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uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:57 AM May 2017

Trump sends vague midnight tweet about 'negative press covfefe'

Source: USA Today

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.




Unsurprisingly, most of Trump's fellow Twitter users jumped all over the apparent mistake. And #covfefe became a trending topic on Twitter.

(More, including tweets)

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/05/31/trump-negative-press-covfefe-tweet/102338042/



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Is mocking Don important news of national interest?
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Trump sends vague midnight tweet about 'negative press covfefe' (Original Post) uppityperson May 2017 OP
It's gone viral...every other tweet is about covfefe... iluvtennis May 2017 #1
Actually Mid Tweet His Lawyers Wrestled His Phone.... global1 May 2017 #2
LMBO iluvtennis May 2017 #3
Incisive analysis . nocalflea May 2017 #6
My first thought as well jpak May 2017 #40
I was thinking the intended word was coverage or he just wigged out and there was no meaning lunasun May 2017 #7
I'm pretty sure "coverage" was the intended word. emmadoggy May 2017 #71
Is mocking Don important news of national interest? nocalflea May 2017 #4
Hell yeah it is! dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #9
I am so glad I voted for Hillary Clinton. Kath2 May 2017 #5
me too trueblue2007 May 2017 #8
Three. calimary May 2017 #20
Me angrychair May 2017 #59
AHA!!!! He just came up with a term to excuse all consternation for calimary May 2017 #64
Speaking of Hillary womanofthehills May 2017 #30
YOMANK*! lastlib May 2017 #44
Thank you! Kath2 May 2017 #49
+1 brer cat May 2017 #39
What Flipper? Bud's In A Well? A Cave? In Your Underwear Drawer ?... Grassy Knoll May 2017 #10
"press covfefe" is a French dish, isn't it? Ken Burch May 2017 #11
ROFL livetohike May 2017 #51
Only if it's well-done ... NanceGreggs Jun 2017 #76
Or if it's KFC(Kentucky Fried Covfefe)... Ken Burch Jun 2017 #77
What an embarrassment he is. BlueStater May 2017 #12
Trump will die on the toilet while tweeting someday. Like Elvis but with a cell phone TeamPooka May 2017 #23
Did he drop his phone in the toilet? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #13
Close to what I was thinking, but more like an Elvis-esque throne-based incident flibbitygiblets May 2017 #22
Thank goodness for Google Translate: KeepItReal May 2017 #14
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!1111 jpak May 2017 #41
Ayy pendejo, nunce he estado tan covfefido. L. Coyote May 2017 #15
I love the polls on what the correct pronunciation is - womanofthehills May 2017 #31
I think he was having a hard time montana_hazeleyes May 2017 #16
this one's my favorite so far renate May 2017 #17
google translator says "SAMOAN DETECTED" orleans May 2017 #18
He's never gonna live this one down. ucrdem May 2017 #19
Whichever of his tweet handlers let his guard down will be hearing "You're fired!" mpcamb May 2017 #62
Any idea how you pronounce that? calimary May 2017 #21
It's spelled "covfefe" but it's pronounced "Labrador" hatrack May 2017 #72
LOL!!! calimary Jun 2017 #75
There are 98,861 likes! Someone MUST know what covfefe is! icymist May 2017 #24
LOL.. I was literally Cha May 2017 #38
(But 98,822 of them were bots.......) lastlib May 2017 #55
If you Haven't Been Following on Twitter Ccarmona May 2017 #25
I like the posts on urban dictionary... C Moon May 2017 #26
Trump makes George W. Bush.... SergeStorms May 2017 #27
+1000 FakeNoose May 2017 #61
Covfefe "coverage" jmowreader May 2017 #28
It's 2am. Do you know where your #covfefe are? riversedge May 2017 #29
I posted this on another thread... chwaliszewski May 2017 #32
Say what you will about trump thbobby May 2017 #33
He's not stupid. He just doesn't want his great brain to give out by using it. hedda_foil May 2017 #67
Kellyanne explains #covfefe womanofthehills May 2017 #34
It must be another one of those BHDem53 May 2017 #37
Thread winner!!! underpants May 2017 #57
It's easier if you know Russian DFW May 2017 #35
"Is mocking Don important news of national interest?" HELL YEAH! Doug the Dem May 2017 #36
Welcome to DU, Doug the Dem! calimary May 2017 #63
Thanks! Doug the Dem May 2017 #73
Trump just tweeted about it this morning oberliner May 2017 #42
He isn't capable of that kind of reframing. Somebody else tweeted that. yardwork May 2017 #45
You may be right oberliner May 2017 #46
Somebody else. One of the tweets said "excoriate." yardwork May 2017 #48
That might have been a sign of a mini-stroke. Vinca May 2017 #43
Interesting thought. I wonder if he'll make a public appearance today. yardwork May 2017 #47
Exactly my thought...a TIA Rorey May 2017 #52
Just for the record, here's what likely happened: skip fox May 2017 #50
Channeling Trump bucolic_frolic May 2017 #54
Thanks. skip fox May 2017 #56
I think it code for Iron Curtain help bucolic_frolic May 2017 #53
CO-V-FE-FE central scrutinizer May 2017 #74
"Uppity" tee hee. Roy Rolling May 2017 #58
He needs a full, unbiased workup at Walter Reed CanonRay May 2017 #60
Yep. Another symptom of his deteriorating mental condition. nt El Mimbreno May 2017 #66
To be fair... BobTheSubgenius May 2017 #65
Exactly Rorey May 2017 #68
Isn't that what he calls his hair? louis-t May 2017 #69
Maybe not mocking - but this sort of activity on the part of a president is a troubling sign. haele May 2017 #70

iluvtennis

(19,849 posts)
1. It's gone viral...every other tweet is about covfefe...
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:00 AM
May 2017

