There is no Russian city called Leningrad anymore, but apparently no one bothered to tell Donald Trump.
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There is no Russian city called Leningrad anymore, but apparently no one bothered to tell Donald Trump.
Archive article:https://archive.is/BNBGH
Im all for calling out Trump for his senility as much as the next guy, but this is kind of reaching to call a dementia moment…even I didnt know Leningrad wasn’t a city anymore. And im in my 30s, far from senile…Hell, I didnt know it was called Saint Petersburg before. And it was only renamed St. Petersburg in the 90s sometime. Probably something you’d only know if you are actually a Russian citizen, or live there.
Or you know… googled it just now and read the Wikipedia article on it.
Edit: Wow, didnt realize calling out an article for its bullshit would be a controversial opinion. I’d ask my mom if she knows where St. Petersburg and Leninburg are at, but I already know she wouldn’t know they were the same city…ya’ll can stop telling me how common knowledge this is now. I dont care.
Edit 2: just for funsies, I asked my mom (in her 60s btw) if she knew where Leningrad was…she had no idea.
It’s generally known. It’s not an obscure fact, at least outside of the USA. I agree with you that this is weak evidence of dementia. But since this is a basic fact any politician dealing with Russia should know, it’s at least evidence (if we needed any) that Trump is not qualified for the job of President.
The… the fucking president of the United States should know about St. Petersburg. I don’t care if it’s senility or not bothering to read or learn anything since the 1980s.
I had to look it up because my brain was insisting that Vladivostok changed names (it didn’t, shut it scumbag brain!)
List of Russian city name changes. More than I expected:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_renamed_cities_and_towns_in_Russia
Most Americans, if you ask about “St. Petersburg” are going to go “Florida?”
YOU don’t have to know. But a president not knowing is terrifying. He has to have at least some knowledge of the countries he’s dealing with. It’s his job.