'But Bush is the dumb one': Obama calls Afghan president by the wrong name [video]

did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 24, 2015

@IngrahamAngle Did US President just call Afghan President Ghani 'Karzai' in his Afghan drawdown speech?

— Steve Harvey (@SteveHin6) March 24, 2015

Obama got @LeoShane's name right, but called Ghani "President Karzai".

— Lauren Jenkins (@laurenist) March 24, 2015

President Obama called President #Ghani "President Karzai" in his joint press conference with prez #Ghani #AFG

— Abdullah Yadgare (@Abdullahyadgare) March 24, 2015

@BarackObama still mistakes #PreGhani's name with #Pre Karzai

— Farid (@AmiriOzair) March 24, 2015

Obama just referred to Ashraf Ghani as President Karzai.

— Ragnar's Brother (@RagnarsRepos) March 24, 2015

Ah Jeez, Obama just called Ghani "President Karzai".

— John Sifton (@johnsifton) March 24, 2015

I think Obama just called Ghani "President Karzai." Yikes.

— Paul D. Shinkman (@PDShinkman) March 24, 2015

Obama mistakenly refers to Afgan President Ghani as former president Karzai

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) March 24, 2015

Youch. Obama muddles the Afghan president standing next to him, calling Ghani Karzai.

— Jonathan Boone (@Jon_Boone) March 24, 2015

Video: In press conference, Obama mistakenly referred to Afghan President Ghani as "Karzai"http://t.co/35FFgfAuIghttps://t.co/XUtLiPQqFt

— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) March 24, 2015

oops. POTUS called Ghani "Karzai." Wonder where his head was?

— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) March 24, 2015

Obama forreal just called Ghani "Karzai"? ?

— Rinascità (@InMirzWords) March 24, 2015

That seems… pretty bad. RT @jeffmason1 Obama mistakenly refers to Afgan President Ghani as former president Karzai

— Patrick Brennan (@ptbrennan11) March 24, 2015

yes. shameful RT @JohnJHarwood: did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?

— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) March 24, 2015

Oops RT @LadyPutz: Did he just call Ghani Karzai?

— Andy Priest (@Priestic1) March 24, 2015

Oops! I blame the Teleprompter. “@jeffmason1: Obama mistakenly refers to Afgan President Ghani as former president Karzai”

— Melissia (@ProudoftheUSA) March 24, 2015

Did he also refer to him as "a corpsemen?" "@JohnJHarwood: did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?"

— Jack in NYC (@talkradio200) March 24, 2015

But Bush is the dumb one. RT @PruPaine: yes. shameful RT @JohnJHarwood: did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?

— Michael McDonald (@meadabawdy) March 24, 2015

Were he a Republican, he'd be "dumbest POTUS ever". RT @gwenifill: oops. POTUS called Ghani "Karzai." Wonder where his head was?

— Allan TFH/RoEL/VLR (@allanbourdius) March 24, 2015