In all fairness, Trump quickly corrected himself, but the gaffe quickly began trending on Twitter, according to Mashable.
President Trump pronounces Thailand “thigh land” before correcting himself.” pic.twitter.com/P2uWWcJ0kn
— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2020
“Once more, your foreign competitors moved their factories to prevent a level playing field and to avoid liability,” Trump said to Whirlpool employees. “Shifting production to Thighland and to Vietnam. Thailand and Vietnam. Two places, I like their leaders very much, they’re very nice to us. Do they take advantage of the United States? Not so much anymore.”
Of course, last night’s verbal goof was not the first time Trump has messed up the name of a location. Earlier this week, the president referred to Yosemite National Park, pronounced “Yoh-sem-it-ee,” as “Yo-semites.” He stumbled over the word again and added another syllable, pronouncing it as “Yo-sem-in-ites.”
This is incredible: August 6, 2020
Seeing as Trump has been bragging about acing his cognitive test, he should be very thankful it did not include any geographical locations. He would have flunked it, for sure.
Twitter users had a lot of fun with “thigh” puns.
Thighland is just off the coast of Crotchatia.
— (((Josh Malina))) (@JoshMalina) August 6, 2020
According to 23andMe I’m 16.9% Thighlandian Yo-Semite.
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) August 6, 2020
Welcome to Thighland pic.twitter.com/7q5fWRCp8i
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 6, 2020
Adam Beal actually made an astute observation when he Tweeted: “The GOP keeps trying to attack Biden’s mental fitness, but that strategy doesn’t really make much sense when every day Trump’s brain implodes and he says something shockingly stupid like “Thighland” or “Yo, Semite.””
The Prince of Whales and I stopped by Nambia after we left Thighland on our way to Yo-Semite National Park.
We caught a connecting flight out of the Revolutionary War Airport.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) August 6, 2020