Slip-ups Made by World Leaders When They Think They're in Private
Recently, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto believed he was a private conversation with US President Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.
However, a hot-mic incident captured Prabowo requesting Trump to arrange a meeting with his son Don Jr, who serve as executives at the Trump organization.
It represented only one in a string of missteps made by international figures thinking they're off the record.
Below are several additional noteworthy blunders:
Organ Transplants and Immortality
At a military parade in Beijing this September, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were recorded talking about organ transplants as a approach for prolonging life.
"Vital organs can be repeatedly replaced. The longer you live, the more youthful you get, and you can even reach eternal life," the Russian translator was heard saying.
Xi, who was off camera, responded in Chinese: "Some predict that in this century humans may reach 150 years old."
Dialogue recorded from Chinese president Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin
'Water Lapping at Your Door'
Former Australian border protection chief Peter Dutton came under fire in 2015 when he joked about the plight of residents in the Pacific experiencing ocean encroachment.
Dutton was conversing with then-prime minister Tony Abbott, who had just returned from climate change talks with regional heads in Port Moresby.
Observing how a meeting about refugees was running on "delayed schedule", Abbott responded: "We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby."
Dutton commented: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have the ocean reaching your home."
These remarks sparked outrage from Pacific Islands and environmentalists, while the opposition Labor party called for Dutton to issue an apology.
Peter Dutton recorded making jokes with Tony Abbott about rising sea levels
'Bigoted Woman'
As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was on the trail in 2010, he faced a constituent who challenged him on migration and the economy.
Remaining connected to a Sky news microphone when he entered the car, Brown was heard saying: "That went terribly – they should not have placed me with that individual. Who thought of that? Absurd."
When questioned about she had said, he answered: "Everything, she was just a prejudiced person."
The scandal received extensive coverage for an extended period and Brown went on to lose the election.
'I Can't Stand Netanyahu. He's a Liar.'
Ex-American leader Barack Obama was in conversation at the G20 summit in Cannes in 2011 with France's leader Nicolas Sarkozy when their comments about Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were picked up by a live microphone.
Sarkozy said: "I can't stand Netanyahu. He deceives."
According to a account from a French interpreter quoted by Reuters, Obama replied: "You've had enough but I have to deal with him frequently than you."
'Major League ***hole'
A classic hot-mic moment from then US presidential candidate George W. Bush occurred when he made a disparaging remark about a reporter from The New York Times.
The Republican presidential nominee was didn't realize that a recording device was active when he turned to Dick Cheney at a political event and said, "That's Adam Clymer, complete jerk from the New York Times."
Cheney responded: "Oh yeah, he is, definitely."
Bush at a Labour rally in 2000
