https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-says-he-is-a-good-speller-2019-7 US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House's social media summit. Reuters US President Donald Trump boasted about his spelling abilities at the White House's first social media summit on Thursday. During a 50-minute address, Trump reflected on some of his Twitter gaffes, bemoaning how they are jumped on by the media. He added that he is "a good speller" but sometimes his "fingers aren't as good as the brain." Donald Trump is really good at spelling — it's just his fingers that can't keep up. That was the US president's boast at the White House's first social media summit on Thursday, during which he delivered a speech doubling down on claims that Twitter and Facebook are rife with "terrible bias." In his 50-minute address, Trump reflected on some of the spelling and punctuation mistakes he has made on Twitter, bemoaning how they are jumped on by the media. "If I have a spelling deal, they will put it on," the president said, drawing laughs from the audience. Impersonating the media, he said: "'Donald Trump spelled the word 'the' wrong. He doesn't know how to spell 'the.' He spelled it T-H-I.' Any kind of punctuation mistake, they put it on." Trump added that he's actually very measured about tweeting his famous diatribes — it's just that it doesn't always translate to his fingers when typing them out on his phone. "I'm very, very careful. I'm actually a good speller, but everyone says the fingers aren't as good as the brain," he explained. You can watch Trump's comments on his spelling mistakes here: Trump has made some famous Twitter blunders since taking office in 2017, the most notorious of which was him appearing to mistype the word "coverage" in a tweet two years ago. "Despite the constant negative press covfefe," the president wrote. The White House made light of this at the summit, printing out a Trump tweet in which he commented on the error. Former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka tweeted an image of the sign: Among other gaffes, Trump has also spelled the name of his wife wrong, mangled idioms like scot-free, and had his posts spell-checked by Captain America himself, Chris Evans. During Thursday's summit, Trump also crowed about how engagement on his tweets explodes "like a rocket" after he posts them — as opposed to more traditional White House press releases. "If I put it out on social media, it's like an explosion. Fox, CNN, crazy MSNBC," he said.
Trump and his White House have made some embarrassing spelling mistakes — here are the worst ones: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-typos-spelling-tweets-unpresidented-2017-4?r=US&IR=T President Donald Trump once said that he has "the best words." As it turns out, many of those words are misspelled. Since Trump won the presidency in November, he and his team have published a surprising number of official communications that contain typos, spelling errors, and word misusages. Here are some of the most notable examples: 'Covfefe' Twitter/Donald Trump On May 31, at 12:06 a.m., Trump tweeted a bizarre, seemingly incomplete message: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe." "Covfefe" appears to be a mangled attempt at typing "coverage," and most users who saw the tweet assumed Trump would delete it and try again. However, astonishingly, the tweet stayed up for a full six hours before it was taken down. In the meantime, online jokesters went wild: Finally, at 5:48 a.m., the tweet was removed, and 20 minutes later the president replaced it with one acknowledging the chaos he unleashed. "Who can figure out the true meaning of 'covfefe' ??? Enjoy!" Trump tweeted. "The possibility of lasting peach" President Donald Trump at the Western Wall on Monday, May 22, 2017. Evan Vucci/AP In late May, the White House released a statement saying one of Trump's goals during his trip to Israel was to "promote the possibility of lasting peach" in the region. The slip of the fingers was one of several bizarre mistakes in the press release. A few lines above, the White House misspelled the "Sepulchre" in Church of the Holy Sepulchre, inserted a superfluous apostrophe in the word "Israelis," and left a "d" off "coupled." 'John Huntsman' Jon Huntsman Jr. speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit 7.0 in Las Vegas in 2014. David Becker/Getty Images for National Clean Energy Summit Trump announced in July he was nominating former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. as ambassador to Russia. The only problem was the White House's statement revealing the pick spelled his name "John." https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/887451297758294016/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^887451297758294016&ref_url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-typos-spelling-tweets-unpresidented-2017-4 "W.H. Council" Twitter Trump added to his lexicographical lowlight reel in May when he tweeted about Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general he fired in January. Yates was gearing up to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the dismissal of former national security adviser Michael Flynn when Trump chimed in. "Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council," Trump said on Twitter. The offense here is "council" — a perfectly valid word, but not in this context. Two hours later, Trump deleted the tweet and replaced it with one containing the correct word, "counsel." Merriam-Webster did not spare him an English lesson, to the delight of spelling aficionados everywhere. https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/861576558494056448?