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A presenter on American news show Fox & Friends was left red-faced when she falsely claimed on live TV that America "defeated communist Japan."

The bizarre comment was made by Ainsley Earhardt when she leapt to the defence of America after Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed the country “wasn’t that great” on Wednesday.

The governor made the comment during a bill signing in new York City.

He said: “We're not going to Make America Great Again'."

"It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.”

During the Fox & Friends segment, Ms Earhardt hit back at his comments and began to list the ways in which she believed America was great including claiming that the US “defeated communist Japan" in the past.

She said: “We defeated communist Japan, radical Islamists... We’re the most generous country in all of the world. Yes, we have our faults, but because of this country our world is definitely a better place. We are great.”

Her co-host Steve Doocy attempted to cover Ms Earhardt’s error saying: “Communism and Japan and so many other things.”

Many people pointed out Earhardt’s error online.

One man called Brad Buttner wrote: “Thanks for reminding us about the American defeat of ‘communist Japan,’ I had forgotten.”

Another person wrote: “Just wondering when did the US defeat Communist Japan? Will this be sometime in the future or it something only @FoxNews knows about? Asking for a friend.”