On the same day it was reported that Trump's lawyers want to screen all his tweets, he made one of his funniest tweet gaffes ever!
Just after midnight, he let loose a strange sentence fragment complaining about press coverage, only the last word was the mysterious "Covfefe." The word trended all night and yet no one from the White House could delete it because Trump apparently fell asleep with his phone (maybe while sitting on the toilet?).
Twitter immediately exploded with hilarious memes. Note that the word "Rosebud" was also trending at the same time - that is the last word in the film Citizen Kane spoken by the main character, an extremely wealthy but unhappy man who was remembering a sled he left in the snow on his last happy day of childhood. The cryptic parallel was obvious and made by twitter fans over and over.
UPDATE: Donald Trump chose not to explain the next day what he meant by "Covfefe," merely tweeting:
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
It was the unfortunate Spokesman Sean Spicer who came out for his daily press briefing to suffer questions about the Trump tweet, giving it a note of high seriousness that "Covfefe" did not deserve.
"The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant." ~ Sean Spicer
Spicer on 'covfefe' tweet: "The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant." https://t.co/URM4mW8pmO
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 31, 2017
Kids, if you ever have a boss that's so emotionally fragile you'd have to risk your job to admit he made a typo, quit that job. https://t.co/Qig1c9BPk5
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) May 31, 2017
When Spicer says "The president knows what #covfefe means."pic.twitter.com/fZs9UlGwQL
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) May 31, 2017
Hillary Clinton quipped:
Hillary: “I thought [covefe] was a message to the Russians"
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) May 31, 2017
And later Hillary tweeted this retort:
People in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe. https://t.co/M7oK5Z6qwF
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 1, 2017
this is so funny. pic.twitter.com/0FCN3MPtGg
— Joe Papp (@joepabike) May 31, 2017
Oh I get it. #Covfefe is the secret white supremacist password they all use? https://t.co/7SEJVeicA4
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) May 31, 2017
This is #covfefe translated from Russian. pic.twitter.com/1Im7ZzLO0Y
— Kristina Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) May 31, 2017
Thank you Twitter, this was amazing. #Covfefe 👇#true pic.twitter.com/ms21eZxKyp
— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) May 31, 2017
what makes me saddest is that I know I'll never write anything funnier than #covfefe
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 31, 2017
Good morning...of course there are #covfefe gifs already... pic.twitter.com/KxLOu55eje
— Jody DelBrocco (@JodyDelBrocco) May 31, 2017
Office is out of coffee, now serving up fresh cups of #covfefe. pic.twitter.com/SI16Kca8RJ
— Rep. Jared Polis (@RepJaredPolis) May 31, 2017
Wakes up.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
Checks Twitter.
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Uh...
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📈 Lookups fo...
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.
Conservatives tomorrow
— Ocular Nervosa (@ocularnervosa) May 31, 2017
"I never heard of #covfefe before."
"It's a perfectly cromulent word." pic.twitter.com/OkwTcYGzXC
— Richard (@englishinvader) May 31, 2017
In this moment, he became Presfefe. https://t.co/CBrAiNDYwQ
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 31, 2017
Donald J. Queeg rolled the silver ball bearings between his fingers.
— ❄️ Jeanne K. ❄️ (@SnarkAmendment) May 31, 2017
"Who took my #Covfefe?"
From "The #Covfefe Mutiny" pic.twitter.com/9ohmfXoekv
What if covfefe is the nuclear code?
— (((Seekingreality))) (@Exposingfrauds7) May 31, 2017
#Covfefe is President Bannon's FBI code name. pic.twitter.com/VTAe4AVYhP
— kim (@kim) May 31, 2017
It's a cry for helfe.
— vickivanv (@vickivanv) May 31, 2017
#covfefe is people
— Andy- (@andym67) May 31, 2017
"Leave the gun, take the covfefe."
— Russ Walker (@russ_walker) May 31, 2017
I gotta fever! And the only prescription is...more #COVFEFE! pic.twitter.com/NCoqmS7aPB
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) May 31, 2017
Citizen Trump and the new Rosebud
"Covfefe..." pic.twitter.com/t3jwc5JKoj
— FollowedbyRobots (@revigilant) May 31, 2017
YOU GUYS. COVFEFE IS HIS CHILDHOOD SLED
— Elena Siegman (@elenaYAY) May 31, 2017
What Charles Foster Kane meant when he whispered, "Rosebud." #Covfefe pic.twitter.com/xjnza5BFiJ
— michaelholtz (@michaelholtz) May 31, 2017
Covfefe is our generation's Rosebud.
