U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned "local milk people" while talking with the Australian prime minister in January. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump may have just coined a new nickname for America's dairy farmers: local milk people.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that it had obtained transcripts of the president's January calls with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, which occurred a week after Trump took office.

Both conversations delved into immigration-related issues, but it was a comment made by Trump during a discussion with Turnbull about refugees that left people perplexed and sparked internet intrigue.

"I hate taking these people," Trump reportedly said during the call. "I guarantee you they are bad. That is why they are in prison right now. They are not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people."

Recommend reading this excerpt from Trump's call with Australia's prime minister, because... https://t.co/8tmGlYIJSE pic.twitter.com/op7b1iyNjV — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 3, 2017

The Post noted that Trump's comment appeared to be in reference to dairy farms, while Post reporter Greg Miller, who wrote the story, posited that it could be an allusion to yogurt company Chobani, which has been criticized for hiring refugees.

Regardless, from bovine and milk gifs to indie band jokes, the president's new phrase became quick fodder for Twitter humor:



Local milk people pic.twitter.com/m0JtvzKsz3 — Erin 🎶Gloria🎶 Ryan (@morninggloria) August 3, 2017

*steps away from twitter for literally two seconds*



"what the hell are local milk people" — Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) August 3, 2017

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be local milk people https://t.co/b9OZlBLl2S — Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) August 3, 2017

I want to live like local milk people. I want to do whatever local milk people do. — Zoe Camp (@jzcamp) August 3, 2017

How do you get a job with "the local milk people"? https://t.co/DegclgHnVm — Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 3, 2017

Local Milk People, color stipple engraving by Luigi Schiavonetti after Francis Wheatley, 1793 @ngadc pic.twitter.com/eZN3hOVaql — Peter Huestis (@RealSparklePony) August 3, 2017

Straight up honest with you all, I clicked on Local Milk People because I thought it was a band I needed to know about. — spookycookies (@spookyhills) August 3, 2017

"local milk people" is the next great midwestern jam bandhttps://t.co/ewcSrGDk3U pic.twitter.com/EhQWhPaGtc — Adam Cancryn (@adamcancryn) August 3, 2017