Has Trump or his staff referred to other major political figures by their given names?

Question

In this tweet, done under the Twitter handle @realDonaldTrump but apparently by a staffer, Trump referred to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe by his given name, not his surname:

Heading to Joint Base Andrews on #MarineOne with Prime Minister Shinzō earlier today.

There's speculation that Abe was referred to by his given name because Trump or his staff got the Japanese name order wrong (in Japanese, at least for Japanese people, it's surname then given name, unlike in English).

However, I'm wondering if Trump has a tendency to use given names. Has Trump, or his staff, previously referred to major political figures by their given name, rather than by their surname?

Answer 1

Apparently not.

He refers to:

Russian President as Putin, or Vladimir Putin.

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=Vladimir%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd

German Chancellor as Angela Merkel.

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Angela%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd

Mexican President as Enrique Pena Nieto or Pena Nieto.

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Peña%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd

Chinese President as Xi, Mr. Xi. or Xi Jinping. (Xi is his surname)

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Xi%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd

British Prime Minister as Theresa May.

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Theresa%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd

Former Canadian Prime Minister as Harper

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Harper%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd

The Japanese Prime Minister seems to be the only one who he got the name wrong.

• https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Shinzō%20from%3Arealdonaldtrump&src=typd