Comedian Jon Stewart and his audience were among those mocking President Trump’s pronunciation of acetaminophen on Monday.
The president struggled to pronounce the medicine during a press conference in which he advised pregnant women to avoid taking the drug due to an alleged connection to autism in children. Acetaminophen is the primary ingredient in Tylenol, widely used for pain relief.
“Well, let’s see how we say that...” Trump said. The president then pronounced the word, barely, and sheepishly asked, “Is that ok?”
Stewart, during his evening broadcast of "The Daily Show," responded “No!” emphatically.
“We would like a second opinion, and a third pronunciation,” Stewart said, to howls from the crowd. “Look, there’s already a ton of controversy around the lack of data tying acetamin