President Donald Trump drew attention on Tuesday during an appearance on Fox & Friends when he seemed to forget the name of an ocean while discussing the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Speaking about European leaders such as France’s Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who recently attended Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump attempted to emphasize the geographic distance between Europe and the United States.
TRUMP CAN’T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE OCEAN.
Listen: https://t.co/g2RA9ROfem— Annie van Leur (@AnnevanLeur) August 19, 2025
He noted that America is separated from the conflict by “an ocean,” but stumbled and did not specify which one. Trump called it a “big, beautiful ocean” yet stopped short of naming whether it was the Atlantic or the Pacific.
The lapse sparked debate among observers, with many questioning whether Trump had been referring to the Atlantic Ocean, which separates the United States from Europe, or the Pacific Ocean, which divides America from Russia across the Bering Strait and Alaska.
The mix-up was seized upon by netizens who said such instances are becoming more frequent. Moreover, given the fact that the war situation between Russia and Ukraine is still not resolved, which Trump had promised it would be long back, his “senior moment” drew even more attention.
Reaction on social media was quite fast , with critics mocking Trump for what they described as another mental misstep. X (formerly Twitter) users shared clips of the segment, joking that Trump was struggling with basic geography.
One user, Annie van Leur, wrote in all caps: “TRUMP CAN’T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE OCEAN. If not for the Republicans in Congress, he’d be in an assisted living community somewhere.
In a different post, she added, “Donald Trump is a ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ president.” Another user added, “‘Another senior moment’: Concerns swirl after Trump forgets name of Pacific Ocean on Fox News.”
This was not the first time Trump has had memory failures publicly . Only last month, he experienced a similar embarrassing moment during a White House bill-signing ceremony, as Irish Star reported.
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At the event, the president was introducing members of his expanded council on sports, fitness, and nutrition, which he re-established with a child fitness test and the help of several prominent athletes.
The council’s chair, professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau, was among those present. Trump also acknowledged WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, praising him as a long-time friend and remarkable athlete before bizarrely glancing around the room as though he had lost track of him.
Despite staring directly at Triple H while delivering his introduction, Trump momentarily failed to realize the wrestler-turned-executive was standing right beside him. That incident had also highlighted the fact that Trump’s age is probably finally catching up to him and his cognitive abilities are declining.
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However, Trump has not publicly acknowledged any such cognitive or mental health issues about him to the public. Besides these instances of Trump forgetting names and the presence of people in a room with him, Trump’s cognitive health condition has been described poorly by niece Mary Trump as well.
It now remains to be seen if the frequent occurrence of such moments lead to Trump clarifying the condition of his health or if he continues this way only.
