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The White House teased GOP front-runner Donald Trump, who stumbled over the pronunciation of the African country Tanzania in a foreign policy speech Wednesday.
“No, I didn’t start, either,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters as he walked into the briefing room, responding to a reporter who noted that he didn’t finish watching Trump’s remarks. “I’ll catch the highlights later on tonight.”
But another reporter informed Earnest of Trump’s pronunciation of Tanzania as he approached his lectern to kick off the briefing.
“Apparently the phonetics are not included on the teleprompter,” Earnest said as the journalists in the room erupted into laughter. “All right, on to more serious topics.”
It’s New Year’s Eve! As you get ready for 2016, you can read about what it was like to spend New Year’s Eve in the Roosevelt White House on December 31, 1941 at the link!
U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama pose while waiting on the North Portico for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Madame Peng Liyuan ahead of a state dinner at the White House September 25, 2015 in Washington, DC
On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, invading the Republic of South Korea and starting the Korean War.
Expecting a quiet Sunday evening while President Harry S. Truman was out of town, White House Chief Butler Alonzo Fields describes having to prepare for Truman’s sudden return and the arrival 18 to 20 additional VIP guests following the announcement of hostilities.
