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Trump posts vague, midnight tweet about 'negative press covfefe'

William Cummings
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Key Points
  • Trump tweeted shortly after midnight, but it is not at all clear what he was tweeting about.
  • Most of Trump's fellow Twitter users jumped all over the apparent mistake.
  • #Covfefe quickly became a trending topic.
'Covfefe': Donald Trump invents new word that conquers Twitter
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'Covfefe': Donald Trump invents new word that conquers Twitter

Donald Trump has been active on Twitter since his return from his first overseas trip as president. And he kept the ball rolling with a tweet shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning.

But it is not at all clear what the president was tweeting about.

"Despite the negative press covfefe," Trump wrote, and nothing more.

@realDonaldTrump Despite the constant negative press covfefe

Even if we assume "covfefe" was a typo and the president meant to type "coverage," it remains a mystery what the tweet refers to.

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Perhaps it was meant as a follow-up to his previous tweet, in which he retweeted a Fox and Friends tweet citing an unnamed source who said, "Jared Kushner didn't suggest Russian communications channel in meeting."

@foxandfriends Jared Kushner didn't suggest Russian communications channel in meeting, source says http://fxn.ws/2rPTTnS

Unsurprisingly, most of Trump's fellow Twitter users jumped all over the apparent mistake. #Covfefe quickly became a trending topic, and a quick check on GoDaddy revealed the domain name covfefe.com was already taken.

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