Trump later corrected the post but it had been widely circulated by then
US President Donald Trump , not known for his mastery of geography or history while claiming infallible memory and knowledge, blew it again on Sunday when he mistakenly posted about a purported election in India, when it was actually Brazil that went to the polls.
Because trump is now 80, an age at which every stumble, lapse, squint and misplaced noun is examined under a political microscope, it immediately became more than a geographical gaffe; it became gold dust for geriatric gags, and.
When asked about one particularly conspicuous episode during a Cabinet meeting, he rejected the suggestion that he had fallen asleep, explaining that he was merely bored, “I didn’t sleep,” he said. “I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell out of here. ” For a president who has made a political capital out of branding other people’s verbal slips as evidence of incompetence, the episode was cannon fodder for his critics. The irony is that Trump does not behave like a man eager to retire into the Florida sunshine. He remains arguably the most visible president in US history, constantly traveling, playing golf, holding rallies, speaking extemporaneously for long periods, posting at all hours and routinely subjecting himself to the peculiar punishment of the modern presidency: standing before cameras and microphones while the entire world watches. On the other side of the ledger is what his critics increasingly describe as a catalogue of physical signs of aging. He has repeatedly been photographed with his eyes closed during meetings and public events.