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President Kennedy called himself a jelly donut when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner" in 1963.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that President Kennedy called himself a jelly donut when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner" in 1963?
No. Two sources directly address the claim: a Wikipedia article calls the jelly-doughnut story an urban legend and notes Berliners call the pastry 'Pfannkuchen', and a Skeptics StackExchange answer states Kennedy was correct and did not call himself a doughnut. The remaining items only confirm he said 'Ich bin ein Berliner' without addressing the doughnut interpretation.
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Ich bin ein Berliner - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner
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Did JFK call himself a jelly donut in his famous Berlin speech?. (2017). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/39053/did-jfk-call-himself-a-jelly-donut-in-his-famous-berlin-speech
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