Donald Trump calls Thailand ‘Thighland’ during speech about washing machines

Donald Trump has once again sparked debate after mispronouncing Thailand as "Thighland".

During a speech about washing machines at the Whirpool factory at Clyde in Ohio on Thursday (6th August) - where the 45th President of the United States could be seen soaked with sweat - he said, "Four or five years ago this place was a disaster".

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"In 2017 Whirlpool won relief from the ITC (US International Trade Commission) once again. Once more, your foreign competitors moved their factories to prevent a level playing field, and to avoid liability.

Incorrectly pronouncing Thailand, Trump continued, "Shifting production to Thighland, and to Vietnam." He then repeated himself to correct his pronunciation, adding: "Two places that – I like their leaders very much – do they take advantage of the United States? Not so much anymore."

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The erstwhile Apprentice star, who began to drip with sweat as the speech continued, made the error just days after mispronouncing Yosemite National Park as "Yo-semite" during an announcement on increased funding for the US National Parks system.

This comes after Trump alleged that the 2020 election results may not be known for "years".

As part of a wide-ranging Fox & Friends interview, Trump cautioned that if states like Nevada are permitted to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters, it could take "years" to get the results from November's elections.

He alleged that the infrastructure is not there for such a sizeable operation.

"It could be for months and months," he said. "It could be for years".

The 45th President of the United States then pointed out that a congressional primary election in New York has resulted in weeks of vote-counting after citizens mailed in their ballots.

In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning, Trump denounced the mail-in voting process as a "corrupt disaster". It was these allegations that he corroborated during his interview with Fox, claiming that we may not know the election result in Nevada for moths or "years".

"Nevada has ZERO infrastructure for Mail-In Voting. It will be a corrupt disaster if not ended by the Courts. It will take months, or years, to figure out. Florida has built a great infrastructure, over years, with two great Republican Governors. Florida, send in your Ballots!" he wrote on Twitter.

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On Tuesday (August 4th), the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Nevada's considerable expansion of mail-in voting.

"The RNC has a vital interest in protecting the ability of Republican voters to cast, and Republican candidates to receive, effective votes in Nevada elections and elsewhere," the lawsuit read, according to the Independent.

This comes after Nevada state legislature passed an election bill that "ensures protections for Nevadans to vote safely at the November election during the pandemic," per Democrat Governor Steve Sisolak.

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In a tweet posted on Monday, he said: "During this global pandemic, I made a commitment that we’d do all we can to allow Nevadans to safely cast a ballot in the upcoming November election."