Donald Trump invented an entire country and confused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

Trump, 80, made the embarrassing mixups during a Q&A with Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey,

He told reporters that U.S. aircraft carriers had come under fire from ‘Islamic Republic of Japan’ forces as he praised American defensive weaponry.

“We have an aircraft carrier, which is one of the most beautiful in the world. It’s one of the biggest, the ‘Abraham Lincoln,’” he said. “We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan. They were shot at the aircraft carrier over a period of about one hour. One hundred and eleven missiles going to a very expensive ship, and every one of those missiles was knocked down, pretty much most by Patriots, but by other means also.”

Trump appeared to be referring to Iran’s claim in March that it struck the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. However, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) denied in an Twitter statement at the time that the ship was hit.

Japan does not have a state religion, and the most common religions are Shinto and Buddhism. Furthermore, the United States and Japan have been military allies for nearly 75 years. The two countries signed a treaty in 1952, after the end of World War II, according to the official U.S. Congress website. They also share a mutual defense pact, with around 60,000 U.S. troops currently stationed around Japan.

Moments later, during the same conversation, Trump seemed to mix up Zelenskyy – who was sitting beside him —  and Putin, asking reporters if they had “a question for President Putin.”

Trump attempted to recover by repeating the question and suggesting he’d take the reporter’s question to the Russian leader.

“Do you have a question for President Putin? Not Zelensky,’ He said. “What would you like to ask him, because I’m going to ask him that question.”

Despite the high profiled embarrassing gaffes, the White House defended Trump’s performance at NATO.

“President Trump delivered a marathon, high-energy performance at the NATO summit, holding four separate press availabilities plus a solo press conference and taking unscripted questions from reporters on a wide range of topics. The President commanded every room, gave our allies some much-needed tough love, and left the summit with a stronger NATO and more united free world,” White House Press Secretary Press Karoline Leavitt told Newsweek.