WATCH: Trump 'invents another African country' by butchering pronunciation of Tanzania

In his second public speech of the day, Donald Trump on Friday continued not-quite-reading off teleprompters, this time mispronouncing the African country “Tanzania” so it rhymed with the Australian island state Tasmania.

The president pronounced “Tanzania” as “Tan-ZAY-nee-uh,” as opposed to the country’s actual pronunciation, “Tan-zu-KNEE-uh.” The flub came just hours after Trump said he spoke with “the President of the Virgin Islands,” who is himself.

It’s not the first time Trump’s mispronounced the word; as candidate, he likewise lacked a grasp of the phonetics of the word, of which assistant professor of African history at Boston College Priya Lal said there’s “no debate.”

“I would say that it really doesn’t bode well if somebody who’s campaigning to be the leader of the United States can’t even pronounce the name of the country,” she told the Guardian. “That seems like the most basic starting point, it is a serious error and it is ignorant.

Internet users were quick to mock the president for his pronunciation: