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Jan 16 • 13:45 UTC • 🇷🇺 Russia • RT

Trump’s Iceland envoy pick apologizes for ‘52nd state’ joke

Billy Long, Trump's nominee for ambassador to Iceland, has apologized for a joke suggesting Iceland could become the 52nd state of the U.S.

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