'Freudian slip?' Paul Ryan almost made a YUGE mistake when he introduced Trump at SOTU

When introducing Donald Trump before tonight’s State of the Union Address, Paul Ryan suffered a little slip of the tongue:

did Paul Ryan almost say “preventing” the president of the United States?

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 31, 2018

Paul Ryan nearly said he had the distinct honor of "preventing" Donald Trump.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) January 31, 2018

amazing slip of tongue from Speaker Ryan as he introduced potus: "I have the distinct honor of prevent–presenting the president"

— Jon Ward (@jonward11) January 31, 2018

Oh man.

.@SpeakerRyan: I have the distinct honor of preven… presenting to you the President of the United States. #SOTU

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/Communism_Kills/status/958523139604058112

Whew! That was a close one!

https://twitter.com/sevenlayercake/status/958522752092254208

Did Paul Ryan just start to say “preventing“ instead of “presenting“ the president? Freudian slip? https://t.co/M4pDJU0pKj

— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) January 31, 2018

Paul Ryan just said that he has "the high privilege and distinct honor of preventing . . . the President of the United States."

A Freudian slip, if there ever was one.#SOTU

— Simon Hedlin (@simonhedlin) January 31, 2018

This could’ve been really awkward.

Oh Paul, if only you could have "prevented" this…. #SOTU

— amoylan (@amoylan) January 31, 2018