Faulty reasoning signals

• Confirmation Bias - 0%
• Anchoring Bias - 0%
• Availability Heuristic - 0%
• Representativeness Heuristic - 0%
• Hindsight Bias - 0%
• Overconfidence Bias - 7.3% (16 hits)
• Framing Effect - 49.1% (107 hits)
• Loss Aversion - 0%
• Status Quo Bias - 0%
• Sunk Cost Effect - 0%
• Optimism Bias - 0%
• Pessimism Bias - 0%

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‘You asking me?’

Confused Trump fumbles through press conference questions

President Donald Trump struggled with multiple questions Tuesday during a press conference during his meeting in Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

One reporter asked Trump about an ongoing controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s consideration of welcoming Turkey back into the United States’ F-35 fighter jet program.

At the heart of the controversy is pushback from Republicans – and Israel – over Turkey’s possession of an advanced Russian missile system.

The reporter asked Trump whether the missile defense system – known as the S-400 missile system – would be transferred to a “third party” to address Republicans’ and Israel’s concerns.

“What does that mean?”

Trump asked.

“Third party?

What is the third... with respect to what?”

Trump asked.

“There are concerns about the Russian missile defense system, do you have those concerns about this system?”

the reporter asked.

Trump, potentially having understood the reporter’s question, declared he had “no concerns at all about anything.”

In another moment, a presumably Turkish reporter asked Erdoğan a question, only for Trump to ask for clarification as to who it was directed toward.

“Is that for me?

Are you asking me?

Or are you asking the president?”

Trump asked.

“No, the president, I don't think you,” the reporter could be heard saying.