President Donald Trump appears to have confused the names of two of the countries he invaded this year.
The president appeared to confuse Iran and Venezuela in this week’s cabinet meeting- the sort of mistake that Trump and his allies used to often assail Joe Biden for making, such as when Biden introduced President Zelenskyy of Ukraine as “the president of Russia.”
“I don’t go into war – I go into conflict,” Trump said. “Despite the conflict with Venezuela, who no longer has a navy, no longer has an air force, no longer has a lot of people that were leading the country into very bad places,” Trump said in the meeting, in a reference to Iran, The Daily Express reported this week.
Trump again confuses Venezuela with Iran, repeating his claim that the Iranian navy and air force have been defeated.
Dementia is incredibly sad, but if someone were this far gone, you wouldn’t let them wander around a supermarket alone. pic.twitter.com/ptGFpI27Wb
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 28, 2026
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“Their leadership is gone. Their second-rung leadership is gone. And we’re dealing with their third – half of their third, ’cause half of their third is gone, too.”
Trump had intervened in Venezuela in January, arresting its leader Nicolas Maduro, which likely emboldened him to pursue an intervention in Iran, one which has gone much less smoothly.
Ironically, the gaffe occurred not long after Trump had his physical — his third in just over a year — during which he, as usual, claimed he “aced” it.
whaddaya mean? he “aced” it. best physical ever. doctor said it was the best he’d ever seen. better than sleepy joe biden’s. https://t.co/b6c5YDsEI7
— nobody from nowhere (@ctizzie) May 30, 2026
“Just finished my 6-month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House. President DJT,” the president said.
Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, a physician who served three pre-Trump presidents, told the AP that ” concern for the president’s physical health is probably at an all-time high… I think advanced physical age is the No. 1 concern.”
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