Donald Trump on Thursday badly flubbed the name of a country whose president was sitting right in front of him—but didn’t seem to mind.

In remarks prefacing a White House dinner with several Central Asian countries, Trump announced that Kazakhstan had agreed to join the Abraham Accords, his first term deal to help normalize relations between Israel and Muslim-majority countries.

“This evening, I’m also delighted to report that Kazakhstan has officially...joined the Abraham Accords,” Trump, seated across from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said, pronouncing “Abraham” correctly this time. “And I just want to thank you, Mr. President. It’s a great honor. It’s a tremendous honor to have you. Really great.”

Yet Trump, 79, not only emphasized the wrong syllable of the country’s name, but ad

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