U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alongside the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
President Donald Trump repeatedly called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by the wrong name at a NATO summit press conference Wednesday.
"You have a question for President Putin?" Trump asked reporters.
He then tried to put out the fire with a baffling rephrasing of his remark.
Noting the press reaction that included some laughs, he attempted, “Do you have a question for President Putin, not Zelenskyy,” once again pointing at his counterpart.
He then added, "What do you want to ask him because I am going to ask that question.”
Trump repeatedly refers to Zelenskyy as "President Putin" pic.twitter.com/zbTzfMc5EI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2026
