Hear Donald Trump struggle to pronounce the word 'anonymous'

The president needs a Speak & Spell.
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Marcus Gilmer
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Hear Donald Trump struggle to pronounce the word 'anonymous'
He can't even, you guys. Credit: Getty Images

For someone who really, really hates anonymous sources, even as he himself has played a similar role on his own behalf, President Donald Trump sure has a hard time pronouncing the word.

During a rally in Montana on Thursday night, Trump took the opportunity to slam the most recent "anonymous source" for being a thorn in his side -- the senior administration official who penned the "resistance" New York Times op-ed that called out Trump even as it sided with Trump on a lot of things.

Trump is still pissed off about the whole thing. He's so pissed off, it seems, that he couldn't even pronounce the word "anonymous" correctly.


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Twice.

Anomous? Ominous? Hiphopopotamus?

However you pronounce it, it spells more trouble for a president who swears up and down that he has "the best words."

It certainly got a lot of Twitter users talking:

It even inspired a Muppet mash-up that may soon become legendary in internet lore.

However he chooses to say it, Trump better get used to used to the word "anonymous," as Bob Woodward's searing expose on the Trump administration -- based on interviews with leagues of White House staffers and sources and which already has Trump riled up -- hits bookstores on Tuesday.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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