Constant negative press qsrrtnf
Last night just after midnight his time Trump had a brainfart on Twitter.
“Despite the constant negative press covfefe,” the tweet began, at 12:06 a.m., from @realDonaldTrump, the irrepressible internal monologue of his presidency.
And that was that.
Time passed. The tweet stayed, and the world wondered.
Perhaps, some worried aloud, Mr. Trump had experienced a medical episode a quarter of the way through his 140 characters.
No one at the White House could immediately be reached for comment.
By 1 a.m., the debate had effectively consumed Twitter — or at least a certain segment of insomniac Beltway types, often journalists and political operatives — ascending the list of trending topics.
Oh come on – there are 24 time zones. On the other side of the Atlantic it was 6 a.m., and farther east it was later. On the west coast it was only 10 p.m.
Merriam-Webster tweeted.
Wakes up.
Checks Twitter.
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Uh…
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📈 Lookups fo…
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
In the end the tweet was deleted, and Trump pretended the joke was on everyone but him.
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
Let me try.
Covfefe n. someone or something who is trying to put out a public statement but is basically illiterate and can neither finish a coherent sentence nor spell real words in his own language.
Covfefe (n): someone who half-asses everything he does.
Covfefe(n)*: a word typed by an over-tired toddler falling asleep whilst playing with a mobile (or ‘phone’, I suspect Trump has both in his nursery).
*(n)onsensical.
Meanwhile, I am wondering what Merriam Webster meant when they said “Lookups fo…”