Trump appears to forget ocean's name live on TV: 'A thing'

In a call with Fox & Friends on Tuesday, President Donald Trump discussed at length his ongoing efforts to end the war in Ukraine and then appeared to forget the name of a major body of water.

Trump was asked by Fox News’ Lawrence Jones about the several European leaders who attended Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Monday, and whether they had said anything to Trump in private.

“They're very good people, they're very good leaders of their countries and they want to get back to leading their countries,” Trump said of the European leaders, which included French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, among others.

“They're consumed far more with this than we are because they're right there. You know we have an ocean that’s separating us, right? A thing called… an ocean. A big, beautiful ocean. And, uh, they don't, they're right there. So it's a different kind of a thing for them.”

Russia's east coast and the state of Alaska are separated by the Bering Strait, which is part of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific separates it from the U.S. mainland. Trump may also have been referring to the Atlantic Ocean, which separates Europe and the U.S.

Trump’s apparent mishap went unnoticed by the Fox & Friends hosts, who attempted to interject with questions twice, unsuccessfully, as Trump continued speaking on the United States’ relationship with Ukraine.

Now the oldest American president to have ever held office, Trump, at 79 years old, has raised questions from medical experts over his potential “mental decline,” largely stemming from his increasingly “incoherent” remarks at rallies or during interviews. Trump has fiercely rejected such claims, claiming to have “aced” a cognitive test back in 2024.

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