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‘Hot mic’ hot mess: gaffes made by global leaders when they think no one is listening

US president Donald Trump greets Indonesia's president Prabowo Subianto during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on 13 October, 2025.
US president Donald Trump greets Indonesia's president Prabowo Subianto during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on 13 October, 2025, in which they were caught on a ‘hot mic’. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/AFP/Getty Images

Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private word with US president Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt this week.

Instead what unfolded was a hot-mic slip up, with Prabowo heard asking Trump to line up a call with his son Eric, or his son Don Jr, who both serve as executives at the Trump organisation.

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