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BumRushDaShow

(158,597 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:14 PM Aug 11

'I'm going to Russia on Friday': Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin amid DC crime

Source: The Independent

Monday 11 August 2025 20:02 BST


President Donald Trump appeared to mix up Russia with Alaska ahead of his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a White House press conference about crime in Washington, DC and his plans to deploy the National Guard and put the city’s police under his control.

Trump delivered the news from the podium in the press briefing room — joined by Attorney General Pam Bondi, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and newly confirmed DC U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro — where he decried the level of crime in Washington, DC.

“This is a tragic emergency, and it’s embarrassing for me to be up here,” Trump told reporters. “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 [is].”

Trump is not going to Russia, but rather to Alaska to meet with Putin. He is set to meet with the Russian president to discuss bringing an end to the war in Ukraine that Russia initiated when it invaded the sovereign nation in February 2022.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-russia-alaska-press-conference-b2805570.html



The media needs to reiterate the cognitive decline gaffes that continue to happen.
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'I'm going to Russia on Friday': Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin amid DC crime (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 11 OP
It's a "tell" usonian Aug 11 #1
Maybe he's just letting it slip that he's planning on giving Alaska back? SeattleVet Aug 11 #2
In exchange for the Russian blackmail video that Epstein has? LiberalArkie Aug 11 #3
Sounds as if he doesn't know we bought Alaska from Russia. dixiegrrrrl Aug 11 #12
People with dementia often talk as if Hornedfrog2000 Aug 12 #21
Alaska as part of Russia is more like 160 years in the past DFW Aug 12 #23
to answer bdamomma Aug 12 #27
I mean.. it makes sense quakerboy Aug 11 #14
Freudian slip EYESORE 9001 Aug 11 #4
I keep saying he's going to make a deal with Russia. slightlv Aug 11 #5
this comment bdamomma Aug 12 #28
I believe this too Pachamama Aug 12 #33
maybe he's planning on giving Alaska back to them samsingh Aug 11 #6
Trump must remember the Sarah Palin quote 2na fisherman Aug 11 #7
Not that I care for Palin, but that was Tina Fey lampooning Palin. John1956PA Aug 11 #18
Snopes Palin quote 2na fisherman Aug 12 #37
You are correct. I was wrong to respond to your accurate reply post. John1956PA Aug 12 #38
Maybe he's worried Putin has Epstein information he can hold over him muriel_volestrangler Aug 11 #8
Were questions allowed? BaronChocula Aug 11 #9
Careful, he'll send his Nationalist Guardstapo to take over the news studios. Grokenstein Aug 11 #11
Spot on n/t BaronChocula Aug 11 #20
I wish bdamomma Aug 12 #29
Maybe 47 let a bit of truth slip out. Delmette2.0 Aug 12 #34
I'll be here vibing with you BaronChocula Aug 12 #36
I can see it now . . . Aussie105 Aug 11 #10
No wonder Palin said she could see Russia from her porch. Sneederbunk Aug 11 #13
A popular false attribution. It was Tina Fey who said that. John1956PA Aug 11 #19
I hope he drinks tea near an open window Orrex Aug 11 #15
I first heard about this on the "Anna From Ukraine" podcast today. She niyad Aug 11 #16
xAI mocked the pedofelon today: Justice matters. Aug 11 #17
Or he's preparing to betray the people in Alaska. cstanleytech Aug 12 #22
The MSM is run by people who have seances to summon Joseph Goebbels for his input. raccoon Aug 12 #24
Does he not have to provide any proof for his ridiculous 'emergencies'? travelingthrulife Aug 12 #25
Where is the coverage of his cognitive decline? LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #26
those loyalists bdamomma Aug 12 #30
Did US media even mention this? mcar Aug 12 #31
But if Biden said that... Oh nevermind... kerouac2 Aug 12 #32
Did Trump Mispeak Or Let The Cat Out Of The Bag DallasNE Aug 12 #35
There are a few islands in Alaska that are very close to Russia FakeNoose Aug 12 #39
Agent Krasnov meets his handler 2na fisherman Aug 13 #40

usonian

(19,901 posts)
1. It's a "tell"
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:34 PM
Aug 11

Last edited Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:02 AM - Edit history (1)

He plans to trade Alaska to Russia in return for a set of Matryoshka dolls.



To impress little girls. (1)


Or certain incriminating videos.

(1). Do you want to see my magic wand?

SeattleVet

(5,720 posts)
2. Maybe he's just letting it slip that he's planning on giving Alaska back?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:37 PM
Aug 11

Wouldn't put it past him, as he wanders around in his dotage.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,088 posts)
12. Sounds as if he doesn't know we bought Alaska from Russia.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:51 PM
Aug 11

I wouldn't even think of him being that stupid except he doesn't know what Pearl Harbor is about.
Can he even find Alaska on a map??

DFW

(58,774 posts)
23. Alaska as part of Russia is more like 160 years in the past
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:01 AM
Aug 12

“Seward’s folly” was in 1867.

quakerboy

(14,489 posts)
14. I mean.. it makes sense
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:28 PM
Aug 11

Take Canada, give Russia Alaska, and then he and his friend can just walk across the border to have tea parties and do a one sided wife swap.

