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Chicano3000X · 07-13-2018, 03:46 PM

https://www.irishpost.com/news/donal...part-uk-157290

Damn. He's probably trying to discuss it with the president of Puerto Rico, but it keeps saying it's busy..

Boss · 07-13-2018, 03:49 PM

I was in Ireland in the spring. If you confuse that you might get spat on.

The B&B I was in, the owners thought Trump a crook

evilnewbie · 07-13-2018, 03:54 PM

Northern Ireland is part of the UK... It's not hard to get it confused if you are not from there...

Bureaucat · 07-13-2018, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by evilnewbie

Northern Ireland is part of the UK... It's not hard to get it confused if you are not from there...

Not if you got further than the 5th grade.

TEPLimey · 07-13-2018, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by evilnewbie

Northern Ireland is part of the UK... It's not hard to get it confused if you are not from there...

Forgive me if I hold the President to a higher standard than a random dude who’s never been to Ireland.

Winterfall8324 · 07-13-2018, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bureaucat

Not if you got further than the 5th grade.

Evilnewbie is no Trumpist, I doubt he/she is lying.

Dapper Zoom · 07-13-2018, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicano3000X

https://www.irishpost.com/news/donal...part-uk-157290

Damn. He's probably trying to discuss it with the president of Puerto Rico, but it keeps saying it's busy..

If you think that's bad, what about when Obama said he visited 57 states in the US and....wait for it... still had one more to visit!!

I wonder which additional states he was imagining. By my calculations, he'd have to come up with nine more to get to 58 (because he thinks Hawaii is part of Asia).

burdell · 07-13-2018, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by evilnewbie

Northern Ireland is part of the UK... It's not hard to get it confused if you are not from there...

It shouldn't be difficult to get it right when you have a staff to brief you before you visit and you own property there.

calgirlinnc · 07-13-2018, 04:00 PM

Considering the full title is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" he is not incorrect.

Boss · 07-13-2018, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dapper Zoom

If you think that's bad, what about when Obama said he visited 57 states in the US and....wait for it... still had one more to visit!!

I wonder which additional states he was imagining. By my calculations, he'd have to come up with nine more to get to 58 (because he thinks Hawaii is part of Asia).

sarcasm at it's best.