Donald Trump’s latest tweet deriding “fake news” could use the help of a copy editor.
In a tweet that has since been corrected, the president misused the word “their,” mixing it up with “there,” and “to,” mistaking it for “too.”
“The Fake News is now complaining about my different types of back to back speeches,” Trump said, proceeding to outline for everyone is variations in “tone” throughout the week in a series of two tweets. Here’s the mistake: “Their was Afghanistan (somber), the big Rally… (enthusiastic, dynamic and fun) and the American Legion – V.A. (respectful and strong). To bad the Dems have no one who can change tones!”
https://twitter.com/Travon/status/900703252479692800/photo/1
Trump deleted the initial tweets and reposted with the correct spelling. Unluckily for the president, though, internet receipts are forever, and Twitter users are having a field day.
See Trump’s corrected tweets:
The Fake News is now complaining about my different types of back to back speeches. Well, there was Afghanistan (somber), the big Rally…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017
..(enthusiastic, dynamic and fun) and the American Legion – V.A. (respectful and strong). Too bad the Dems have no one who can change tones!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017
And here’s the blowback:
https://twitter.com/nicolettemason/status/900701583930937344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Ftv%2F2017%2F08%2F24%2Ftrump-their-twitter-typo%2F
For your records, @realdonaldtrump!
there – a location
they're – contraction “they are”.
their – possessive, the thing belonging to them. https://t.co/ouQSNIM7Id— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) August 24, 2017
Make spelling great again.
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 24, 2017
Who in the White House goes up to Trump and tells him about his spelling mistakes on Twitter?
— Philip Crowther (@PhCrowther) August 24, 2017
It was a better, more authentic Trump-being-Trump tweetstorm before he deleted & fixed the spelling of 'their' and 'to' in these two tweets: pic.twitter.com/awOfxwCUNI
— True Blue Liberal ☮️ #HarrisWalz2024 (@TrueBlueLiberal) August 24, 2017
Full on #Trump twitter storm in progress, but looks like it's correcting earlier spelling mistakes. I think Kelly must be strict on that
— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) August 24, 2017