Trump Botches Pronunciation of ‘Tanzania’

‘Our embassies in Kenya and Tan-zayn-ia, and this was a horrible time for us, were attacked and 17 brave sailors were killed on the USS Cole’

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Donald Trump, seeking to firm up his foreign policy bona fides, today mistepped when attempting to pronounce the African country, Tanzania. 

Rather than using the traditional tan-zan-ee-ah, Trump said, "tan-zayn-ya." 

The White House later mocked Trump, saying, "Apparently, the phonetics are not included on the teleprompter."

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