Originally Posted by
jon1959
If he had said 'Congo is a different country from Rwanda, isn't it' as a statement you might (just might) have a point.
But he didn't. He said it as a question.
In the moment he tied himself in a knot, looked a total idiot and (until his central office autopilot kicked in) failed to answer a simple audience question.
His grasp of geography may have improved by the following morning - but the following morning wasn't what was beamed to millions of viewers.
As a media event it was a perfect summary of the entire Rwanda Scheme scandal.