Watch: Obama struggles to pronounce 'Antetokounmpo' like everyone else
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Barack Obama tries to pronounce Giannis Antetokounmpo pic.twitter.com/s3f1svIoFt
— Dan Feldman (@DanFeldmanNBA) November 16, 2016
President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Greece on Wednesday and he tried to reference their native son Giannis Antetokounmpo to curry a favor.
Only there was one problem: Obama stumbled over the many tricky syllables in "Antetokounmpo" just like everyone else.
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