US President Donald Trump is ahead of his predecessor, Joe Biden, in terms of the number of ridiculous reservations in country names. The score between recent US leaders is 4:7 in favor of an 82-year-old Democrat.

Recently, medical experts are increasingly noticing changes in Donald Trump’s behavior, some even seeing signs of dementia. The head of the White House is allowing more and more reservations on the spot. Most often geographical toponyms suffer.

Google has previously limited its AI search tool (AI Overview) to handle specific requests related to the mental health of President Donald Trump.

The Washington Post had previously reported that Trump felt a strong fear of the Alzheimer’s disease his father suffered from.

Due to Trump’s mistake, the Albanian premier was hit by Macron

On 18 September, Donald Trump confused the names of Armenia and Azerbaijan, saying that he had managed to settle the conflict between «Aberdeen and Albania». There was a ridiculous scene at the European Political Community summit. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stood near Macro and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and addressed a colleague from France. «You should apologize to us (showing yourself and Aliyeva). Because you did not congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump implemented between Albania and Azerbaijan». All present were laughing, and Macro even tapped the Albanian on the cheek as a joke.

The 79-year-old Donald Trump has not been ridiculed for the first time because of reservations and confusion in the names of countries. Journalists always pay attention to this, given that the current US head of state has devoted his campaign to mocking Biden’s mental problems.

In April 2025, Trump admitted that he had previously mispronounced the name of the country Qatar as «Khat-R». He noted that «no one has ever told him whether he is speaking correctly».

In September 2025, as already mentioned, he confused Armenia with Albania. The incident has made world leaders laugh, including Albanian Prime Minister Edi Ramu.

Right in the same speech, Trump said «Abrayajan» instead of «Azerbaijan». This case was noticed and ridiculed by journalists.

In January 2025, Trump announced that he intended to rename the Gulf of Mexico as «Golf of America». This statement caused criticism and bewilderment, as the majority of Americans polled were against such a renaming.

In September 2017, speaking to the UN General Assembly, Trump twice mentioned the non-existent country of «Namibia». The White House later clarified that he meant Namibia, a country in South Africa.

In one of his speeches, Trump said «Thailand» instead of «Thailand». This case was noticed and discussed in the media.

In June 2016, as a presidential candidate, Trump declared that «Belgium is a beautiful city». Belgium is actually a country, and Brussels is its capital.

Baydan had a harder time in the Arab countries

Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, has repeatedly attracted attention during his political career because of reservations and confusion in names, dates and country names. Some of these cases have received wide media coverage.

In March 2024, Biden confused Ukraine with Afghanistan and Iraq, saying: «We should not have come to Ukraine».

In November 2022, the head of the White House mistakenly thanked Colombia for hosting the ASEAN summit. That was polite. However, the event was actually held in Cambodia.

In 2021, Biden misnamed the capital of Qatar, stating that it was located in Doha, which is a mistake because Doha is the capital of Qatar.

In May 2022, the US president was confused by the acronym of an organization intended for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. He could not pronounce the acronym correctly, which caused ridicule in the media.

The situation with reservations deteriorated during the presidential term of Joe Biden. According to the media, since early 2024, Biden has made 148 mistakes in his public statements, including confusion in names, dates and country names.

Not all right with names

Both politicians also had problems with the names of their co-presidents.

At the NATO summit in Washington in July 2024, Biden made two mistakes: he called the leader of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky «President Putin», and after that he confused Vice President Kamal Harris with Donald Trump.

The current US leader is no longer in debt. In July, he forgot the name of the Japanese prime minister. Donald Trump talked about trade taxes on imports from Japan. At a time when the name of the country’s prime minister should have been mentioned, he clearly did not remember him and called the policy simply «Mr Japan»