— Elizabeth Hackett (@LizHackett) May 31, 2017
Kane had "Rosebud"...Snape had "Always"...Trump has "covfefe"...#trumptweets #trump https://t.co/Ap9zxwDqyt
— Vox Populi (@6079_MPein) May 31, 2017
We agree that #Covfefe is Trump's Rosebud, yes? pic.twitter.com/4ZwYVsDXvG
— Susan literally (@realsusandixon) May 31, 2017
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— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) May 31, 2017
If your #Covfefe last longer than four hours, seek a doctor immediately. https://t.co/Tj8GcGXevR
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) May 31, 2017
Yrsvjseubpihfcovswtvnjhgfefesxnklimnq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 31, 2017
What we have here is a failure to #covfefe. pic.twitter.com/WjrOm0M55X
— Mark K. (@MarkKrenrich) May 31, 2017
and all covfefe breaks out
— jane (@applPiprogress) May 31, 2017
Nevertheless, she covfefed.
— Tim Kubart (@timkubart) May 31, 2017
I was supposed to come home from work
— CaptainsLog2017 🖖🏽 (@CaptainsLog2017) May 31, 2017
Eat some dinner
Read today's news
Find out what's happening in #TheResistance
But #covfefe 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/0pqC4oe3Nu
Come
— Winning the Covfefe! (@MisterWelby) May 31, 2017
Over
Vladmir
For
Election
Fraud
Event#Covfefe
Switch to decovfefenated. https://t.co/fBqIXBZJWf
— Michael Black (@AgentBigfoot) May 31, 2017
Sitting in the bathroom at midnight with your #TrumpRussia Secret Decoder Ring
— ❄️ Jeanne K. ❄️ (@SnarkAmendment) May 31, 2017
"Be Sure To Drink Your #Covfefe" pic.twitter.com/adcaGCkYOY
The only American who understood #covfefe is the Cash Me Outside girl
— Thomas Wood (@NotCatPictures) May 31, 2017
Cash me outside Covfefe #covfefe pic.twitter.com/MDT7ycPwbt
— J.G. Silva (@J_Hawk25) May 31, 2017
It has to be an incredibly good feeling when you resign as White House Communications Director one day before #covfefe
— Donald J Orwell (@DonaldJOrwell) May 31, 2017
Covfefe has been named the new White House Communications Director. #maddow #inners #lastword
— Dr. Tom Martin Ph.D. (@DrTomMartinPhD) May 31, 2017
Biden: I'm going to leave him a dictionary of fake words in your office.#covfefe pic.twitter.com/BWe0IpDYvL
— Rachael Lackner (@RachaelLackner) May 31, 2017
Ich Bin Ein Covfefe
— Anthony Aveyard (@AnthonyAveyard) May 31, 2017
If Obama had tweeted the word covfefe, Fox News would be reporting that it was a secret Muslim curse he placed on white people.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 31, 2017
Pretty sure #Covfefe was the battle cry of the Bowling Green Massacre. pic.twitter.com/EkMyKNclxx
— Linda (@lindachilders1) May 31, 2017
My dad just bought the CA license plate "COVFEFE." #covfefe pic.twitter.com/WT5bXDTRN3
— Talya Cooper (@talicoop) May 31, 2017
Take two #covfefe and call me in the morning! pic.twitter.com/DqPJ6CwhF7
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) May 31, 2017
This is the night that Twitter became President. #covfefe https://t.co/le0tiFuclr
— Hellbent Podcast (@hellbentpod) May 31, 2017
RT CovfefeAF: I'd like to solve the puzzle #covfefe pic.twitter.com/jOI38xxSCF
— Ken Kirk (DocReefer) (@Kenlenkirk) May 31, 2017
"You can't handle the #Covfefe " - Colonel Nathan R. Jessup. pic.twitter.com/rd3oXUKJbt
— Aaron J. Fentress (@AaronJFentress) May 31, 2017
Hour two.
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) May 31, 2017
You gotta feel a little sorry for @seanspicer.
He has no idea what his 1st question will be tomorrow.#Covfefe https://t.co/uhHYZWBgJQ
Spicer: "I think the #covfefe speaks for itself, the President has nothing further to add."
— Paul Davis (@p_davis5) May 31, 2017
"This was the largest audience ever to witness a #covfefe, PERIOD. Both in person and around the globe" pic.twitter.com/hoMJAiYP8Q
— TheNerdolicious (@TheNerdolicious) May 31, 2017
Pope: What do you give him to eat?
— F.Mir (@FMiiir) May 31, 2017
Melania: #Covfefe pic.twitter.com/R9gpJmsgl2
