Donald Trump doubled down on his ‘Isis X’ clanger and only made it worse

Poke Staff. Updated August 27th, 2021

It’s been a while since Donald Trump was in the White House but some things never change. His (in)ability to get names right, for instance.

We only mention this after Trump was talking about the terrible situation in Afghanistan and repeatedly referred to a ‘new Isis’ which he called ‘Isis X’.

This was a new one on everyone else, although there is an Isis-K, which claimed responsibility for Thursday’s deadly attack in Kabul, standing for Islamic State Khorasan, a historic term for Afghanistan and the surrounding region.

The former US president claimed he “knocked out 100 percent of the Isis caliphate” but that a “new Isis” has formed: “Isis-X.”

Hey @DonaldJTrumpJr, uh…what’s “ISIS-X?” https://t.co/nqG91E9iWN

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 27, 2021

Trump being Trump, rather than admitting the error he doubled down on it, and it just made things worse.

“They’ll have an ISIS-X pretty soon,” Trump says when someone appears to correct him on his end of the call.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 27, 2021

We’re not sure it’s progressing in alphabetical order, but sure.

Hey @DonaldJTrumpJr, uh…what’s “ISIS-X?” https://t.co/nqG91E9iWN

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 27, 2021

I’m actually watching Trump on Hannity for some reason. It’s a great reminder of what kind of President we should never elect again, and what historical revision looks like.

— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) August 27, 2021

“It’s pronounced ‘ISIS-Ten, sir”

— Attorney@Law (@TheGlare_TM) August 27, 2021

Source Twitter @Acyn H/T HuffPost