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Recently, Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto believed he was a private conversation with American leader Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.

Instead, a live microphone situation revealed Prabowo asking Trump to arrange a call with his son Eric, both of whom serve as executives at the Trump organization.

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

Here are five other noteworthy errors:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

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

"Human organs can be repeatedly replaced. The longer you live, the younger you become, and you can even achieve immortality," the Russian translator was heard saying.

Xi, who was not visible, answered in Chinese: "Experts forecast that in the current era humans may reach 150 years old."

Dialogue recorded from China's leader Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin

'Sea Rising at Your Door'

Former Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton came under fire in 2015 when he made light about the plight of people in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.

Dutton was speaking to former PM Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from environmental talks with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby.

Noting that a migration discussion was running on "Cape York time", Abbott responded: "We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby."

Dutton commented: "Schedules become irrelevant when you're about to have the ocean reaching your home."

The comments provoked anger from regional nations and climate activists, while the political opponents demanded Dutton to issue an apology.

Peter Dutton recorded making jokes with Tony Abbott about rising sea levels

'Bigoted Woman'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was campaigning in 2010, he encountered a voter who questioned him on immigration and the economy.

Remaining connected to a broadcast microphone when he entered the car, Brown was heard saying: "That went terribly – they should not have placed me with that individual. Whose idea was that? Ridiculous."

Asked what she had said, he answered: "Everything, she was just a prejudiced person."

This incident received extensive coverage for weeks and Brown ultimately lost the political race.

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

Ex-American leader Barack Obama was in conversation 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 can't stand Netanyahu. He's a liar."

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

'Major League ***hole'

A classic hot-mic moment from former White House hopeful George W. Bush occurred when he made a disparaging remark about a reporter from The New York Times.

The Republican presidential nominee was didn't realize that a recording device was active when he leaned over to Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and remarked, "There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times."

Cheney answered: "Absolutely, he is, big time."

Bush at a Labour rally in 2000