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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump doesn't know how to pronounce Tanzania...
What a fucking moron...such an embarrassment..
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Trump doesn't know how to pronounce Tanzania... (Original Post)
HipChick
Oct 2017
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brucefan
(1,549 posts)1. Or Pwueeeto Reeeeco
LeftInTX
(25,264 posts)2. Here is a clip from 2016
Sounds like he has it mixed up with Tasmania.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. Or Namibia!
AKA "Nambia"!!
procon
(15,805 posts)4. He has Dementia.
Speech difficulty is common in people with dementia, and is one of the first noticeable symptoms. A person with dementia forgets simple words or substitutes unusual words, making his speech choppy and hard to understand. Look how often Trump visibly struggles to find the right word and frequent has to resort to repetition (very, very big) and stock phrases (you can believe me), or he uses a completely unrelated word (furniture/future) or makes up a fake word (Tanzania/Tan Zania)
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0rganism
(23,944 posts)5. and he doesn't care at all
his base likely applauds such mispronunciations as a rejection of the dreaded multiculturalism