Former President Donald Trump has been mocked online after appearing to confuse the names of an Alaskan wildlife refuge with a military air base in Afghanistan.
The Republican presidential nominee made the remarks on Tuesday while discussing his energy policies at a town hall in Flint, Michigan. Arkansas governor and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders moderated the event.
During the town hall, Trump appeared to mix up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, which he opened up to oil and gas development during his presidency, with the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
The gaffe triggered renewed concerns that the 78-year-old is too old to run for the presidency and lacks the cognitive ability for office, with one critic on social media calling him “clueless.” President Joe Biden, 81, faced similar concerns before he ended his reelection bid in July, making Trump the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history.Trump said on Tuesday: “We were energy independent, we were soon going to be energy dominant, and we would’ve been now having so much money coming out of the energy. We just have the best.
