At a Thursday night campaign rally in Cincinnati, President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE explained how he learned to pronounce the city of Lima, Ohio.

When referring to a tank factory in Lima, he briefly discussed the city's name.

"The Army tank plant in — you know Lima?" he said to the crowd. "You call it Lima (Lie-muh), right? You know most people call it Lima (Lee-muh), but I know Lima (Lie-muh)."

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"I used to say, 'you mean Lima (Lee-muh)'? They said 'no, sir, it's Lima (Lie-muh),'" he added.

"They have it wrong on the teleprompter, OK, and I would have been in big trouble, but the good news is I don't use the teleprompter too much," he continued. "If I did you would have been out of here a long time ago, because it gets very boring when you do the teleprompter deal."

Trump went on to say during the rally that he insisted that the Lima factory remain open.

Trump spoke before the crowd in Cincinnati just one day after the 2020 Democratic debates. He had previously visited the tank plant in Lima, which is about 130 miles from Cincinnati, earlier this year. While there, he criticized the late Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainAnalysis: Biden victory, Democratic sweep would bring biggest boost to economy The Memo: Trump's strengths complicate election picture Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ariz.).