During President T***p’s speech to reporters outside of the White House on Monday, a few photographers managed to capture shots of his handwritten notes and revealed he’s not exactly the “good speller” he claims to be, HuffPost reported.
Speaking to the press to defend his weekend tweets regarding Democratic congresswomen, T***p made visible his notes and showed the world the many spelling mistakes he made while penning his speech, some of which were rather simple words.
Just last week, T***p defended his oft-misspelled tweets at a White House gathering of conservative social media personalities.
He told those in attendance that “the fingers aren’t as good as the brain.”
“Really I’m actually a good speller,” he said.
The president is known for tweeting out messages riddled with typos, later deleting them and re-posting with corrected versions.
However, as it turns out, T***p’s spelling mistakes aren’t merely limited to tweeting on his cellphone.
In fact, he’s not that great of a speller when it comes to simple pen and paper, either.
Several photographers in attendance at T***p’s Monday speech managed to grab some shots of his prepared notes which were typed and included handwritten additions. And the “typos” were a-plenty.
Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford helpfully posted a zoomed-in photo of the notes on Twitter.
One of the most glaring mistakes would have to be T***p’s phonetic attempt at spelling “al Qaeda” as “alcaida”.
Or, there’s the word “people” which the POTUS spelled as “peopel.” Definitely close, but not close enough, unfortunately.
Of course, once the people of Twitter caught sight of the error-filled notes, there was no stopping them.
One person threw out a proposed definition for this new “alcaida” word, while another gave a tongue-in-cheek response in which they implored that Americans “never forget when we were attacked by Alcaida”.
A few felt that T***p’s misspellings were just the cherry on top of a ridiculous speech on Monday.
“Notice how he’s written ‘some people’ in the upper right corner as a reminder that’s the ‘source’ for his lies,” one user wrote.
Another added, “Is it too much to ask to have a President who knows how to spell, in any variation, al-Qaeda? There are numerous ways to spell it. ‘Alcaida’ is one of the few that’s DEFINITELY wrong.”
Some, however, aren’t as amused by the president’s mistakes as they are upset by them.
“He’s ignorant, with a severely limited vocabulary, poor grades at Wharton as his professors stated, one of the worst students at NYMA,” a Twitter user wrote. “He is dysfunctional in regards to daily affairs.”
This is far from the first time the president’s ability to spell has come under fire.
Among the more memorable moments include “covfefe”, which if you’ll recall was a 2017 misspelled word that was retweeted thousands of times, becoming one of the most popular tweets of that year and spawning an unimaginable slew of memes.
“Covfefe” became a brief internet sensation.
The Facebook game Words with Friends even added “covfefe” to its dictionary, and there was also plenty of “covfefe” merch available for purchase, but the fad eventually died out.
More recently, T***p came under scrutiny when cameras caught the POTUS trying to call out D*******s for their lack of “achomlishments.”
As at least one person on Twitter pointed out , it was a spelling bad enough that their spell-checker had no suggestions on what he might have been trying to write.
One person helpfully listed some of T***p’s more memorable mistakes and added both ‘alcaida’ and ‘peopel’ to the dishonorable list.
Thankfully, we can always count on the president to deliver even more hilarious mistakes for us to needlessly obsess over.
h/t: HuffPost
Last Updated on July 17, 2019 by Caitlyn Clancey