At this point, Donald Trump is known for his spelling errors on Twitter and, well, in general. Not a day goes by that The Donald isn’t forced to delete a tweet that looks more like a kindergartener wrote it than normal, tweets in which he calls Hillary Clinton a “loose cannon” with bad instincts” and “bad judgement.” But on Saturday, he made an “unpresidented” error and literally got smacked down by the dictionary.
Tweeting about China’s seizure of a U.S. underwater drone — a brash action taken shortly after The Donald created an international incident by chatting with the President of Taiwan and Twitter-trolling China. Since that call, Chinese state-run media has been calling for their nation to “recover Taiwan by force” — an obvious consequence of Trump’s extremely lackluster foreign policy skills. The Wall Street Journal reports:
The incident on Thursday occurred days after President-elect Donald J. Trump raised China’s ire by suggesting his administration could abandon a bedrock agreement on Taiwan’s status that has kept peace in the area for decades. Mr. Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. would maintain its position on Taiwan only if China makes concessions to American interests came after he broke decades of diplomatic protocol by accepting a phone call from Taiwan’s president, hitting one of Beijing’s most sensitive issues. Trump, of course, jumped on the opportunity to further provoke China. Unfortunately, he made a rather serious error and was forced to delete and retweet it. Fortunately, George Takei was nice enough to save a copy:
Trump deleted it, but not before I saved it. Freudian slip? We can all hope he, too, soon will be "unpresidented." #LearnToSpell pic.twitter.com/tRjYEYVMJl
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 17, 2016
The rest of the internet joined in mocking Trump’s “unpresidented” remark:
It took Trump and his team 87 minutes to fix the word "unpresidented." pic.twitter.com/Bz7NxSqwlo
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 17, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump Thankfully the Internet is forever and your #unpresidented tweet is too. pic.twitter.com/VitBfHvzhF
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 17, 2016
Apparently @realDonaldTrump just tweeted something that shows him to be an uneducated buffoon. In other news, water is wet #unpresidented
— fatalberton (@fatalberton) December 17, 2016
If he hadn't been born rich he'd be the guy who talks to the pigeons in the park. #unpresidented
— Aღanda (@GrnEyedMandy) December 17, 2016
Little Johnnie, make a sentence with #unpresidented The Electoral College unpresidented Trump in accordance with their Constitutional duty
— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2016
I bet 'unprecedented' is spelled correctly in those daily briefings. #unpresidented
— Stephanie (@KnitingPolitics) December 17, 2016
#Unpresidented [uhn-pres-i-den-tid] – lacking presidential skills and exhibiting disregard for autocorrect
— Maciej Kuziemski (@kuziemsky) December 17, 2016
Trump says he has the “best words,” but apparently “unpresidented” is not one of them. The true heroes of the day are the folks behind the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Twitter account.
“Good morning! The #WordOfTheDay is…not ‘unpresidented’. We don’t enter that word,” the Dictionary tweeted. “That’s a new one.”
Good morning! The #WordOfTheDay is…not 'unpresidented'. We don't enter that word. That's a new one. https://t.co/BJ45AtMNu4
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 17, 2016
The word of the day is actually “lave,” which is something his supporters should consider once in a while.
The #WordOfTheDay is lave.? https://t.co/Yw6ALyA2U4
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 17, 2016
You know Donald Trump isn’t having a good day when we both get to see real-world consequences of his actions and he gets humiliated by the dictionary in the most literal sense.
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