Published 07:30 IST, February 7th 2019
Donald Trump incorrectly identifies Nepal and Bhutan as part of India, goes on to mispronounce them as "Nipple and Button"
Practically every week, there's a minor hullabaloo over President Trump's shaky grasp of the English language, from his head-scratching grammatical tics to his painfully obvious misspellings. However, this time the error is not just grammatical but also geographical.
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Practically every week, re's a mir hullabaloo over President Trump's shaky grasp of English langu, from his he-scratching grammatical tics to his painfully obvious misspellings. However, this time error is t just grammatical but also geographical.
President Donald Trump h earlier claimed that one of his two greatest assets is "being, like, really smart". However, this statement is under scrutiny after Donald Trump misprounced Bhutan and Nepal as “Button and Nipple” and went on to incorrectly identify both as being part of India during a White House meeting with intelligence officials.
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A foreign magazine correspondent wrote about episode in extraordinary detail in a piece. Here's pass of interest:
"...In ar briefing on South Asia, Trump’s visors brought a map of region from Afghanistan to Banglesh, according to intelligence officers with kwledge of meeting and congressional officials who were briefed on it. Trump, y said, pointed at map and said he knew that Nepal was part of India, only to be told that it is an independent nation. When said he was familiar with Bhutan and knew it, too, was part of India, his briefers told him that Bhutan was an independent kingdom."
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President Trump often tweets misspellings that are considered to be frequent mistakes for English speakers. se are typically phonic misspellings, like using an "e" in "separation" rar than an "a," or spelling "hour" with wrong vowel.
re are more than simple words that loses its meaning after us by Donald Trump. One of Twitter users wrote, 'If Trump does t distinguish between a Special Council and a Special Counsel, that might explain a lot about his obvious misunderstanding of all that is happening around him'.
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Meanwhile, Donald Trump delivered State of Union dress in US Congress on Wednesday -- national legislature. He spoke about US-Mexico border and foreign policy.
Declaring emphatically that he "will get wall built", President Trump urged lawmakers in Democratic and Republican parties to come toger to "secure Sourn border. He said situation re was "lawless" and many "illegal aliens" are coming through to commit crimes in US.
Furrmore, Trump said he will meet rth Korean leer Kim Jong-Un on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam. This will be second meet between leers.
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07:30 IST, February 7th 2019