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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 31, 2017, 05:48 PM May 2017

Clinton cracks that 'covfefe' was Trump's 'hidden message to the Russians'

Source: Politico


By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 05/31/2017 05:23 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton joked Wednesday that she took President Donald Trump’s use of the non-word “covfefe” in a late-night tweet as a dispatch to Russia.

Trump tweeted shortly after midnight: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe” — an incomplete thought that had Webster’s dictionary at a loss for words.

“I thought it was a hidden message to the Russians,” Clinton quipped to Kara Swisher on Wednesday at Recode’s Code Conference. Clinton later painted “covfefe” as a distraction for the White House.

“You can’t let Trump and his allies be a diversion,” the Democratic presidential nominee warned in response to an audience question. “They are a threat, and they have been effective up until now.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/trump-covfefe-clinton-russia-238997

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Clinton cracks that 'covfefe' was Trump's 'hidden message to the Russians' (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
In Russian, 'Kovfef' (ковфьеф) means 'despite' sandensea May 2017 #1
I always thought "covfefe" was a mistyping of "coverage" ananda May 2017 #2
Does that happen often for you? IronLionZion May 2017 #3
Tongue in cheek response I think riversedge May 2017 #4
Excellent! Cha Jun 2017 #5

sandensea

(21,528 posts)
1. In Russian, 'Kovfef' (ковфьеф) means 'despite'
Wed May 31, 2017, 05:54 PM
May 2017

A fitting word for the Trump era, in that the nation will be fine DESPITE everything Cheeto and the Rapepublicans do.

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