Trump gets harpooned for 'Prince of Whales' spelling error

The error prompted a wave of hilarity online


Afp June 13, 2019
US President Donald Trump. PHOTO: AFP

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's erratic spelling habits on Twitter spouted again Thursday when he wrote about having recently met with the "Prince of Whales."

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That would be Charles, prince of Wales, whom he met last week at World War II commemorations in Britain.

The error prompted a wave of hilarity online, with one Twitter critic asking if the president had made the mistake "on porpoise."

Trump, who is an enthusiastic user of social media and has some 61 million Twitter followers, quickly corrected the original tweet. But his new version did not change another inaccurate reference, this time to the "Queen of England."

Elizabeth II, who hosted Trump at a state dinner in London, is actually queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of which England is only one part.

COMMENTS (4)

Natacha | 4 years ago | Reply @Franklin DeVern Wright: haha if that man is brilliant, what does that make of Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton?
Peggie staples | 4 years ago | Reply I guess you don’t understand that when you dictate your "TWEET" it spells out the most commonly used spelling of the spoken word.❤️
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