That Kansas City is in Kansas doesn’t sound completely absurd. So out with it: Donald Trump sends congratulations to the new Super Bowl champion via Twitter. Just stupid: What doesn’t sound absurd is still wrong. And flies – despite quick corrections.
With a “false” congratulation for the new Super Bowl champion, Donald Trump has earned ridicule on the Internet. Following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 31:20 win over the San Francisco 49ers, the US president wrote on Twitter about the winning team’s “fantastic comeback”, adding, “You have the great state of Kansas and, in fact, that whole USA represented so well. Our country is PROUD OF YOU! “
The city of Kansas City he refers to is not in the US state of Kansas, but on the western edge of Missouri on the border with Kansas. The tweet was quickly deleted, a second version appeared a few minutes after the original, correctly locating Kansas City in Missouri. Former Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill posted a screenshot of the first Trump tweet, calling the US president an “idiot”.
The Chiefs, led by superstar Patrick Mahomes, won their second NFL title after 1970 after a spectacular comeback.
A look at the map shows that the US President’s praise in the original version was not far off. The US state of Kansas is directly adjacent to Missouri. The city of Kansas City, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, extends on its western outskirts. Directly connected to this is the city of the same name Kansas City in the state of Kansas.
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