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President Trump Verbal Gaffe On “Yosemite” Spotlights Cartoon Character Yosemite Sam’s Little-Known History
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump’s recent mispronunciation of Yosemite – in which he referred to the national park as “Yo-semites” – is causing some merriment on social media. And one of the biggest revelations is that a beloved cartoon character bearing the park’s name may actually be a Semite.The Atlantic editor Yoni Applebaum started the fun when he tweeted out that Trump’s pronunciation was “Me, greeting a crowded room at my synagogue.”But he then contended to his audience that Warner Bros.