On Saturday, Donald Trump posted a tweet saying he understands that protest is a part of America’s history and is necessary to heal social divides. That’s what he meant to tweet but, unfortunately for the president, that’s not what his thumbs typed out. Instead, his tweet contained an embarrassing typo that has quickly become a Twitter joke similar to the now infamous “covfefe” mishap.
“Sometimes you need to protest in order to heel [sic],” read the tweet. “& we will heel [sic], & be stronger than before!”
Just to be clear, “heal” is defined as recover, mend, make better. “Heel,” as the POTUS wrote, is the bottom, back part of your foot, an untrustworthy person, or a command a master makes to his dog to stick close behind.
The president deleted two versions of the tweet before posting one with the proper spelling, but by the time he fixed his mistake, his Twitter critics had already started roasting him.
? heal (to become healthy again)
? heel (a contemptible person)
?♂️ he'll (he will)— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) August 19, 2017
Boston, and the REST of the country, will #heel when the guy with the “best words” resigns so that he can learn how to spell 4-letter words. pic.twitter.com/4IL3n5WQPm
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) August 19, 2017
If you don’t know the difference between #heel and heal, you shouldn’t have the nuclear codes and you sure as heck shouldn’t be POTUS.
— David Putnam (@davidmputnam) August 19, 2017
Now Trump is resorting to blaming his phone for his mistakes.#heel pic.twitter.com/DvM01grI3Q
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) August 19, 2017
And no, he didn’t tweet that.
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) August 19, 2017
#Heel the world. pic.twitter.com/IYTdDtqsax
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) August 19, 2017
He can’t spell heal….. #heel ???? pic.twitter.com/OEtODTOyRn
— What Fish? (@what_fish) August 19, 2017
Let’s unite and #heel this country.
Over covfefe.
— Jeff Giesea (@jeffgiesea) August 19, 2017