Overview
- During remarks tied to Davos, he spoke about “Iceland” when coverage and market jitters centered on Greenland, and the White House later insisted he had not misspoken.
- He told reporters he was going to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin before clarifying the summit was set for Alaska in a subsequent post.
- He repeatedly referenced Barack Obama when discussing actions by President Biden and later said some such name swaps were deliberate rhetorical choices.
- At rallies, he misidentified Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as Turkey’s leader and incorrectly suggested Orbán’s country borders Russia.
- He claimed to have halted a conflict between Cambodia and Armenia and separately mixed up Armenia with Albania, drawing public ribbing from European leaders.