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^861576558494056448&ref_url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-typos-spelling-tweets-unpresidented-2017-4 About a week later, Trump stumbled over the same word, this time adding a unique twist — he spelled it "councel," which is wrong in any context. Merriam-Webster corrected the record once more. "Unpresidented" Twitter President Trump's most infamous typo occurred in December, when he described the Chinese seizure of a US Navy drone as an "unpresidented act." After the spelling miscue was widely mocked online, Trump deleted the tweet and replaced it with a correctly spelled version four hours later. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...mp-typos-spelling-tweets-unpresidented-2017-4 "Tapp my phones" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...mp-typos-spelling-tweets-unpresidented-2017-4 In March, Trump brought political discourse to a halt with a stunning claim — that President Barack Obama had wiretapped his office in 2016. "How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!" the president tweeted. The unsubstantiated claim was widely criticized, and FBI Director James Comey later testified that "the department has no information that supports those tweets." But if baselessly accusing his predecessor of a felony wasn't enough, Trump's original tweet also contained an egregious spelling error — it's "tap," not "tapp." "No challenge is to great" Library of Congress Trump's official inauguration poster contained a glaring usage mistake, albeit one that plenty of English speakers commit. "No dream is too big, no challenge is to great," the text on the poster read, superimposed over a picture of a beaming Trump. It should have said "no challenge is too great." The fact that the first part of the sentence contains the correct too suggests this mistake may have been a simple typo. Nevertheless, the blunder was roundly criticized, and reflected poorly on Trump's inexperienced team. "Attaker,' "San Bernadino," "Denmakr" February 7, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> Dan Merica ✔@merica A White House official says "most" of these 78 attacks since 2014 have not received enough attention from media. 2,015 8:51 PM - Feb 6, 2017 2,707 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy In February, the White House released a list of 78 terrorist attacks it said went "underreported" after Trump said journalists were ignoring terrorist attacks around the world. The list was problematic for several reasons— one of them being that many of the incidents on the list had been extensively covered by the media. But the presentation of the list earned some disapproval as well. About halfway down the list, the word "attacker" suddenly morphed into "attaker," which appeared more than 20 times. The list included the terrorist attack in "San Bernadino, CA," a misspelling of San Bernardino. And at one point Denmark is spelled "Denmakr." Critics blasted the White House for publishing the hastily prepared list — and for not using a spell-checker. "Teresa May" British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump at the White House in January, 2017. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Back in January, the White House misspelled the name of British Prime Minister Theresa May three times in the official schedule of May's visit to the US. Making matters worse, the particular spelling the White House chose, "Teresa May," happens to be the name of a British porn star. "Hearby," "here by" March 3, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;">—Mike Madden (@MikeMadden) March 3, 2017 Trump struggled not once but twice to spell "hereby" correctly in March, spelling the word "hear by" in one tweet, and in an attempt to self-correct, "hearby" in another. Sandwiching the two tweets was a call for education reform — more unfortunate optics for the president. "W.E.B. DeBois" February 12, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> View image on Twitter U.S. Department of Education ✔@usedgov Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois 4,956 9:45 AM - Feb 12, 2017 6,183 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The Department of Education got in on the action when it published a tweet honoring W.E.B. DuBois, the civil-rights activist and historian who founded the NAACP. The only problem was it spelled his name "DeBois." In a follow-up tweet, the department apologized for the mistake, which paved the way for another embarrassing typo … "Our deepest apologizes" February 12, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> View image on Twitter Gizmodo ✔@Gizmodo The Department of Education just tweeted "our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo." Seriously. http://gizmo.do/4VugtXO 551 1:38 PM - Feb 12, 2017 454 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Twenty-nine minutes after misspelling W.E.B. DuBois's name, the Education Department attempted to atone for its orthographic blunder, but ended up making things worse. "Post updated - our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo," the department said in a new tweet. Suffice to say, the goof didn't reflect well on the department. Critics aimed their ridicule at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who was narrowly confirmed a week earlier after a contentious debate in the Senate. "Secretary of Educatuon" April 17, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> View image on Twitter Hadas Gold ✔@Hadas_Gold I know it's just a simple typo but why does this unfortunately happen with DeVos (via the White House snap chat) 436 3:39 PM - Apr 17, 2017 263 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The White House had another ironic spelling lapse on April 15 when a post from its Snapchat account pointed out Secretary of "Educatuon" Betsy DeVos. "Thr coverage about me … gas been so false and angry" January 28, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump Thr coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost gas been so false and angry that the times actually apologized to its..... 72K 9:08 AM - Jan 28, 2017 Twitter Ads info and privacy 32.4K people are talking about this This head-scratcher from January had critics wondering whether Trump proofread his tweets at all before launching them into the Twittersphere. "Columbia" Ernesto Londoño Denmark wasn't the only country whose name the White House would bungle in February. The readout of Trump's call with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos contained an unfortunate spelling gaffe — it said "Columbia" instead of "Colombia." The Columbia/Colombia mix-up is well documented among English speakers, so the White House isn't alone in making this error. What's confusing is that the White House managed to spell the country's name correctly at least two other times in the same readout. "Honered to serve" January 21, 2017 " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> View image on Twitter Dave Itzkoff ✔@ditzkoff Saving this for postority. 1,765 1:02 PM - Jan 21, 2017 751 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Trump's presidency got off to a rocky start, orthographically speaking. Just a day after assuming the office, the president tweeted that he was "honered to serve you, the great American People, as your 45th President of the United States!" After Twitter users not-so-kindly pointed out the botched spelling of "honored," Trump deleted the message and reposted it with the correct spelling.
Sure sign you're losing the argument, be a grammar and spelling cop. So much serious stuff to get him on, and this is it? 2020 looks like a loser for you guys at this point. Better find something, the f'n market might be at 30K by then. Yeah I know, Trump has nothing to do with the market, except all the "intellectuals" said the market would crash if Trump got elected. Which is it?
It's not about being a "spelling cop". If he made one or two errors, okay, we all make mistakes. But he makes mistakes constantly, it says a lot about a person.
It’s not about being a spelling cop, it’s about having processes in place that don’t allow these types of embarrassments to make it public. These spelling errors and shot posts on twitter are indicative of how the White House is being run and our government. How many people that have had to work with Trump have to walk away and tell everyone that he is dumb as a rock and a huge asshole before you actually understand that Trump is a moron and he is running the country like a moron?
The content of Trump's tweets already tells us he's a moron. The spelling and grammar mistakes are only the cherry on top.
That's all you got today, Foreskin? Trump's grammar and spelling issues? Maybe we should look at some Canadian news today, to see how things are going up in the Moose Empire. Oh, I see. Just looked. Trudeau is teetering on the edge and about to shit the bed. Situation normal. But as a Canadian you are totally focused on Trump's spelling problems. Yup. Welcome to the Moose Empire. "Justin Trudeau faces the political battle of a lifetime" Heh, headlines like that must be from the Toronto Sun or Breitbart. Let me check. Oh, I see. From CNN. Nevermind. But probably Trudeau is very, very good at spelling and grammar and that means a lot to voters out in Saskatchewan, giggle. 5/opinions/justin-trudeau-political-battle-reelection-campaign-bociurkiw/index.html
Heh, maybe you and your ilk need to worry about your current leading dem candidate who has been demonstrating everyday for 50 years in DC that he is as dumb as a rock and lives 24/7 in Gaff Village. If being a moron is a disqualifying factor to becoming the dem nominee, quite a few of them are in serious trouble, eh? Joe and Skank are right at the very top of that list.
Trump is an illiterate ignorant fool and his tweets show that. Illiterate and ignorant fools love him.