Last night at 12:06am Eastern time, President Trump sent out a cryptic tweet that read, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”. The internet spent the next six hours utterly confused. And, of course, there were memes. So many memes. And even an Urban Dictionary definition.
But around 6am, the tweet was finally deleted and at 6:09am we finally got the president’s follow-up:
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
That’s right, President Trump is apparently going to play this one like he intended to tweet the word “covfefe.” At least for now.
Just to be clear, “covfefe” is not a word, despite the many guesses and jokes about what it could have meant. Merriam-Webster dictionary even weighed in late last night to simply express exhaustion with the entire thing.
Wakes up.
Checks Twitter.
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Uh…
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📈 Lookups fo…
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
We’ll update this post if and when Trump explains what the fuck is going on.
Update, 6:39am: Yep, it looks like Trump is just going to move on and never give the public an explanation for his bizarre tweet last night. He just posted a new tweet about the Democrats, the Russia investigation, and Carter Page:
So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, don't want him to testify. He blows away their….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
Update, 6:48am: And Trump just finished his thought about Carter Page, a former advisor to the president. Curiously, Kellyanne Conway has claimed Trump doesn’t even know Carter Page.
…case against him & now wants to clear his name by showing "the false or misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan…" Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
And you’ll never guess where Trump got his tweets from this morning:
Carter Page testimony reportedly postponed indefinitely at the request of Democrats pic.twitter.com/tlKNuCJNkb
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) May 31, 2017
Update, June 1st, 5:32am: Amazingly, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer didn’t just admit that the president’s tweet was a typo. When he was asked about it in yesterday’s off-camera press conference, he claimed, “The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”
Spicer on 'covfefe' tweet: "The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant." https://t.co/URM4mW8pmO
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 31, 2017
Reporters in the room started laughing and shouting “what did he mean?” Spicer ignored their questions and there was no further explanation.
