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Does Donald Trump Think Paris Is In Germany?

7 January 2016
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Presidential hopeful Donald Trump seemingly flunked geography if his latest Twitter gaffe is anything to go by.

The Republican candidate for America’s top job was reacting to the news that a man wearing a fake suicide belt was shot dead in Paris while running towards a police station.

But his rant seemed to mistake the capital of France was found in another country altogether.

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Gaffe: Donald Trump seems to have his countries mixed up (Twitter)

He tweeted: “Man shot inside Paris police station. Just announced that terror threat is at highest level.

“Germany is a total mess - big crime. GET SMART!”

Twitter users were quick to jump on Trump’s tweet and ‘Paris is in Germany’ quickly began trending.

Obviously, he came in for a lot of stick:

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Some people defended Trump, however, claiming he was making separate points and his tweet was simply poorly written out:

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But he might just think Paris is in Germany - they do say the simplest explanations are usually the right ones…

Top pic: Rex