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.
https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/869782666572443648
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…”