Trump Questions Whether Oakland Is Located in United States – The New Yorker

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Donald Trump stirred controversy on Saturday by questioning whether the city of Oakland was located in the United States of America.

Some very smart people are wondering about that, Trump told reporters at the White House. Its something that needs to be looked into.

Trump explained that Oakland was probably a completely different country, because a lot of countries end in the word land.

Youve got countries like Ireland, Iceland, and Greenland, he said. So you probably would have to add a country like Oakland to that list.

Trumps suffix-based theory of countries drew a question from one of the reporters present, CNNs Jim Acosta.

Portland also ends in land, Acosta said. Does that mean that, when you sent federal troops to Portland, you were invading a foreign country?

No, that means youre a terrible person, Trump replied.

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