Shortly after President Trump's bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit, a White House news release on the meeting identified Xi as the leader of "the Republic of China." 1 on Trump’s erratic foreign policy]It was the White House press shop's second flub of the day. Today isn't the first time the White House press team has misidentified world leaders since Trump took office. [The White House just confused its treasury secretary for its commerce secretary]The White House promptly corrected the error but not before several news outlets noted the misspelling was the name of a different, um, public figure: former adult film star Teresa May. In February, White House press secretary Sean Spicer referred to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “Joe” during a news conference.

Source: Washington Post July 08, 2017 18:15 UTC