“You know who he is”

Just one moment from Nick Shifrin’s reporting on the PBS NewsHour tonight:

Shifrin: “But President Trump also did not commit to approving $14 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan that are already teed up.”

The current occupant, speaking to reporters on Air Force One: “I’m gonna see. I have to speak to the person that right now, as you know — you know who he is — that’s running Taiwan.”

Hard to say whether “you know who he is” is a cover for cognitive decline or a cover for ignorance. The Taiwanese president is named Lai Ching-te, and an American president who’s just been to China should have that name on hand.