US President Donald Trump.PHOTO: REUTERS
Nordic PMs troll Trump while declaring regional cooperation agenda
"Despite the constant negative press covfefe," read the US leader's now deleted short tweet sent early Wednesday.
SCREENGRABWho can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
Was it an acronym? A secret message? Or just a typo?
Wags around the world weighed in with biting sarcasm, and #covfefe quickly became the top trending item on Twitter.
I just deleted a tweet because I spelled covfefe wrong. so that's where we are now.
— 💀 damned sinker 💀 (@dansinker) 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
I'm thinking #Aqenbpuu if it's a boy and #Covfefe if it's a girl. pic.twitter.com/NAcMclHuie
— delix (@exdli) May 31, 2017
Comments included a mock Google translation of "covfefe" from Russian into English as "I resign," and comments like "Drain the covfefe" - a play on Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington.
Comedian poses with decapitated Trump head and no one is amused
This is #covfefe translated from Russian. pic.twitter.com/1Im7ZzLO0Y
— Kristina Wong 🍆 (@mskristinawong) May 31, 2017
To avoid confusion, the Regent's English Language Center in London wrote: "To all of our English language students, we can confirm that 'covfefe' is not an English word. Yet."
To all of our English language students, we can confirm that "covfefe" is not an English word.
— Regent's English (@regentslingo) May 31, 2017
Yet. #Covfefe
Urban Dictionary on the other hand...
Brilliant pic.twitter.com/EZEJJRU0wM
— Florian Irminger (@FlorianIrminger) May 31, 2017
At 0830 GMT it had more than 105,000 retweets and had been shared 35,000 times, according to Twitter figures.
Since entering office, Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger's TV performance to an alleged "MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany."
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