Former President Donald Trump made an embarrassing mistake during a campaign appearance in the US state of Iowa. He greeted the crowd in “Sioux Falls” (in South Dakota, note) – but the event took place in Sioux City, Iowa’s fourth largest city.
“Well, thank you very much,” Trump said as he greeted the crowd in Sioux City before his speech on Sunday evening. “And a big shout out to a place where we did very well: Sioux Falls. Thank you, Sioux Falls.” The crowd in Sioux City reacted to the confusion with boos.
Trump, who has four criminal cases pending against him, then invited Iowa State Senator Brad Zaun to the stage. He said he was proud to be Trump’s first supporter. As Zaun left the stage, he shook Trump’s hand and whispered the city’s real name in his ear.
“It’s Sioux City, not Sioux Falls,” Zaun said, barely audible, to the former U.S. president. “Oh, is that – oh, is that right?” Trump responded as the senator left the stage. When Trump returned to the stage, he said, “So Sioux City, let me ask you: How many people are from Sioux City?”
Orbán confused himself with Erdogan during his speech
It is not Trump’s first embarrassing blunder. A week ago Monday, during an election campaign in the small town of Derry, New Hampshire, he confused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“There is this man, Viktor Orbán, has anyone ever heard of him?” Trump asked the audience at the New England Sports Center in Derry, but gave the (wrong) answer. “He is probably one of the strongest leaders in the world. He is the leader of Türkiye,” he explained. In fact, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the president of Türkiye…
Source: Krone
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