[khazhoux]

No, the names thing has always been exaggerated.

I occasionally call my kids by each others' names. My parents would call me by my brothers' names. This is a running joke in large families. I occasionally in large meetings swap the names of two products we're talking about and have to be corrected. It's just a very low-grade "verbal dyslexia" that means nothing except that the brain isn't a perfectly-wired machine.

[TylerE]

When you confuse the name of the leader of one country with the leader of the country they're at war against, that's...a bit more than that.

[khazhoux]

Occam’s razor— which is more likely:

* Swapping a name as he’s known to do, with the name of the person who is contextually-adjacent and the other main character?

* Thinking the man he just finished discussing our continual support against Russian expansion, was actually Vladimir Putin himself?

[TylerE]

I don’t beleive he’s actually confusing them, but it’s not a good look for a guy who’s supposed to be a leader in uncertain times. One should never be question if the president meant what they just said.

[khazhoux]

Oh it’s a terrible look, no argument there!

I’m only saying that life-long wors-swapping is not dementia, as so many say.