SOURCE: Newsweek
11-11-18
tags: Trump, Baltics, Balkans
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11-11-18
Trump Confused the Baltics With Balkans
Breaking Newstags: Trump, Baltics, Balkans
President Donald Trump confused the Baltic states in Europe with the Balkans—and chastised leaders of the former for starting wars in the 1990s that lead to the break-up of Yugoslavia, French daily Le Monde reported.
Trump reportedly made the mistake in a White House meeting with Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania, Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia and Raimonds Vējonis of Latvia in April.
The leaders were reportedly confused by the president’s accusation, and it took them a minute to realize he had confused the Balkans and the Baltics.
The Baltic states lie in northern Europe, on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
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