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.:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/869858333477523458
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.
https://twitter.com/isaac_jahns/status/869781721331503104
https://twitter.com/aparnapkin/status/869772400136777729
https://twitter.com/harikondabolu/status/869792367154528256
https://twitter.com/covfefe/status/869768210052206592
https://twitter.com/LaVendrickS/status/869773691764322304
https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/869782666572443648
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.”