Malaria, the Panama Canal, and the seven/nine wonders of the world

Recently a presidential candidate gave his opinion on the Panama Canal.  Here is a quotation from a portion of that interview:

“We lost 35,000 people to the mosquito.  Malaria.  We lost 35,000 people.  We lost 35,000 people because of the mosquito.  Vicious.  They had to build under nets.  It was one of the true great wonders of the world.

“One of the nine wonders.  No, no, it was one of the seven.  You could make nine wonders.”

No, it wasn’t Biden.  You probably guessed it was Trump.  You are right.  This was taken from a recent interview Trump had with Tucker Carlson.  We keep hearing a great deal about Biden and his word slippage, but Biden never comes close to that level of incoherence.  It is time we start to worry about the next four years under a President who already seems to have an issue with dementia, and I do mean Donald Trump.

This quotation is from a column by Frank Bruni entitled “Trump Is Really Old, Too.”