Donald Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump's approval holding steady in poll, despite shutdown drama Trump huddles with Pence, Mulvaney, Kushner as shutdown hits one week Trump jokingly congratulated acting EPA chief on not acting like Pruitt: report MORE caught flak Saturday for an early-morning tweet where the president-elect misspelled "unprecedented" while blasting China for seizing a U.S. Navy underwater drone.
"China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act," Trump initially tweeted.
Trump deleted the post and replaced it with a tweet with the correct spelling more than an hour later, but not before lawmakers and journalists piled on.
China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2016
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) mocked the mistake, calling for a “select committee” to look into the error.
I'm calling for a select committee to investigate the President-elect's understanding of foreign policy and homophones. pic.twitter.com/5xKgHtcA1w
— Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) December 17, 2016
MSNBC host Joy Reid used the tweet to jokingly promote her show. “Ready for an #unpresidented #AMJoy?” she tweeted.
Ready for an #unpresidented edition of #AMJoy? Just kidding...@JoyAnnReid brings you another great edition of @amjoyshow coming up 10aE! pic.twitter.com/hEWznE3H3z
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) December 17, 2016
Even author J.K. Rowling chimed in about the error.
TrumpSpellCheck™️
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 17, 2016
Unpresidentedly effective. pic.twitter.com/9leL9aIei1
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell argued the spelling error was an example of a broader concern with the president-elect.
Trump spelling actually is a serious indicator of no attention to detail or accuracy in anything he says or does.
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) December 17, 2016
Dan Pfeiffer, a former aide to President Obama who often takes to Twitter to blast the Republican businessman, compared Trump’s behavior on Twitter to his predecessor while going after Trump's "impulse control."
President Obama has had a Twitter account for years without creating an international incident. The problem is Trump's impulse control https://t.co/R3W4kWP491
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 17, 2016
Sen. Chris Murphy
Christopher (Chris) Scott MurphySocial media reacts to Trump asking a 7-year-old if she still believes in Santa Claus Dem senator: Trump saying he doesn’t know his top ISIS envoy ‘should scare the hell out of every American’ WHIP LIST: Who’s in and out in the 2020 race MORE (D-Conn.) called the tweet “madness.”
This is madness. A 7:30am Saturday escalation of diplomatic crisis w China via Twitter, w misspelling. https://t.co/p9QPZsr2yv
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 17, 2016
Trump has caught flak in the past over typos on social media. Critics took to social media in July after a particular tweet criticizing Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump's approval holding steady in poll, despite shutdown drama House GOP probe into FBI, DOJ comes to an end Dershowitz: 'It's been harder for me to get on anti-Trump networks' like CNN MORE had three spelling mistakes.
