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US President Donald Trump has claimed that India and Pakistan have been “fighting for 1,500 years” over Kashmir, amid the recent rise in tensions between the two rival South Asian nations.

Last week, an attack in Pahalgam in Indian-occupied Kashmir killed 26 people, with Indian tourists being the primary targets in the shooting claimed by the Resistance Front group, which India claims is linked to and supported by Pakistan.

Trump’s comments have since been ridiculed by many as a gaffe, particularly due to the fact that the establishment of Pakistan and the partition of the Indian subcontinent took place in 1947. That was barely 78 years ago, in contrast to the president’s remarks of the conflict over Kashmir being 1,500-years-old, making it historically impossible.

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He was probably thinking of wool sweaters (jumpers) and not the region north of India.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I like that the article says Pakistan is 78 years old. To put that in perspective for someone as daft as him, It wasn't a sovereign nation when Trump was born.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Next week: Trump claims to be an Eldritch being that coalesced out of Jesus's anger while up on the cross over 2000 years ago

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know. I was making a joke.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know, I wasn't calling you daft, I was was just conversing and referring to Trump as daft.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pakistan and India became countries a month after Trump's 1st birthday.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

His tribe of sycophantic bootlicking CEO’s will start editing history for him, however they can, in order to fly cover for him

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

School{history, math, spelling, civics, ...} ∌ MAGAts. They'll never know otherwise.