President Donald Trump made a Twitter typo late Tuesday night, tweeting about the negative "covfefe" he was receiving from the press.
Most on the left and the right alike saw the typo as just an amusing mistake. Trump himself joined in the fun Wednesday morning, challenging his Twitter followers to figure out the "true meaning" of the made-up word.
Donald Trump invents new word #covfefe - and Twitter explodes https://t.co/DJKzZCpgge pic.twitter.com/NP6zIM42xB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 31, 2017
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
But some saw the "covfefe" tweet as a more nefarious sign of Trump's ineptitude, or declared the tweet was very, very important in the grand scheme of things.
"The U.S. president's half-finished late night tweet is the purest expression of his increasingly floundering presidency. He can't get his messaging right even at the simplest level," the Independent fretted.
CNN declared that "'Covfefe' tells you all you need to know about Donald Trump."
"That lack of discipline reveals that there is simply no one who can tell Trump 'no,'" CNN editor at large Chris Cillizza wrote. "Or at least no one whom he will listen to."
Newsweek tweeted in response to the tweet that "we'll be telling our grandchildren about the 'covfefe' tweet." The actual headline was equally in awe of the tweet, declaring, "Donald Trump's 'Covfefe' Will Be the Word of the Year—or Century."
Why we'll be telling our grandchildren about the "covfefe" tweet https://t.co/C7I6qpUsr6 pic.twitter.com/rqqdyKko4x
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 31, 2017
Meanwhile, the reaction on Twitter was equally indignant.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/869837522880409604
Tweeting #covfefe:#US President #Trump loses face on social media,his presidency's biggest hope
Read to know more👇https://t.co/hfsyG6svEO
— IBTimes India (@ibtimes_india) May 31, 2017
We're all having fun with COVFEFE, but the truth is we have a mentally unstable idiot running the country. #ImpeachCovfefe
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 31, 2017
COVFEFE: Collusion Of Vile Fatuous Evil Fascist Egomaniacs
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 31, 2017
#Covfefe should be a quick fix but three hours later it is STILL UP. ", panicked raccoons. This is hilarrifying.
— Ali Davis (@Ali_Davis) May 31, 2017
Here's why "covfefe" isn't funny: because he's laughing about it. You want to share a laugh with this evil sack of shit? Really? https://t.co/bbDF3hlvtx
— Joe Dator (@JoeDator) May 31, 2017
University of Virginia professor and political prognosticator Larry Sabato even suggested that cabinet members should take a look at the 25th Amendment, which allows them to remove the president from office in cases of mental inability or illness.
The meaning of covfefe is that every Cabinet member should be closely studying the 25th Amendment.
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May 31, 2017