[Walleye]

41. He brags about his abject ignorance

[Golden Raisin]

42. 98% of which he could not identify or point out on a World Map.

[badhair77]

43. It was a bigly number of countries.

Please let him keep talking. I enjoy these educational seminars.

[Blue Owl]

45. Fuck every one of these goddamned idiots

[electric_blue68]

49. Ok, I only thought 119, or 127 while it's really 195. I could have done better. However I do know most of the major...

countries on each Continent. And where many to most of them are if you gave me a map with just outlines.

Ghads, he's dumb.
Among all his other negative attributes!

[raccoon]

54. To the idiots who voted for him: You asked for it, you got it.

[orleans]

55. google AI on number of countries:

There are 195 countries in the world, according to the United Nations:
*193 member states: These countries are part of the United Nations.
*2 non-member observer states: These countries are the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

However, other organizations may list a different number of countries. For example, the CIA lists 237 countries. The United Nations also recognizes 241 countries and territories when dependent territories are included.

Some places that are commonly confused as countries are actually territories or colonies governed by other countries. These include Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland, Palestine, and Western Sahara.

[area51]

56. But did the

Queen of Canada call to congratulate him?

[City Lights]

57. It's always so obvious when new information manages

to penetrate that thick skull of his.

Pathetic.

[twodogsbarking]

60. An evil idiot.

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

61. The Grand Dragon of KKK called him too.

[Ping Tung]

65. Idiot + Trump Redundancy

[Kali]

67. typical old blowhard

thinks he discovers everything he finds out, even thought EVERYBODY already knows.

[Godot51]

68. Way over 100 countries in the world...

... and all potential states of the USA.

[Blue_Tires]

70. Geography is too "woke" for Trumpers, I guess 😒