Think Donald Trump is a bad president? He probably would have been an even worse geography teacher.

And he proved that in spades on Wednesday during a speech at the American Business Forum in Miami, when he confused the country of South Africa with the continent of South America.

“For generations, Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa,” Trump said. “If you take a look at what is going on in parts of South Africa. Look at what is going on in South Africa. Look at South America, what’s going on. We have a G20 meeting in South Africa. South Africa shouldn’t even be in the Gs anymore.”

Trump: For generations, Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. If you take a look at what is going on in parts of South Africa. Look at what is going on in South Africa. Look at South America, what's going on. We have a g20 meeting in South… pic.twitter.com/laczhRRNXs

There are many factual inaccuracies in Trump’s statement to go along with the obvious geographical gaffes.

For instance, South Africa has never had a communist government, so its citizens have never had to “flee communist tyranny” for Miami.

In fact, South Africans make up less than 0.03% of Miami’s population.

However, Miami has long been a port-of-call for people fleeing countries like Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, which have had socialist........

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