By Lee Han-soo
U.S. Senator Maxine Waters was left red-faced after saying Russian leader Vladimir Putin is invading Korea. The blunder was made on Monday (local time) during a speech criticizing President Donald Trump’s close relationship with his Russian counterpart.
“Knowing that he is responsible for supplying the bombs that killed innocent children and families in, um, in um, yeah, Aleppo,” she stuttered while a lawmaker behind her told her the region now engulfed in civil war.
If it had ended there, she might have been spared the embarrassment.
But she went on to say “and the fact that he is wrapping his arms around Putin while Putin is continuing to advance into Korea.” She did not elaborate on which Korea she was referring to but South and North Korea have never been invaded by Russia.
Many speculate that Waters might have been referring to Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory Russia annexed in March 2014.
Waters ended her speech by saying that her ultimate goal is to impeach Trump. Her blunder has become a sensation on the internet, with even the White House blasting her mistake.