President Donald Trump repeatedly misidentified Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan" during a press briefing in Ankara on Wednesday, claiming the country had fired 111 missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln and attempted to sink the carrier.
Trump, who also confused Volodymyr Zelensky with Vladimir Putin during the same session, declared that a ceasefire with Iran had ended following Tehran's attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. He stated that all missiles were intercepted by American air defenses. United States Central Command separately claimed to have struck more than 60 small boats belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.