US President congratulates wrong state on Superbowl win

RobbingBandit · 03-02-2020 09:15AM

Corrected already move along folks nuttin to sea

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 03-02-2020 09:47AM

If anything, it should be slightly re-assuring that a country's president is sufficiently distracted with the job of running their country, that they don't really have much of a clue what is going on in the world of sports...

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 03-02-2020 08:12PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

If anything, it should be slightly re-assuring that a country's president is sufficiently distracted with the job of running their country, that they don't really have much of a clue what is going on in the world of sports...

But he did know the result of the game. His mistake was one of geography.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 03-02-2020 08:21PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

But he did know the result of the game. His mistake was one of geography.

But if he was more knowledgeable on the sport, it's very unlikely he would have made that mistake. Knowing the score does not prove he knows much about the sport.

There's probably lots of NFL fans that are rubbish at geography too, but they know the sport so wouldn't make that mistake!

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 03-02-2020 08:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

99% of people sharing this story:

Don’t know about you, Ads, but I’ve known Kansas City was in Missouri for a long, long time. “Kansas City, Missouri” rolls off the tongue for me.

AND this is the fucking POTUS. Slight difference between somebody in Ireland not knowing and him not knowing.

Deleted User wrote: »

Would you think less of a taoiseach for not knowing every county's capital? I wouldn't.

You mean county town? And yes, yes I would.

8-10 · 03-02-2020 08:40PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Don’t know about you, Ads, but I’ve known Kansas City was in Missouri for a long, long time. “Kansas City, Missouri” rolls off the tongue for me.

The first time I found out that Kansas City Missouri was in Missouri was when I was in Kansas City Missouri driving from St Louis to Denver. I think it's partially in Kansas but the city where I was was in Missouri for sure and I remember being confused by it.

This was pre-google by the way

Guy:Incognito · 03-02-2020 08:48PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Would you think less of a taoiseach for not knowing every county's capital? I wouldn't.

He didn't need to know any capital. Kansas city isn't the capital of Missouri or Kansas anyway. But if hes going to pretend to be interested he could at least fact check.

Considering the amount of bull**** and mistakes he comes out with he has some kneck to be spouting about anyone else and fake news.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 03-02-2020 08:48PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

AND this is the fucking POTUS. Slight difference between somebody in Ireland not knowing and him not knowing.

You don't have to know the name of every place in your country, in order to run the damn thing well... (Esp a country as huge as the USA)

I wouldn't give a toss if our Taoiseach didn't know where Leitrim was... so long as they were good at keeping the ship off the rocks!

Some people care about really trivial nonsense tbh!

And there is no actual proof that this was a geographical error anyway... he could very well just know diddly squat about the NFL and where the teams are based.

Don't they move their franchises around the country all the time anyway? It probably gets confusing even for NFL fans...

Guy:Incognito · 03-02-2020 08:54PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

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I wouldn't give a toss if our Taoiseach didn't know where Leitrim was... so long as they were good at keeping the ship off the rocks!

If he's going to start congratulating Leitrim on winning the Ulster championship and pretending to know about , say , GAA, he should at least make sure whether it was actually in Ulster before he goes tweeting that it is.

Plus , the next part of the tweet where trump says they represent the whole USA. Does he realise San Francisco (California) is in the USA too? This wasn't the Olympics.

Quantum Erasure · 03-02-2020 08:55PM

That's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat!

The team was founded in 1960 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). (It is not associated with the NFL Dallas Texans.) In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City and assumed its current name.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 03-02-2020 08:56PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

You don't have to know the name of every place in your country, in order to run the damn thing well... (Esp a country as huge as the USA)

I wouldn't give a toss if our Taoiseach didn't know where Leitrim was... so long as they were good at keeping the ship off the rocks!

Some people care about really trivial nonsense tbh!

And there is no actual proof that this was a geographical error anyway... he could very well just know diddly squat about the NFL and where the teams are based.

Don't they move their franchises around the country all the time anyway? It probably gets confusing even for NFL fans...

I don’t think not having a good grasp of the geography of the country you lead is trivial at all.

BUT, when all is said and done, this is just another dumb thing Trump has said. So you’re right in a way that it is trivial because it’s just to be added to the pile. Every dumb remark he makes is unsurprising really. It’s now an expectation.

mikemac2 · 03-02-2020 08:56PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Have a go of the county towns of Ireland here on Sporcle Quiz. A good portion of them are just the county names repeated. I'd assume the President or Taoiseach would know them all.

I'll admit I missed Derry though but that's not in our jurisdiction :pac:

We from North Tipp will never recognise Clonmel as the county town. It's Nenagh

A curse to Phil Hogan for merging us :mad:

Guy:Incognito · 03-02-2020 09:00PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Surprising perhaps but not worthy of condemnation. What does it matter if Varadkar thought the county town of Kildare was Kildare town and not Naas.. It has nothing to do with the man's politics or ability to lead.

Is a reasonable expectation? Sure. But as usual, there's a line that must be drawn. How much should a leader need to know about individual states and counties..

So a city could be a county town? Or does it change to county city?

This isn't anything to do with capitals though. Just what state the city is in.

