
While meeting with a group of Israeli officials in Jerusalem this Monday, President Trump had a delightful little gaffe.
As Trump addressed Israeli leaders and praised the “incredible job” his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is doing, he added, “We just got back from the Middle East, we just got back from Saudi Arabia, and we were treated incredibly well…”
Watch the video via Slate:
Israel is in fact, in the Middle East.
From Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilly:
Another great moment for America courtesy of President Donald Trump, who is in Jerusalem meeting with Israeli leaders—who, I guess, he does not consider Middle Eastern because they are not Arabs
[H/T Slate]