"I'm going to Russia," Trump says twice, forgetting he is actually going to Alaska

President Donald Trump, 79, who is clearly slipping, said twice during a meeting with reporters Monday that he was “going to Russia” this week.

He is not going to Russia. He is coming to Alaska. He didn’t correct himself.

“It’s going to be a big thing. We’re going to Russia, it’s going to be a big deal. Ah, what happens, happens. I’ll let you know what happens. You’ll be the first to know. I’ll be calling the European leaders. I’m going with totally. I mean we have, we have a lot of talks. They’re great people. They’re great leaders actually. They want to get back honestly. Ah, as one of them said, I’ve OD’d on trying to settle Ukraine. They’ve OD’d, meaning they’ve overdosed on the settlement of Ukraine,” said Trump.

That was the second mention of his travel plans. The first came earlier when he was lying about conditions in Washington, D.C. and his decision to take over D.C. and deploy the National Guard.

“This is a tragic emergency, and it's embarrassing for me to be up here,” Trump said. “You know, I'm going to see Putin. I'm going to Russia on Friday. I don't like being up here, talking about how unsafe and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was.”

He will do anything to distract people from the Epstein files that he wants to keep secret.

Reporting on Trump’s claim about where he is to travel, the Independent said Trump “appears to forget Alaska is in the U.S.”

The Kyiv Post, which calls itself “Ukraine Global Voice,” said “It is likely that Trump mixed up Alaska and Russia. Alaska was Russian territory before the US purchased it from Tsar Alexander II of Russia in the 19th century, but it became the 49th US state in 1959.”

Trump also spouted this complete gibberish about his plans for meeting Putin and telling Ukraine what it should be forced to swallow, claiming he would size up Putin within two minutes. He also blamed the war on Ukraine President Zelensky, not on the man who started it, Putin.

“But it’s very complex because you have lines that are very uneven. And there’ll be some swapping, there’ll be some changes in land. And the word that they will use you know, they make changes. We’re gonna change the lines, the battle lines. Russia’s occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They’ve occupied some very prime territory. We’re gonna try and get some of that territory back for Ukraine. But they’ve taken some very prime territory. They’ve taken largely ocean, you know in real estate we call it ocean-front property, that’s always the most valuable property. If you are on a lake, a river or an ocean, it’s always the best property. Well, Ukraine, a lot of people don’t know that Ukraine was largely a thousand miles of ocean. It’s gone. Other than one small area, Odessa, it’s a small area. Just a little bit of water left. So I’m gonna go and see the parameters. Now I may leave and say good luck and that’ll be the end. I may say this is not gonna be settled,” Trump said.

Here is the NPR coverage of Trump’s event, which doesn’t mention his claim about Russia or his ocean-front property lecture.

Here is the Associated Press coverage, posted by the Anchorage Daily News, in which Trump’s incoherent claims are ignored. The reporters reconstructed his comments in a manner to make them seem normal and part of a thoughtful process.

By refusing to quote Trump at length, they hide the truth and conceal his mental deterioration.

A lot of the other coverage of Trump’s event focused on his federal takeover of the District of Columbia, which was supposed to be his main subject.

“Over one hour in, and this news conference has meandered from the federal takeover of Washington police to Trump’s meeting this week with President Vladimir Putin of Russia; the future of the Russia-Ukraine war; tariffs against China; the proposed White House ballroom; and talk about the president’s experience in real estate. All the while, members of the president’s cabinet continue standing behind him,” New York Times reporter Katie Rogers wrote.

“During this news conference, President Trump has said more about the ballroom he wants to build in the White House than about how homeless people will be supported if they are moved out of Washington.”

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