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White House confuses Belgium with Belarus on “Board of Peace” countries list (www.vrt.be)
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[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Their incompetence might be the world's salvation.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

🤦🏻

[–] JustVik@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they used something like the three-letter abbreviation Bel.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Huh that actually sounds plausible. Belize dodging a bullet.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Waste of money, and waste of ink.