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Donald Trump has praised the president of Liberia for speaking “such good English,” seemingly unaware that Liberia’s official language is, in fact, English.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago

If that wasn't cringe enough, here's what the article concludes with:

“I could do this all day,” Trump mused as the leaders took it in turns to flatter him.

[–] [email protected] 98 points 2 days ago

Well, no one could say that to him

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 days ago (14 children)

See? This is that shit i was talking about when he first ran when i was still in high school. Dude is so fucking oblivious.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago

I genuinely thought it meant Trump was speaking up his own good English.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I could have guessed Liberia, but I remember being genuinely surprised when I first discovered that Belize spoke English. I'd have expected Spanish, given the geography.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Oh gods what did we do to make them anglophones? Belize, I know what we did to Liberia

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

tRump sucks.

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