Gaffes Made by Global Heads of State Believing They're in Private

Recently, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto believed he was a confidential discussion with American leader Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.

However, a hot-mic incident captured Prabowo requesting Trump to organize a meeting with his son Eric, who hold positions at the family business.

This was just one in a string of gaffes committed by world leaders when they assume no one can hear them.

Below are several additional memorable errors:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

During a defense ceremony in Beijing this September, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were overheard talking about organ transplants as a method for extending lifespan.

"Vital organs can be continuously replaced. The longer you live, the more youthful you get, and it's possible to even achieve immortality," Putin's interpreter was heard saying.

Xi, who was off camera, responded in Chinese: "Some predict that in the current era people may live to 150 years old."

A conversation heard between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin

'Water Lapping at Your Door'

Ex-Australia border protection chief Peter Dutton faced criticism in 2015 when he joked about the plight of people in the Pacific facing ocean encroachment.

Dutton was speaking to former PM Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from environmental talks with regional heads in Port Moresby.

Observing how a migration discussion was running on "delayed schedule", Abbott replied: "We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby."

Dutton added: "Time doesn't mean anything 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 issue an apology.

Peter Dutton recorded making jokes with Tony Abbott about coastal flooding

'Prejudiced Voter'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was on the trail in 2010, he faced a voter who questioned him on immigration and the economy.

Still wired up to a Sky news microphone when he entered the car, Brown was recorded stating: "That was a disaster – they should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that? Absurd."

Asked what she had said, he replied: "All topics, she was just a bigoted woman."

The scandal received extensive coverage for weeks and Brown ultimately lost the election.

'I Can't Stand Netanyahu. He Lies.'

Ex-American leader 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 cannot bear Netanyahu. He's a liar."

Per a version 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 recording incident from former White House hopeful George W. Bush happened as he made a disparaging remark about a reporter from The New York Times.

The Republican presidential nominee was didn't realize that a microphone was live when he turned to Dick Cheney at a political event and remarked, "That's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times."

Cheney responded: "Absolutely, he is, big time."

Bush at a political gathering in 2000