Fri
Jan 23 2026
09:38 am
By: Mark Harmon
The White House has issued the following statement. President Trump does know the difference between Greenland and Iceland. He is aware that Norway and Denmark are separate countries, and neither controls Nobel Awards. Mauritius and Mauritania are very different places, and our telegram about the Diego Garcia airbase sent to the latter was an honest typo. We understand that Chile is a country, not a restaurant, and Kash Patel's attempt to redeem a Chili's coupon at the Chilean embassy should be viewed as a joke. Vice President Vance knows the difference between Austria and Australia and should not be criticized for his attempt to book a ski chalet in Melbourne.
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Knox TN Today
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Wire Reports
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- Trump nominates Todd Blanche for attorney general amid controversy over DOJ fund - CNBC (US News)
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- Republican senators warn surveillance program may lapse after Trump intel pick backlash - AP News (US News)
- Justice Department moves to strip citizenship from 17 people in unprecedented denaturalization push - CNN (US News)
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