Confusion as Trump sends out garbled late-night tweet about ‘negative press covfefe’
Trump’s unrestrained Twitter habits have been under close scrutiny since he took office
US President Donald Trump has sent out a bizarre late-night tweet that trailed off into gibberish, prompting a confused response from his followers and critics.
The nonsensical tweet, from his @realDonaldTrump personal account said: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”.
The tweet was posted at 12.06pm yesterday (Hong Kong time). It was online, sitting at the top of Trump’s busy Twitter profile, for six hours before being deleted.
Despite its ambiguity, the tweet swiftly generated well over 100,000 likes and retweets and more than 30,000 replies.
“You OK, Donald?” responded user @Fusion, a blog news website. Others took the chance to mock Trump. “And you wonder why you get negative press covfefe,” @MarkPygas wrote.