Oops: CNN anchor cuts to the wrong national anthem

Published July 13, 2017 8:34pm ET



CNN anchor Poppy Harlow on Thursday mistakenly invited listeners to hear the French national anthem, when it was really the U.S. national anthem being played during President Trump’s arrival in the country Thursday.

As Trump was greeted by French President Emanuel Macron, a band began to play the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Harlow then interrupted a segment to say, “Let’s just listen in to the French national anthem for just a moment.”

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