Watch Trump Struggle and Fail to Say the Word, “Anonymous”

Holy hell. I knew that Trump was dumb, but…wow. I’ve written plenty of times that his brain is mostly mush, but after last night, that may be too kind of a description. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the President of the United States.

What happened here when President Trump tried twice to pronounce “anonymous”? pic.twitter.com/nwSNnQuKfm

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2018

Not only did we learn this week that Trump lacks object permanence, but he cannot pronounce a word that Merriam-Webster classifies as one of the 20% most used words in the English language. Trump is functionally a toddler. We are all this amonym—anon—amnoun—unknown man making faces behind the president.

This hilarious, too-candid guy behind Trump was deemed an unsuitable background prop by the Trump choreographers. He was replaced (see next tweet) with someone who could actually feign enthusiasm for Dear Leader.

pic.twitter.com/zwkXk0YP9L

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 7, 2018

Jacob Weindling is a staff writer for Paste politics. Follow him on Twitter at @Jakeweindling.