mispronounced Namibia during a meeting with African leaders?
Trump repeatedly referred to the African nation as “Nambia,” drawing criticism and jokes.
Trump had also pronounced Nepal and Bhutan as “nipple” and “button.”
Business Insider – Trump made up an African country while speaking with African world leaders
Politico – Trump’s diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’
The Washington Post – How Namibia responded to Trump inventing a country called ‘Nambia’
referred to Haiti, El Salvador, and parts of Africa as “shithole countries”?
Trump prompted international outcry with his remark. He had also asked why any immigrants should be allowed from such countries, instead of “more people from Norway.”
The Washington Post – Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries
AP News – Trump: Why allow immigrants from ‘shithole countries’?
Reuters – ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ – Norwegians reject Trump’s immigration offer
used the “yank and pull” handshake method on various people, including heads of state?
Trump’s style of handshake became so infamous that other leaders began to preempt it. He has employed it against not just other leaders or oppositional politicians, but even with his own Vice President and Supreme Court nominees.
Time – How President Trump Turned Handshakes Into a High-Stakes Showdown
USA Today – From Macron to Trudeau, a short history of President Trump’s awkward handshakes
Independent – DONALD TRUMP’S HANDSHAKE: THE REAL MEANING EXPLAINED BY BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT
The Guardian – The Trump handshake: how world leaders are fighting back
signed off on a high-risk raid in Yemen that led to several deaths?
The raid was one of the first high-profile military actions of the administration. Trump was reportedly told that the proposal had been considered too aggressive by Obama before he signed off on it. It led to the death of a Navy SEAL, 23 civilians including an 8 year old girl, and the crash of a $90 million aircraft.
This was the first direct American intervention in Yemen, which had been in the middle of a civil war.
US Senator John McCain referred to it as botched, and refused to retract the statement despite a request to do so by the White House.
NPR – FACT CHECK: Trump’s Yemen Raid — ‘Winning Mission’ Or ‘Failure’? It’s Not So Simple
Politico – McCain rebuffs White House’s call for apology over Yemen raid
Wikipedia – Raid on Yakla
attacked Canadian PM Justin Trudeau for being “very dishonest and weak” after Trudeau said that Canada would match US tariffs?
Trump instituted the tariffs unilaterally, claiming them to be of importance to national security.
The New York Times – Trump’s ‘Bully’ Attack on Trudeau Outrages Canadians
wanted Russia to be reinstated to the G7, despite its removal for invading Ukraine?
Trump has repeatedly called for Russia’s inclusion to the international economic forum, and has said that its removal Russia in 2014 was a mistake Obama made “because he got outsmarted.” Russia was dis-invited from the economic forum after it invaded neighboring Ukraine and annexed Crimea.
The Hill – Trump calls for Russia to be reinstated into G-7
NPR – Trump Says Russia Should Be Allowed Into G-7; Moscow Wants Talks To Continue
said Haitians “all have AIDS” and that Nigerians live in “huts”?
Trump made these claims, stating that 15,000 Haitians who entered the US all had AIDS and that 40,000 Nigerians in the US would never “go back to their huts” in Africa in a June 2017 meeting.
asked Germany’s Angela Merkel a basic question about trade 11 times?
After a meeting between Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a senior German official said that Trump had to have basic trade tenets of the EU explained to him 11 times. Trump continued to ask why the US couldn’t have a unilateral trade deal with an EU member. White House officials described the exchange as “humiliating.”
The European Union enters into trade agreements as a single entity. As a result, none of its individual members can enter into unilateral trade agreements.
Business Insider – Angela Merkel reportedly had to explain the ‘fundamentals’ of EU trade to Trump 11 times
Business Insider – White House officials reportedly said that time Angela Merkel had to explain the ‘fundamentals’ of EU trade to Trump 11 times was ‘humiliating’
Newsweek – Trump Exposed Ignorance During Trade Talk With Merkel, Leaving White House Aides Humiliated: Report
Independent – Angela Merkel ‘had to explain fundamentals of EU trade to Donald Trump 11 times’
bragged that his nuclear button was “bigger and more powerful” than Kim Jong-un’s?
During a period of heightened tensions with North Korea, Trump tweeted about his “much bigger & more powerful” nuclear button.
The tweet sent social media into a state of agitation, with some arguing that Twitter should not allow for “calls for nuclear war” on its platform.
The nuclear button is not to be confused with the red button Trump installed on his desk to summon soft drinks.
The New York Times – Trump Says His ‘Nuclear Button’ Is ‘Much Bigger’ Than North Korea’s
BBC – Trump to Kim: My nuclear button is ‘bigger and more powerful’
