Donald Trump Covfefe Twitter Typo

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Donald Trump isn’t exactly known for his impeccable spelling and grammar on Twitter. Most memorably, he condemned China’s “unpresidented” seizure of a US Navy drone and announced that he was “honered to serve" the American people – the day after his inauguration, no less.

But the President’s latest error has caused an even bigger stir, spawning an unpresidented (heh) avalanche of memes. Just after midnight, Washington time, he tweeted: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe." The word he was most likely looking for was “coverage”, but none of his aides alerted him to the blunder.

The tweet has since been deleted but it remained active on his account for hours without comment or clarification – enough time for his Twitter followers to engage in some relentless mocking. There are already T-shirts, covfefe mugs and other memorabilia for sale on eBay, and an entrepreneurial soul has purchased the domain name, covfefe.us.

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#covfefe is currently trending on Twitter across the world and the memes and witty retorts are far funnier than the original typo.

You used to #covfefe me on my cell phone. pic.twitter.com/rkp5r9XDJ0
— Matt Slevinsky (@_MATTATTAK) May 31, 2017

"Not only is covfefe a word, it's the greatest word ever uttered." pic.twitter.com/kWhfLrFaKn
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) May 31, 2017

Finally figured out what Bill Murray whispered in Scarlett Johansson's ear at the end of "Lost in Translation" #covfefe pic.twitter.com/fDFJUYlEz8
— Jordan VanDina (@Shrimptooth) May 31, 2017

Media frantically typing #Covfefe on Google translate to see what it means in Russian. pic.twitter.com/0DubNBvs3C
— Matt '15 (@Aggie_Matt15) May 31, 2017

When they go low, we covfefe.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) May 31, 2017

"And just before you serve it, you hit it with a dash of #Covfefe" pic.twitter.com/fm9CAF4Iyz
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) May 31, 2017

I like my #covfefe just how i like my president, Black.
— keller (@higher_keller) May 31, 2017

what makes me saddest is that I know I'll never write anything funnier than #covfefe
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 31, 2017

This is #covfefe translated from Russian. pic.twitter.com/1Im7ZzLO0Y
— Kristina Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) May 31, 2017

Note to @FT staff. We're going to move our daily negative press covfefe to 11am today. pic.twitter.com/TlZTbsZpTC
— Peter Spiegel (@SpiegelPeter) May 31, 2017

Some pointed out that it had helped to take attention away from US comedian Kathy Griffin, who had caused controversy earlier by posting a photo of a beheaded Trump.

Kathy Griffin: Tonight, I have all of Twitter paying attention to me!@realDonaldTrump: Hold my #covfefe.
— Victoria Cliett (@VictoriaCliett1) May 31, 2017