In response, Lesotho's foreign minister, Lejone Mpotjoane, expressed his disappointment, stating that Trump should "speak for himself." He highlighted the irony of Trump's comment, especially since the U.

Lesotho's government says it is shocked by US President Donald Trump saying that "nobody has ever heard of" the southern African nation. Trump, addressing the US Congress in his first speech since his return to the Oval Office, made the reference as he listed cuts made to what he said was wasteful expenditure.

US President Donald Trump said in his joint address to the Congress on Tuesday that no one has ever heard of Lesotho. But Elon Musk is trying to do business in the African nation.