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UNIAN, GettyImages photo, Wikipedia The current US president Donald Trump has accused former American president Barack Obama of the very reason Ukraine lost the Crimean peninsula.
"It started when Barack Obama allowed them to give up Crimea. Crimea is the most valuable part of Ukraine," Trump shared his view in an interview with Newsmax.
Meanwhile, the American president made another geographical mistake, claiming that temporarily occupied Ukrainian peninsula is bathed by the ocean:
"It is washed by the ocean on four sides. It is very good land. I am a developer. I know... I understand good land."
Note that in this same interview the U.S. president again accused Zelensky of not being willing to bargain with the Kremlin. Trump also said that a peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation would be signed without Zelensky's participation.
Trump's problems with geography
This is not the first geographic misstatement by U.S. President Donald Trump. In August 2025 of the year he stated that Crimea, in size, was almost the same as the American state of Texas. However, the area of Texas is more than 695 000 square kilometers, and Crimea is 27 000 sq. km. He also stated that Crimea is washed by the ocean.
It should be noted that the well-known Ukrainian doctor, pediatrician Yevhen Komarovskyi previously stated that the U.S. president has clear signs of dementia. However, Trump himself does not acknowledge any health problems.
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