Covfefe

This article is about a word used by Donald Trump on Twitter. For other uses, see Covfefe (disambiguation).

 Donald J. Trump Twitter logo, a stylized blue bird
@realDonaldTrump

Despite the constant negative press covfefe

May 31, 2017, 12:06 a.m.[1]

Covfefe (/koʊˈfɛfi/ koh-FEH-fee,[2] /kəvˈfeɪfeɪ, koʊˈfɛfeɪ/[3]) is a word, widely presumed to be a typographical error, that Donald Trump used in a viral tweet when he was President of the United States. It quickly became an Internet meme.

Six minutes after midnight (EDT) on May 31, 2017, Trump tweeted "Despite the constant negative press covfefe".[4] He deleted the tweet six hours later but implied that its wording was intentional. Most media outlets presumed that he had meant to type "coverage". White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated, "I think the President and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."[5]

  1. ^ Trump, Donald J. [@realDonaldTrump] (May 30, 2017). "Despite the constant negative press covfefe" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LaurelYanny was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "covfefe Meaning | Pop Culture by Dictionary.com".
  4. ^ Flegenheimer, Matt (May 31, 2017). "What's a 'Covfefe'? Trump Tweet Unites a Bewildered Nation". The New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference USAToday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).