A completely unknown “word” became an instant No. 1 trending topic, and that was the situation for several hours, all on the back of what was likely a typo by U.S. President Donald Trump. Up to that point, a furor over Kathy Griffin posing in a photo shoot with a gruesome mock image of the president had been dominating the conversation.
This five-word tweet — or four words and a fifth set of letters: “Despite the negative press covfefe” — was sent around midnight Eastern, and it remained there until roughly 6 a.m.:
The original tweet triggered hours of speculation over just that: What was he talking about?
He's trying to tell us something, but what?? DONALD, ARE YOU OKAY?! #covfefe twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
Most think Trump either meant “coverage” or “coffee”?
Or maybe it was a code word of some sort? Captcha confusion?
Even the professionals were stumped:
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For now, the memes have it:
All in all, it seems Twitter more than rose to the occasion:
Later Wednesday, Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, drew press-corps laughter when he said “the president and a small group of people know what he meant.” Κάνοντας Like στο Facebook ενημερώνεστε άμεσα για τα νέα άρθρα -->
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