Gaffes Made by Global Leaders When They Think They're in Private

Recently, Indonesia's leader Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private conversation with American leader Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt.

Instead, a live microphone situation captured Prabowo asking Trump to organize a meeting with his son Eric, who serve as executives at the Trump organization.

This was just one in a series of missteps committed by international figures thinking they're off the record.

Below are five other memorable blunders:

Transplant Procedures and Immortality

At a military parade in Beijing in early autumn, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were recorded discussing organ transplants as a approach for extending lifespan.

"Human organs can be continuously replaced. The more you extend your life, the more youthful you get, and it's possible to even reach eternal life," the Russian translator was heard saying.

Xi, who was off camera, responded in Chinese: "Experts forecast that in this century people may reach 150 years old."

A conversation recorded from Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin

'Sea Rising at Your Door'

Ex-Australia border protection chief Peter Dutton came under fire in 2015 when he joked about the situation of people in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.

Dutton was conversing with then-prime minister Tony Abbott, who had just returned from environmental talks with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby.

Observing how a meeting about refugees was running on "Cape York time", Abbott replied: "There was a similar situation 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 regional nations and climate activists, while the political opponents demanded Dutton to apologise.

Peter Dutton overheard joking with Tony Abbott about rising sea levels

'Bigoted Woman'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was campaigning in 2010, he faced a constituent who challenged him on immigration and the economy.

Remaining connected to a Sky news microphone when he entered the car, Brown was heard saying: "That went terribly – they should never have put me with that woman. Who thought of that? Absurd."

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

This incident dominated headlines for weeks and Brown went on to lose the election.

'I Cannot Bear Netanyahu. He Lies.'

Ex-American leader Barack Obama was in discussion at the G20 summit in Cannes in 2011 with France's leader Nicolas Sarkozy when their remarks about Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu were captured by a live microphone.

Sarkozy said: "I can't stand Netanyahu. He's a liar."

According to a account from a French interpreter quoted by Reuters, Obama replied: "You've had enough but I must work with him more often than you."

'Major League ***hole'

A classic hot-mic moment from then US presidential candidate George W. Bush occurred when he made a negative comment about a reporter from The New York Times.

The GOP candidate was didn't realize that a microphone was live when he turned to Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and remarked, "That's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times."

Cheney answered: "Absolutely, that's true, definitely."

Bush at a political gathering in 2000