"Islamic Republic of Japan Missile Attack"... Trump Makes Another Verbal Slip

U.S. President Donald Trump, who is attending the NATO summit in Turkey, drew attention for a series of verbal slips, the British newspaper The Guardian reported on July 8 (local time).

During a press conference that day, while mentioning a missile attack aimed at the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, President Trump stated that it was "launched by the Islamic Republic of Japan."

He mistakenly said "Japan" instead of "Iran" while attempting to refer to the official name of Iran, the "Islamic Republic of Iran."

In addition, during a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump asked reporters, "Do you have any questions for President Putin?"

This prompted reactions on the scene that he might have confused President Zelenskyy's name with that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

However, President Trump later explained that he had a scheduled phone call with President Putin, stating, "It was an intentional remark."

Along with this, while mentioning the funeral of the former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, President Trump mistakenly referred to Khamenei as "Khomeini."

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the figure who led the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution and served as the Supreme Leader of Iran before Khamenei.

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