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There's something wrong with this Trump tweet, but it isn't what you think

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dismayed the world yet again on Thursday when a tweet implied he thinks Paris is in Germany.

Trump was referring to two separate incidents - a reported Isis supporter shot in Paris on Thursday, on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack, and reported co-ordinated sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year's Eve - in his peculiar truncated style.

But Trump's comments were interpreted by many as an indication that the property mogul thinks that Paris is a city in Germany.

We can't believe we're writing this, but no: Donald Trump isn't wrong on this occasion.

Don't let his impressive command of geography throw you, though. There's still a lot wrong with Trump's tweet, which as per usual is playing on unfounded fears about immigration letting in terrorists and rapists into Western countries:

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