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?

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.

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.