President Donald Trump’s tweets made news yet again early on Wednesday, though this time is certainly unique.
You may have already seen the #covfefe hashtag going around. That’s because Trump tweeted this just after midnight in Washington D.C.:
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
It seems as though Trump was typing out “coverage,” but it’s unclear what happened.
As The Washington Post notes, the word “does not appear in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.”
Twitter, meanwhile, had a field day. The hashtag #covfefe quickly rose atop the worldwide trending list.
When you're deep in #covfefe memes but realize that the man responsible for the tweet also has the nuclear codes pic.twitter.com/g9U7VGVfrV
— Isaac Jahns (@isaac_jahns) May 31, 2017
Don't talk to me until I've had my #covfefe
— Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) May 31, 2017
Is that a #covfefe in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) May 31, 2017
What about the negative press @realDonaldTrump? #covfefe
— Covfefe (@covfefe) May 31, 2017
Yo covfefo
Tu covfefes
El covfefe
Nosotros covfefemos
Ellos covfefen— LaVendrick Smith (@LaVendrickS) May 31, 2017
Wakes up.
Checks Twitter.
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Uh…
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
So there you have it — covfefe!
Update: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said covfefe wasn’t a typo and Trump knew “exactly what he meant.”
