Mitt Romney was treated as a punchline in 2012 for saying that Russia is America’s greatest “geopolitical foe.”

Newsrooms from New York City to Los Angeles all had a good laugh at the then-GOP presidential nominee’s expense. The Washington Post even published a fact-check that awarded Romney two “Pinocchios,” stating that it is “not sure” why the Republican candidate “singled out” the country that had invaded Georgia four years prior.

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