Happened to me once, after years of working for a major tech firm I was working for a small private consultancy. Instead of saying the budget was 2 million I said billion. Austin Powers jokes lasted a couple of days.
Its sort of like when John Kerry, Obama's Secretary of State, claimed that 53% of americans didnt finish high school/
He was thinking about the coincidence that the Clinton Foundation netted 93 million from Putin (while he was the bagman) at the same time he was giving a speech.