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This week, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto believed he was a confidential discussion with US President Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt.

However, a hot-mic incident captured Prabowo requesting Trump to organize a call with his son Don Jr, both of whom hold positions at the Trump organization.

It represented only one in a series of missteps made by world leaders when they assume no one can hear them.

Below are five other memorable blunders:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

During a defense ceremony in Beijing in early autumn, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were recorded discussing organ replacement as a method for extending lifespan.

"Human organs can be repeatedly replaced. The longer you live, the younger you become, and you can even reach eternal life," Putin's interpreter was heard saying.

Xi, who was off camera, answered in Chinese: "Some predict that in this century humans may live to 150 years old."

A conversation recorded from China's leader Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin

'Water Lapping at Your Door'

Former Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton faced criticism in 2015 when he joked about the situation of people in the Pacific experiencing ocean encroachment.

Dutton was conversing with then-prime minister Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from climate change talks with regional heads in Port Moresby.

Observing how a meeting about refugees was running on "delayed schedule", Abbott responded: "We had 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."

These remarks sparked outrage from regional nations and climate activists, while the political opponents demanded Dutton to apologise.

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

'Bigoted Woman'

While serving as UK PM Gordon Brown was on the trail in 2010, he faced a voter who questioned him on immigration and the economic situation.

Still wired up to a Sky news microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was heard saying: "That was a disaster – they should never have put me with that individual. Whose idea was that? Absurd."

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

This incident received extensive coverage for weeks and Brown went on to lose the election.

'I Cannot Bear Netanyahu. He's a Liar.'

Former US president Barack Obama was in conversation at the G20 summit in Cannes in 2011 with then French president Nicolas Sarkozy when their comments about Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu were captured by a active recording device.

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

According to a account from a translator quoted by Reuters, Obama responded: "You're fed up with him but I have to deal with him more often 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 GOP candidate was unaware that a recording device was active when he turned to Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and said, "There's Adam Clymer, complete jerk from the New York Times."

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

Bush at a political gathering in 2000