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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump did not mispronounce Totalitarianism. He read exactly what his aides put on the teleprompter.
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Teleprompter Transcript:
"...this is the very definition of TOE TALLY TARRY TISEM and it is completely alien to our culture and to our values and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America."
(Note: Satire)
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Trump did not mispronounce Totalitarianism. He read exactly what his aides put on the teleprompter. (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2020
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)1. Funny!
It is odd that somebody that is so good at it can't pronounce it.
Is this just brain rot, or a Freudian thing? Maybe he gets so excited when he sees the word that he gets overwhelmed and confused and impatient?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. traitor trump has a hard time getting anything . . . straight
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)3. I'm confused, too. There is no "TISEM".
Just ism
TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts)10. Yeah, but if you listen to that idiot, he says 'tism.' 😂
mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)4. Looks like someone needs a
Hooked on Phonics lesson
but what do I know, I'm not a stable Jenius
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)12. We NO you ain't......
thems spel it geenious!!!
NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)5. A POTUS that has to have multi-syllable words phonetically
written so he can pronounce them - I fear for the PLANET.
Kid Berwyn
(14,909 posts)6. Unstable Moron is insane.
Live long in prison.
ConstanceCee
(314 posts)7. Vowel Sounds
He doesn't know short vowels, so they had to try to fudge it so at least he could say something.
Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)8. Did the transcripts come out written in sharpie
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)9. That bronzer he's wearing is killing me
Hes looks like a shitty statue himself.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)11. Dumbya's handlers used to print his multi-syllabic words phonetically.
Whenever he would speechify. But he would still screw it up.