Slip-ups From World Heads of State Believing No One Is Listening

This week, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private conversation with US President Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.

Instead, a hot-mic incident revealed Prabowo asking Trump to arrange a call with his son Don Jr, both of whom serve as executives at the family business.

It represented only one in a series of missteps committed by world leaders thinking no one can hear them.

Here are several additional noteworthy errors:

Transplant Procedures and Everlasting Life

At a military parade in Beijing this September, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were overheard discussing organ transplants as a method for prolonging life.

"Human organs can be repeatedly transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and it's possible to even reach eternal life," Putin's interpreter was recorded stating.

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

A conversation heard between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin

'Sea Rising at Your Door'

Ex-Australia immigration minister Peter Dutton faced criticism in 2015 when he joked about the plight of residents in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.

Dutton was speaking to former PM Tony Abbott, who had just returned from climate change talks with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby.

Noting that a migration discussion was running on "delayed schedule", Abbott replied: "There was a similar situation up in Port Moresby."

Dutton commented: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have the ocean reaching your home."

The comments provoked anger from Pacific Islands and environmentalists, while the political opponents demanded Dutton to issue an apology.

Peter Dutton overheard joking with Tony Abbott about rising sea levels

'Bigoted Woman'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was on the trail in 2010, he faced a voter who challenged him on migration and the economic situation.

Still wired up to a Sky news microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was heard saying: "That went terribly – they should not have placed me with that woman. Whose idea was that? Ridiculous."

Asked what she had said, he replied: "Everything, she was just a bigoted woman."

The scandal received extensive coverage for an extended period and Brown ultimately lost the election.

'I Can't Stand Netanyahu. He's a Liar.'

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 Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were picked up by a live microphone.

Sarkozy stated: "I cannot bear Netanyahu. He's a liar."

Per a version from a French interpreter cited by Reuters, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him but I must work with him frequently than you."

'Total ***hole'

A vintage recording incident from former White House hopeful George W. Bush happened as he made a disparaging remark about a journalist from The New York Times.

The Republican presidential nominee was didn't realize that a microphone was live when he turned to Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and said, "That's Adam Clymer, complete jerk from the New York Times."

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

Bush at a Labour rally in 2000