Trump Once Again Proves Geography Is Not His Strong Suit At All

Think Donald Trump is a bad president? He probably would have been an even worse geography teacher.And he proved that in spades on Wednesday during a speech at the American Business Forum in Miami, when he confused the country of South Africa with the continent of South America.“For generations, Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa,” Trump said. “If you take a look at what is going on in parts of South Africa. Look at what is going on in South Africa. Look at South America, what’s going on. We have a G20 meeting in South Africa. South Africa shouldn’t even be in the Gs anymore.”Trump: For generations, Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. If you take a look at what is going on in parts of South Africa. Look at what is going on in South Africa. Look at South America, what's going on. We have a g20 meeting in South… pic.twitter.com/laczhRRNXs— Acyn (@Acyn) November 5, 2025There are many factual inaccuracies in Trump’s statement to go along with the obvious geographical gaffes.For instance, South Africa has never had a communist government, so its citizens have never had to “flee communist tyranny” for Miami.In fact, South Africans make up less than 0.03% of Miami’s population.However, Miami has long been a port-of-call for people fleeing countries like Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, which have had socialist governments in the past.Trump’s diatribe against South Africa comes just days after his administration restricted the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500, and most of those are white South Africans.In addition, the US military has made at least 13 strikes against alleged drug vessels since early September, killing about 57 people, including citizens of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, in the process.Considering how hard it is for most people to confuse a country with a continent, it’s no surprise Trump was brutally mocked.Was this intentional?Because Florida ranks No. 6 among states that are home to people from South Africa, but is No. 1 for pretty much every South American nation from which people flee communism, including Venezuela, Colombia, etc.Also, South Africa is a capitalist country. https://t.co/Ooi3uXa67e— Jacob Ogles (@jacobogles) November 5, 2025@realDonaldTrump just confused South Africa with South America while ranting about communism in Miami. The man’s brain is running Windows 95 in Safe Mode.It’s a neurological emergency wrapped in fascist nostalgia.— Frank C (@FrankC164) November 5, 2025South Africa or South America, same same. 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♂️ https://t.co/qBAoOdONnU— Tim Modise (@TimModise) November 5, 2025Trump can’t go 10 seconds without proving he has no idea what country he’s talking about.South Africa ≠ South America — and “communist tyranny in South Africa” is not a thing.This isn’t politics.It’s cognitive declineon live television.— AnatolijUkraine (@AnatoliUkraine) November 5, 2025Is this man ok? Genuinely curious because this is not normal. 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/4qYivqGvnN— Marike De Klerk (@GodMatha) November 5, 2025He thinks South America is South Africa.There are only 8,105 South Africans in ALL of Florida. Statistically none in Miami. pic.twitter.com/gMMpVMgRBz— Former Republican 🇺🇸 (@Sjacobs2020) November 5, 2025The Daily Glitch. pic.twitter.com/ch2OOzXjbZ— Jill 🪷 (@CrippledLiberal) November 5, 2025Funny how Trump keeps bragging about “facts” — but forgets the real ones:• South Africa’s GDP growth is still higher than the U.S. under his last term.• Miami didn’t “save” anyone from communism — it’s a tax haven for billionaires, not refugees.• The G20 didn’t remove…— Dr. Lucien Wolfe 🇺🇸 (@LucienWolfe111) November 5, 2025You can't make this sh!t upA "haven for those fleeing tyranny" It's the people fleeing tyranny that Trump's ICE agents are beating, arresting, and deporting!— Dexter Wright ... New PFP, same attitude (@Dexter__Wright) November 5, 2025The pro-apartheid people, fleeing ...communism in South Africa ... emigrated to... Miami ? Options : A) #Trump is descending into dementia, B) is ignorant, C) is lying. All of the above ? #Miami— Annie Dufour (@anniedufour99) November 5, 2025"Sir, you're starting to sound like a bumbling old fool again." pic.twitter.com/C4iIjTLkws— Maxwell Black (@Coreandor) November 5, 2025Of course, it’s not as if Trump has never proven himself to be geographically challenged previously.Last month, Trump was ridiculed for falsely claiming Qatar and Iran are close neighbors when they are actually 500 miles from each other.In August, he claimed he was meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his home country, when the meeting actually took place in Alaska.In 2018, he got schooled by social media after he appeared not to know the differences between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

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