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Languages spoken by the leaders of Europe and North America (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Who's the last American President that spoke multiple languages?

Edit:

Oh wow, Wikipedia to the rescue!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilingual_presidents_of_the_United_States

Seems like Carter and F. D. Roosevelt are the last two that could have been considered to be truly comfortable in a second language.

[โ€“] TwoBeeSan 8 points 10 months ago

Great wiki. Thanks!

"To practice, Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn read the Bible to each other every night."

Legit sweet people :(