Boris Johnson doesn't need to know Liverpool isn't the administration hq of Lancashire, but knowing it's in England and not Wales should be a given.

Collie D · 03-02-2020 09:04PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

You don't have to know the name of every place in your country, in order to run the damn thing well... (Esp a country as huge as the USA)

I wouldn't give a toss if our Taoiseach didn't know where Leitrim was... so long as they were good at keeping the ship off the rocks!

Some people care about really trivial nonsense tbh!

And there is no actual proof that this was a geographical error anyway... he could very well just know diddly squat about the NFL and where the teams are based.

Don't they move their franchises around the country all the time anyway? It probably gets confusing even for NFL fans...

He certainly knew a lot about certain players such as Colin Kaepernick.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 03-02-2020 09:11PM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

This isn't anything to do with capitals though. Just what state the city is in.

Or possibly just what state the NFL team is in...

metaoblivia · 03-02-2020 09:19PM

It's not his worst error, but it shows an basic lack of general knowledge about the US, which isn't comforting considering he's the POTUS. Kansas City is one of the largest and most culturally significant cities in the Midwest and it's name quirk is memorable in itself. You can make any number of excuses for him, but at the end of the day, it's pretty ignorant. Middle school students are expected to know better.

Also, I don't know how capital cities came up in this discussion; Kansas City isn't the capital of Kansas (Topeka), Missouri (Jefferson City) or any other state (and yes, I knew those without looking because I paid attention and passed 7th grade Geography).

Melanchthon · 03-02-2020 10:33PM

metaoblivia wrote: »

It's not his worst error, but it shows an basic lack of general knowledge about the US, which isn't comforting considering he's the POTUS. Kansas City is one of the largest and most culturally significant cities in the Midwest and it's name quirk is memorable in itself. You can make any number of excuses for him, but at the end of the day, it's pretty ignorant. Middle school students are expected to know better.

Also, I don't know how capital cities came up in this discussion; Kansas City isn't the capital of Kansas (Topeka), Missouri (Jefferson City) or any other state (and yes, I knew those without looking because I paid attention and passed 7th grade Geography).

Bertie Ahern thought Cavan was in northern Ireland so I don't think Irish people can jump on the band wagon about this.

https://youtu.be/6py-JbDHgUc

FreeThePants · 03-02-2020 10:42PM

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Problem.

Solved.

8-10 · 03-02-2020 11:32PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

Or possibly just what state the NFL team is in...

In fairness the Giants and the Jets play in New Jersey but nobody says they're Jersey teams, they're New York.

Montage of Feck · 03-02-2020 11:41PM

Who cares? American football is a joke of a game anyway, they spent more time playing ads than actual football.

Zebra3 · 04-02-2020 12:01AM

I would've thought Trump splurging over $3M of taxpayers' money on a SB party for him and his cronies was a bigger issue.

theguzman · 04-02-2020 12:21AM

A nice distraction away from other issues, exactly as the Donald would have liked it. A genius pretending to be a bit thick at times.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 04-02-2020 12:29AM

Everyone knows Trump is mentally retarded so why the big surprise that he doesn’t know his states/state capitals!!!

jhegarty · 04-02-2020 12:37AM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Everyone knows Trump is mentally retarded so why the big surprise that he doesn’t know his states/state capitals!!!

It's not a state capital.

04-02-2020 12:41AM

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Who cares? American football is a joke of a game anyway, they spent more time playing ads than actual football.

The ads just fit in the natural stoppages in the game also if you are watching on Sky most of the time they go to the studio for analysis rather than show ads and if you watch the red zone there is no ads at all.

Quantum Erasure · 04-02-2020 12:46AM

hands up who knew Kansas City was not in Kansas before last night??

I must be the only one who didn't...

jhegarty · 04-02-2020 12:51AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

hands up who knew Kansas City was not in Kansas before last night??

I must be the only one who didn't...

Kansas City is in Kansas. But it's there is also a Kansas city is Missouri (the more famous one with the football team).

But the two cities touch each other with just a line on the road between the two.

The closest Irish comparison is Waterford City , Co Waterford and Waterford City , Co Kilkenny (but without the river , blaas and hurling).

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 04-02-2020 01:16AM

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Who cares? American football is a joke of a game anyway, they spent more time playing ads than actual football.

Yes, that’s the important thing to focus on here.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 04-02-2020 01:18AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

hands up who knew Kansas City was not in Kansas before last night??

I must be the only one who didn't...

Me. As metaoblivia said, the quirk that it’s not in Kansas is what makes it memorable.

Raconteuse · 04-02-2020 01:33AM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Yes he should have known.
However on a general point, the US system of states and their capitals is notoriously obtuse.

Maddeningly so. Much historical I gather.

States referred to as in the Midwest, like Ohio and Indiana... are not in the Midwest!

Kentucky and the Virginias are not in the south!

Oklahoma and states in the southwest are not considered The South. The South is really only the southeast.

Michigan city is in Indiana.

Vancouver, Canada - so close to the Washington state line... yet there's also a Vancouver in Washington... which is actually a suburb of Portland, Oregon.

And I just love It!

US President congratulates wrong state on Superbowl win

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