I have a theory about Trump’s weirdly angry call with Australian PM that’s so stupid & implausible I’m almost sure it’s true. Turnbull has famously cracked down on immigration himself and is from the right of center party in Australian politics. BUT He is the leader of a what’s called “the Liberal Party”. Trump didn’t have anyone from the State department on the call. He had Bannon & his son in law Kushner.
I reckon he vaguely heard Turnbull was head of “the Australian Liberals” and thought that meant he’d be a lefty… Maybe he even heard Turnbull had been drawn into immigration ban controversies in his country, without bothering to learn on which side. In short, I consider it not only possible but likely that the President of the United States does not know and is not given basic facts about the world, and is making snap, angry judgments based not only on absence of knowledge but wild overconfidence despite lack of it.
Best comments thus far:
"Why not just color in everything but Russia"
"I call bullshit. Why isn't the USA colored in?"
"For chrissakes man, don't put New Zealand on the map. Trump doesn't know we're here! Jeebus!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ifeu281Zo8
McCain called Joe Hockey, Australia’s ambassador to the U.S., “to express my unwavering support for the U.S.-Australia alliance.”
Somebody's kidding somebody…
via BJuice
Karin Robinson (@karinjr)
I have a theory about Trump’s weirdly angry call with Australian PM that’s so stupid & implausible I’m almost sure it’s true. Turnbull has famously cracked down on immigration himself and is from the right of center party in Australian politics. BUT He is the leader of a what’s called “the Liberal Party”. Trump didn’t have anyone from the State department on the call. He had Bannon & his son in law Kushner.
I reckon he vaguely heard Turnbull was head of “the Australian Liberals” and thought that meant he’d be a lefty… Maybe he even heard Turnbull had been drawn into immigration ban controversies in his country, without bothering to learn on which side. In short, I consider it not only possible but likely that the President of the United States does not know and is not given basic facts about the world, and is making snap, angry judgments based not only on absence of knowledge but wild overconfidence despite lack of it.
The pockets of sanity in flyover country also too. (cough) Allegheny County/Pittsburgh stayed blue FFS (cough)