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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×isn’t the first person to mispronounce the name of one of America’s most beloved national parks, but the way he did it certainly raised some eyebrows.It happened Tuesday when the president was signing a AdvertisementTrump was reading some prepared remarks when he mentioned how Americans’ eyes will “widen in amazement” as they look at glorious natural attractions like Old Faithful.Trump also mentioned the sequoia trees at Yosemite National Park, but his pronunciation left a lot to be desired, as it sounded more like “Yo, Semites.”tfw you’re the president and don’t know how to pronounce “Yosemite” — DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom)To be clear, Yosemite is pronounced “yoh-SEM-i-tee” and not “,” a term that refers to “a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.”AdvertisementAlthough it’s fairly obvious the president made a simple mispronunciation and not an intentional reference to a particular ethnic group, that didn’t stop the Twitter snark.I would have pegged him for an anti-yo-semite. — ralphgarman (@RalphGarman)My roommate kept replaying Trump saying, “Yo! Semites!” for Yosemite. The first few times he played it, I thought Trump was making a pitch for Semitism, and that while it was stranger and loftier than usual, it must be part of the campaign’s re-set.— ANNE LAMOTT (@ANNELAMOTT)"Yo, Semite" is what you say when you're calling out to that Jewish guy you know - but forgot his name.— Mike Glenn (@mrglenn)shame on all of us for expecting him to actually pronounce Yosemite correctly, tbqh— Robbie Couch (@robbie_couch)AdvertisementYou don’t know. Maybe he has a friend named Semite and he was just saying “Yo, Semite.”— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko)Trump praises "Yo Semite's towering sequoias." — The American Independent (@AmerIndependent)Yo Semites Sam — Steve Presser (@stevenmpresser)See GallerySuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×isn’t the first person to mispronounce the name of one of America’s most beloved national parks, but the way he did it certainly raised some eyebrows.It happened Tuesday when the president was signing a AdvertisementTrump was reading some prepared remarks when he mentioned how Americans’ eyes will “widen in amazement” as they look at glorious natural attractions like Old Faithful.Trump also mentioned the sequoia trees at Yosemite National Park, but his pronunciation left a lot to be desired, as it sounded more...

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