...apparently the idiot meant to type in conference. Probably high on coke

global1

(25,241 posts)
2. Actually Mid Tweet His Lawyers Wrestled His Phone....
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:05 AM
May 2017

from him. In the melee that ensued his little fingers on his little hands were only able to hit the following letters 'covfefe'.

emmadoggy

(2,142 posts)
71. I'm pretty sure "coverage" was the intended word.
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:24 PM
May 2017

But how that turns into "covfefe", I have no idea. This is 45 we're talking about...

nocalflea

(1,387 posts)
4. Is mocking Don important news of national interest?
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:07 AM
May 2017

Yes. The mood of a nation is always relevant. But, then, I assume you know that.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
9. Hell yeah it is!
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:29 AM
May 2017

And to prove it, everybody is tweeting everybody else over "covfefe" and I have been laughing my butt off reading some of the comments.


calimary

(81,220 posts)
64. AHA!!!! He just came up with a term to excuse all consternation for
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:08 AM
May 2017

losing the popular vote!


My husband just left for work, saying "enjoy your covfefe!"

lastlib

(23,213 posts)
44. YOMANK*!
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:19 AM
May 2017

.

(*"You Owe Me A New Keyboard!&quot

"Authorities are investigating a MAJOR coffee spew at the home of (lastlib)......"
 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
11. "press covfefe" is a French dish, isn't it?
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:37 AM
May 2017

Last edited Thu Jun 1, 2017, 01:57 AM - Edit history (1)

I can't imagine Trump ordering anything like that.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
12. What an embarrassment he is.
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:40 AM
May 2017

The tweet's been up for over an hour now. He never finished it nor did he correct the misspelled word. Did he tweet this in his sleep? Did he need to abandon his phone from a sudden case of severe diarrhea after his latest fried chicken binge? What? I'm on pins and needles here!

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
22. Close to what I was thinking, but more like an Elvis-esque throne-based incident
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:31 AM
May 2017

The covfefe will not be televised! (Just tweeted.)

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
15. Ayy pendejo, nunce he estado tan covfefido.
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:50 AM
May 2017
There you have it, used in a sentence.




Now to figure out what the hell it means.

mpcamb

(2,870 posts)
62. Whichever of his tweet handlers let his guard down will be hearing "You're fired!"
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:06 AM
May 2017

Cuz nothin' is ever his fault.

lastlib

(23,213 posts)
55. (But 98,822 of them were bots.......)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:14 AM
May 2017

okay, the rest were,too, but they weren't automated........)

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
25. If you Haven't Been Following on Twitter
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:57 AM
May 2017

But the bots have been adding followers to Trump's acct at a 100 a minute. Maybe this was a bot.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
27. Trump makes George W. Bush....
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:12 AM
May 2017

look like a Rhodes Scholar. I never thought that as long as I lived we'd see a President worse than Bush, but I "misunderestimated" the GOP once again. Republicans detest education.......all that 'book larnin' doesn't sit well with them. They'd rather have a "man of action", like Trump, any day.

Colluding with a sworn enemy of the United States to interfere with our hallowed election process? NO PROBLEM! Alienating our allies all over the world? NO PROBLEM! Disgracing the office of President of the United States? NO PROBLEM! Dismantling the Federal Government, and trashing the Constitution of the United States? NO PROBLEM! Abandoning the most vulnerable in our society, and making health insurance too costly for 25 million Americans? NO PROBLEM! Using the wrong email server to deliver messages to other Democrats? HOLY FUCKING SHIT! PUT HER IN JAIL, PUT HER IN JAIL! HITLERY IS TOO CARELESS TO RUN THIS COUNTRY!

The Republican party has demonstrated time and again that they are unfit to occupy ANY government position. They're traitors, hypocrites of the first order. Never again! But that's exactly what I said after George W. Bush, never again. And then the sherbet shyster came along, and the entire mismanagement of our government started anew. ONLY MUCH WORSE! Never again, I tell you, never again!

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
28. Covfefe "coverage"
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:14 AM
May 2017

We get that from context..."despite the negative press covfeve" translates into English as "despite the negative press coverage."

