Trump says covfefe. I say covfefe. The entire internet says covfefe. Let's call the whole thing off. It was the tweet that launched tens of thousands of retweets and more than 100,000 likes. And what did it mean? No one knows.
It started just after midnight eastern.
This appeared on President Trump's Twitter account: "Despite the constant negative covfefe"
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It appears he was getting ready to criticize the press. The next word could very well have been coverage. Negative press coverage would have made sense. But then, nothing.
As of 3:15 eastern Wednesday, the tweet was still just sitting there. It had been retweeted 87,000 times and liked 109,083 times. And sparked a whole lot of humor on the internet.
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Wakes up. Checks Twitter. . . . Uh... . . . Lookups fo... . . . Regrets checking Twitter. Goes back to bed.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
When they go low, we covfefe.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) May 31, 2017
It's been five minutes. What if this is it. That is his final tweet & the rest of history stops.
— emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) May 31, 2017
There were references to it being Russian, Klingon, that it would be his Rosebud and imagined conversations among senior White House aides about who would tell him.
One frequent Trump supporter on CNN, Kayleigh McEnany, launched a defense, saying it just shows how the president is "real. He's just like us."
The tweet was deleted later Wednesday morning, and Trump seemed to make light of it in a subsequent post:
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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