European leaders caught mocking Trump after a false claim about ending a war

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1. **From Steve Benen, editor of MaddowBlog and producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show”:** 

   Donald Trump doesn’t know exactly how many wars he has ended, he’s pretty sure it’s “a lot.” Over the summer, the president boasted about having ended five wars, six wars and, most recently, seven wars (or quite possibly 10 wars).

   The reality, of course, is that Trump has wildly exaggerated his record, taking credit for resolving conflicts he had little to do with, and even pointing to wars that haven’t actually been resolved. What’s more, in a couple of instances, the Republican president has slipped up and pointed to wars that never happened in the first place, including an imaginary conflict between Cambodia and Armenia, as well as a recent boast on Fox News in which he said, “I solved wars that was unsolvable,” pointing to a conflict between Azerbaijan and Albania.”

   The trouble, of course, is that Azerbaijan and Albania weren’t at war. Trump slipped up and confused Albania and Armenia.

   The mistake did not go unnoticed among the leaders of the relevant nations. 

2. As a non-American, this feels like watching one of those parody movies. It would have been pretty amusing if it didn’t have disastrous real world consequences..

3. He has been a disaster for American prestige.

4. “We are the most respected country on the planet”

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