Okay, Don...despite the negative press coverage, WHAT?

riversedge

(70,186 posts)
29. It's 2am. Do you know where your #covfefe are?
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:24 AM
May 2017










Mean Adam? @Mean_Adam 1h1 hour ago

It's 2am. Do you know where your #covfefe are?
5 replies 92 retweets 384 likes






Palmer Report Retweeted
Melissa Jo Peltier?Verified account @MelissaJPeltier 1h1 hour ago

Time to make a #COVFEFE sign for #MarchForTruth.
10 replies 45 retweets 213 likes




chwaliszewski

(1,514 posts)
32. I posted this on another thread...
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:38 AM
May 2017

Last edited Wed May 31, 2017, 04:10 AM - Edit history (1)

Huff Post had the story and several Twitter responses. My favorite response got replaced but it said #Covfefe: Ukrainian word, roughly translated, means: your urine tastes of cigarettes.


?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
33. Say what you will about trump
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:40 AM
May 2017

He does have one quality all want in a narcissistic, traitorous, pussy grabbing, conman for a president:

He is seriously stupid. Not just stupid like other repugs.

He is bigly stupid.

hedda_foil

(16,372 posts)
67. He's not stupid. He just doesn't want his great brain to give out by using it.
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:05 AM
May 2017

It stands to reason.

DFW

(54,343 posts)
35. It's easier if you know Russian
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:06 AM
May 2017

Ковфєфє (transliteration: "Covfefe&quot is a perfectly normal Russian word. Negative press Ковфєфє is what happens to a country when it lets a narcissistic psychopath 70 year old showing the first signs of dementia become its leader, and the press, if still free, takes a dim view of that. Thus, there is negative press Ковфєфє.

 

Doug the Dem

(1,297 posts)
36. "Is mocking Don important news of national interest?" HELL YEAH!
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:13 AM
May 2017

In fact, it's vital to the survival of the Republic!

calimary

(81,220 posts)
63. Welcome to DU, Doug the Dem!
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:06 AM
May 2017

Maybe it's the new term for White House scrambling to explain away looming IMPEACHMENT?

Or maybe that's the launch code?

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
43. That might have been a sign of a mini-stroke.
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:08 AM
May 2017

He's getting fatter by the day and something's got to give.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
47. Interesting thought. I wonder if he'll make a public appearance today.
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:22 AM
May 2017

The tweets his account is sending this morning weren't written by him.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
52. Exactly my thought...a TIA
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:06 AM
May 2017

Transient ischemic attack. I had one over a decade ago. It took me almost two years to get back to the way I was. My suspicion is that this happened and someone noticed the bizarre tweet and went to check on him, and now his people are trying to cover it up by tweeting in his place.

We'll see if he makes any kind of appearance today.

(In my case I wasn't overweight, but had been mostly inactive for a few months because of a deep depression over loss of several loved ones in a short period of time.)

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
50. Just for the record, here's what likely happened:
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:52 AM
May 2017

Trump is in bed, tired and foggy.

He thinks he is beginning a sentence "Despite negative press coverage" and then initially planned to add an independent clause like: "my administration has accomplished more than any other in the first 120 days."

But he begins falling asleep 1/2 through "coverage" and types "covfefe" instead (note: the letters e, r, a, g, and e are all close to f, e, f, e). Then, thinking this is the end of his thoughts (imagining in his drifting off mind that he already had typed the independent clause at the beginning of the sentence), he hits the send button and enters slumberland.

It seems pretty clear.

bucolic_frolic

(43,128 posts)
53. I think it code for Iron Curtain help
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:09 AM
May 2017

Cov Fe Fe .... Fe is the chemical element symbol for Iron

expect brass knuckles and iron stranglehold on the press

central scrutinizer

(11,648 posts)
74. CO-V-FE-FE
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:21 PM
May 2017

One Cobalt atom + one Vanadium atom + 2 atoms of Iron

Not sure what that makes but it can't be good

Roy Rolling

(6,911 posts)
58. "Uppity" tee hee.
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:33 AM
May 2017

That's exactly what Trump lacks---humility and the ability at self-deprecating humor. He is afraid of words, you are the exact opposite. Thanks for the post.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
65. To be fair...
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:16 AM
May 2017

How much positive covfefe have you seen lately?

And another thing from that article that struck me - if they are concerned about what their child sees and hears, what parent lets an
11-year old watch Kathy Griffin?

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
68. Exactly
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:30 AM
May 2017

I'm not buying that Barron even saw the picture. An 11 year old shouldn't be allowed to watch certain things. Is nobody watching that kid?

Furthermore, there have been, and will continue to be, many crude and awful things publicized about 45. 45 brought this on to his family. Melania and the nannies better be vigilant if they want Barron to be shielded from them.

haele

(12,647 posts)
70. Maybe not mocking - but this sort of activity on the part of a president is a troubling sign.
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:00 PM
May 2017

And so, there should be quite a lot of National Interest in the fact the man is up at 3am his own time making increasingly incoherent tweets. There's a major cognitive problem there, especially when adding his increasingly diminished ability to speak in a professional manner (let alone a conversational manner), and his random, rather low energy physical presence.
Shakespeare would describe him as being in his dotage...and the GOP continues to stand by him in his dotage so long as they can stuff their pockets with public money and resources before they drop him.

Haele

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