#geography fail

Magdala is in Israel. Magdala is an abandoned historical site. Magdala is also in a lush semi-tropical area, not an arid expanse of sand.

Israel is also on the other side of the Red Sea from Ethiopia. You cannot just drive over to Ethiopia from Israel, not without going through Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea first.

I'm pretty sure whoever wrote this comic had no access to an atlas, or didn't bother to check.

“Where you headed?”

“A little town on the Gulf of Mexico”

“How far?”

“A few hours”

Me: *for fun* Hey, Dad, do you know where Taiwan is?

Dad: Yep! *points to Saudi Arabia*

Me:

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Me: *still taking the quiz* Hey, Dad, do you know where South Korea is?

Me, internally: There's no way he can get this wrong--

Dad: *points to Yemen*

Me:

Donald Trump, president of the United States, doesn’t know which state the Kansas City Chiefs are in.

Here is a tweet he made after the Super Bowl which was later deleted. (via ProPublica)

The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have been in Kansas City, Missouri since the 1960s and have played their home games at Arrowhead Stadium there for almost 50 years.

Yes, there is a Kansas City, Kansas as well as a Kansas City, Missouri. But the Missouri KC is the default one. It has 3.25 times the population of its Kansas neighbor and is a major regional hub. Among other federal institutions in the area, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is located in Missouri.

Just recently, George Conway created a tweet thread of Trump’s greatest geography blunders. Mr. Conway also made the following image his Twitter header.