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I cadged this from the New Zealand Herald.<\/p>\n<p><em>Donald Trump has done it again, stumbling over another commonplace name in a speech during a campaign event.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This time, it was the southeast Asian country of Thailand that proved a problem for the US President, who pronounced it &#8220;Thigh-land&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Shifting production to Thigh-land,&#8221; Trump said during the speech at a washing machine factory in Ohio, before correcting himself. <\/em><em>&#8220;Thailand and Vietnam, two places that&#8230; I like their leaders very much.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter users didn&#8217;t hold back in mocking Trump, leaping on the opportunity to post a series of gags and memes after video of the gaffe went viral.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thighland is my favorite country after Assganistan. https:\/\/t.co\/6shV0lkltA<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Alexis Boucher (@alexis_b82) August 6, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>thighland and hondurass are nice but I\u2019m more into titaly<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 kilgore trout, new tone haver (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 6, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A little afternoon trivia: The chief executive of Thighland is the Lord of the Thighs, not the prime minister. https:\/\/t.co\/OW9iyfOqDx<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 6, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thighland is just off the coast of Crotchatia.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 (((Josh Malina))) (@JoshMalina) August 6, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thighland sounds both incorrect and delicious.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Troy Johnson (@_troyjohnson) August 6, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;shifting production to Thighland&#8221; is how I refer to leg day https:\/\/t.co\/b2ESMz0hMI<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Drew Goins (@drewlgoins) August 6, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all make mistakes, but some of them are Freudian. 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