Overview

• At a press conference in England on September 18, President Trump said he had settled a dispute between Azerbaijan and Albania and repeatedly mispronounced Azerbaijan.
• Reporters noted that no Azerbaijan–Albania conflict existed, making the claim factually incorrect.
• This marked at least the third time he has made the same error, following an August 19 radio interview and a recent Fox News appearance.
• Coverage places the remarks against a real development this month in which Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Nikol Pashinyan met at the White House and issued a joint declaration toward normalization.
• Trump framed his comments within a broader claim of peacemaking, recounting Oval Office scenes of the leaders moving closer and hugging.