The Canadian Prime Minister joked with Donald Trump after he mislabeled him as the county’s president during his speech at the Gaza peace summit.

In his half-an-hour speech in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the US president, 79, thanked world leaders for the roles they played in the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

‘You have Canada. That’s so great to have, in fact, the president called, and he wanted to know if it’s worth – well, he knew exactly what it is. He knew the importance. Where’s Canada, by the way? Where are you? He knew the importance of this’, Trump said.

Following the speech, Mark Carney approached Trump to shake his hand and joke about the misstep, saying he was ‘glad you upgraded me to president’.

‘Oh, did I?’ chuckled Trump, who has faced repeated accusations of appearing ‘senile’. ‘I’m sorry! At least it wasn’t Governor,’ he added. 

Carney has served as the country’s prime minister since March 2025. 

The US president reeled off a running commentary as he noted other leaders in the room. But he repeatedly questioned why some of the leaders were standing with him at the podium while he spoke.

When he got to France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Trump was surprised he was not among those standing.

The Canadian Prime Minister joked with Donald Trump after he mislabeled him as the county’s president during his speech at the Gaza peace summit

Following the speech, Mark Carney approached Trump to shake his hand and joke about the misstep, saying he was ‘glad you upgraded me to president’

Trump, alongside dozens of world leaders, had gathered in Egypt on Monday to celebrate the long-awaited peace agreement between the warzones

‘France, thank you very much Emmanuel. I would imagine Emmanuel standing someplace behind me,’ Trump said looking around him before spotting the president in the audience. 

‘I can’t believe it. You’re taking a low key approach today.’

The president moments later gushed over the leader of Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been working to dismantle the country’s democracy.

‘Oh Viktor, where is Viktor? We love Viktor. Veektor, I call him, put the little accent on it,’ Trump said. ‘You are fantastic. I know a lot of people don’t agree with me, but I’m the only one that matters. You are fantastic.’

He then praised the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as ‘beautiful’ when he noted her attendance.

‘Italy. We have a woman, a young woman who’s – I’m not allowed to say it because usually it’s the end of your political career if you say it – she’s a beautiful young woman,’ Trump said. 

‘Now if you use the word beautiful in the United States about a woman, that’s the end of your political career, but I’ll take my chances.’ 

And in an embarrassing moment for Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister appeared to think he had been called up to the podium to speak.

During the speech, Trump read out a list of countries who were present for the summit and praised many of them for their work either towards peace in the middle east or in various other international conflicts.

The list ended with the United Kingdom and Sir Keir, who received a warm welcome from the US leader, who referred to the Prime Minister as ‘his friend’. 

When he got to France’s President Emmanuel Macron during his speech, Trump was surprised he was not among those standing on the stage with him

In an embarrassing moment for Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister appeared to think he had been called up to the podium to speak

Trump praised the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as ‘beautiful’ when he noted her attendance

Sir Keir awkwardly appeared to mistake this as an invitation on to the stage as he  stepped up to have his moment in the spotlight before it was cut short by his US counterpart.

As he finished his list, Trump said: ‘Where is United Kingdom, where is my friend, Starmer. The Prime Minister replied: ‘I am right behind you as usual’.

The President then invited Sir Keir to the stage, saying: ‘Come up here, is everything going good?’ Starmer awkwardly replied ‘very good’ as he turned toward the microphone. 

The US leader then stepped in front of Starmer and continued his speech. He said: ‘It is very nice that you are here. These people all came on like 20 minute notice and I think it is fantastic.’ 

Sir Keir looked around awkwardly before slowly scuttling back to his place on the stage, sharing a faint smile with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Trump, alongside dozens of world leaders, had gathered in Egypt on Monday to celebrate the long-awaited peace agreement between the warzones.

‘This is a great day, this is a whole new beginning,’ Trump told reporters after arriving at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday morning. 

‘And I think there’s never been an event like it, I’ve never seen anything like it.’ 

Trump later made his way to the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh where he signed off on his plan for peace in the Middle East at the summit, alongside fellow negotiators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.

No representative from Israel or Hamas was, however, present at the signing ceremony.

Trump hailed the ‘momentous’ breakthrough and ‘the new beginning for an entire beautiful Middle East’ after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and detainees.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025

US President Donald Trump signs the agreement during the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit in Egypt 

As he signed the ceasefire deal document, Trump spoke of how moved he was by seeing Israeli hostages being reunited with their families.

‘It’s a beautiful thing to see,’ he said. ‘In one sense, it’s so horrible that it could have taken place, but in another sense, it’s so beautiful to see a new and beautiful day is rising.’

Emotional reunions have taken place across Israel, Gaza and the West Bank after all 20 living Israeli hostages and captives were released by Hamas, before Israel released more than 1,900 prisoners and detainees.

Buses carrying dozens of freed Palestinians drove to the West Bank city of Ramallah and the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Prisoners Office said.