EYESORE 9001

(28,849 posts)
4. Freudian slip
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:50 PM
Aug 11

The orange menace is probably mulling over giving Alaska back to Russia as part of a deal to end war in Ukraine. Only half-joking.

slightlv

(6,406 posts)
5. I keep saying he's going to make a deal with Russia.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:52 PM
Aug 11

He'll give Alaska to Russia, for their help in getting Greenland for himself. The idiot is such a freaking embarrassment; I'm so ashamed of my country.

Pachamama

(17,410 posts)
33. I believe this too
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:18 AM
Aug 12

It was a Freudian slip - he knows what his plan is and he jumped ahead

2na fisherman

(55 posts)
7. Trump must remember the Sarah Palin quote
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:57 PM
Aug 11

"...you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska..."
Or does Trump really think Alaska is part of Russia and he is going to Russia?

2na fisherman

(55 posts)
37. Snopes Palin quote
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:26 PM
Aug 12

the words she actually spoke, "You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska." It's not the Tina Fey parody quote.

muriel_volestrangler

(104,407 posts)
8. Maybe he's worried Putin has Epstein information he can hold over him
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:05 PM
Aug 11

Given how lax the Trump regime has been on security, and Mar-a-Lago too, there must be a fair chance Russia has got it.

BaronChocula

(3,146 posts)
9. Were questions allowed?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:34 PM
Aug 11

Because a good question would have been "You said you were going to meet Putin in Russia. Did you mean Alaska or are you actually going to Russia?"
That would have prompted an incorrect correction from Pedo the Great and here's how that exchange should have gone.

"No, Alaska. I said Alaska."
"You said you were going to Russia to meet Putin."
"I said Alaska and I see what you're doing and it's very nasty. You're very nasty to lie like that."
"This is on video, sir. You said you were going to Russia. Are you going to Russia or Alaska?"
"You're very nasty and incompetent. I know you and you're the worst. So incompetent."
"Are you going to Russia or Alaska."
"So nasty. So incompetent."

Grokenstein

(6,122 posts)
11. Careful, he'll send his Nationalist Guardstapo to take over the news studios.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:42 PM
Aug 11

"There's so much fake news, so unfair to me, your favorite President, so I'm putting the troops in to make sure their reporting is accurate and they aren't doing DEI. Also, the girls reading the news are gonna be a LOT cuter and younger and sexier and younger and nobody's gonna ever bring up Epstein again if they know what's good for them."

bdamomma

(68,938 posts)
29. I wish
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:03 AM
Aug 12

the Press Corp would follow up with questions like that instead of falling down on their jobs.

Delmette2.0

(4,413 posts)
34. Maybe 47 let a bit of truth slip out.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:52 AM
Aug 12

Could he actually running away to Russia?
The truth is about to come out. It is so bad he will be impeached, tried in civil court and imprisoned for the rest of his life.

Ok, maybe I'm dreaming. Give an old lady a break.

Aussie105

(7,131 posts)
10. I can see it now . . .
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:41 PM
Aug 11

Trump to Putin: "OK, I give you Alaska if you pull out of Ukraine. I really need that Nobel peace prize . . . what you say, Vlad buddy?"

Seriously, if I wrote a movie script where America is being turned into a copy of North Korean society, a mad King runs the show, and shady deals are done behind the curtains out of view of the American public, well . . . it would be rejected and I'd be asked what drugs I'm on!

Yet here we are.


Justice matters.

(8,788 posts)
17. xAI mocked the pedofelon today:
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:57 PM
Aug 11
https://freeimage.host/i/FZ2mbTX

"Hey, @Grok, if Biden had confused Alaska with Russia twice (like Trump did today), what would Trump likely say? Short answer."

@grok Trump would likely say: "Sleepy Joe thinks Alaska is Russia! Total disaster, doesn't even know our own country. Unfit, low IQ--SAD!"

raccoon

(31,994 posts)
24. The MSM is run by people who have seances to summon Joseph Goebbels for his input.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:48 AM
Aug 12

I guess I don't need to add JK?

I wish he'd go to Russia and not come back.

kerouac2

(1,218 posts)
32. But if Biden said that... Oh nevermind...
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:17 AM
Aug 12

Every day is worse than the next and we're just months into this mess.

DallasNE

(7,858 posts)
35. Did Trump Mispeak Or Let The Cat Out Of The Bag
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:55 AM
Aug 12

Some background.

A couple of days ago a Russian, speaking about Alaska, said you know, this land was once part of Russia and followed up by saying we call Alaska "Russian America".

So, was he really misspeaking? We can't know until after Friday.


FakeNoose

(38,325 posts)
39. There are a few islands in Alaska that are very close to Russia
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:53 PM
Aug 12

I'm thinking of the Diomedes Islands, and maybe there are others.

There's nothing there, no hotels or touristy places so I doubt Chump would ever want to go there. But theoretically he could meet with Putin on one of those islands (or on a yacht between the two) and he'd only be a few miles from Russia.

2na fisherman

(55 posts)
40. Agent Krasnov meets his handler
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 12:10 PM
Aug 13

Trump has to report to his boss for further instructions and a reminder that if he disobeys, the Epstein krompromat will be released. Maybe a deal can be made to make Maxwell have a fatal accident in exchange for total US abandonment of Ukraine.
Too much of a James Bond plot? Well, espionage is Putin's main occupation. And the CIA, NSA and Five Eyes must be all over this affair but will never reveal details of it to protect sources and methods. Perhaps we can hope to learn of these things many years from now under a future expose called, The Secret History of the Trump Regime, or some similar title.

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