Gaffes Made by World Leaders Believing They're in Private
This week, Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private conversation with American leader Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.
Instead, a hot-mic incident revealed Prabowo requesting Trump to organize a meeting with his son Eric, who serve as executives at the family business.
This was just one in a series of missteps made by world leaders thinking no one can hear them.
Here are five other memorable errors:
Organ Transplants and Immortality
During a defense ceremony in Beijing in early autumn, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were overheard discussing organ replacement as a method for extending lifespan.
"Human organs can be repeatedly replaced. The longer you live, the more youthful you get, and you can even reach eternal life," Putin's interpreter was heard saying.
Xi, who was off camera, answered in Chinese: "Experts forecast that in this century humans may reach 150 years old."
Dialogue heard between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin
'Sea Rising at Your Door'
Ex-Australia immigration minister Peter Dutton came under fire in 2015 when he made light about the situation of residents in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.
Dutton was conversing with then-prime minister Tony Abbott, who had just returned from climate change talks with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby.
Observing how a meeting about refugees was running on "Cape York time", Abbott replied: "We had a similar situation up in Port Moresby."
Dutton commented: "Schedules become irrelevant when you're about to have water lapping at your door."
The comments sparked outrage from Pacific Islands and climate activists, while the political opponents called for Dutton to apologise.
Peter Dutton overheard joking with Tony Abbott about coastal flooding
'Prejudiced Voter'
While serving as UK PM Gordon Brown was campaigning in 2010, he faced a constituent who questioned him on migration and the economic situation.
Remaining connected to a broadcast microphone when he entered the car, Brown was heard saying: "That went terribly – they should not have placed me with that individual. Whose idea was that? Ridiculous."
Asked what she had said, he answered: "Everything, she was just a prejudiced person."
The scandal dominated headlines for an extended period and Brown went on to lose the political race.
'I Cannot Bear Netanyahu. He Lies.'
Former US president Barack Obama was in conversation at the international conference in Cannes in 2011 with France's leader Nicolas Sarkozy when their comments about Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu were picked up by a active recording device.
Sarkozy stated: "I can't stand Netanyahu. He deceives."
According to a version from a translator quoted by Reuters, Obama responded: "You're fed up with him but I have to deal with him more often than you."
'Major League ***hole'
A classic recording incident from former White House hopeful George W. Bush occurred when he made a negative comment about a journalist from The New York Times.
The GOP candidate was unaware that a microphone was live when he turned to Dick Cheney at a political event and said, "There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times."
Cheney answered: "Oh yeah, that's true, definitely."
Bush at a Labour rally in 2000
