Donald Trump’s midnight tweet was as cryptic as it was divisive.
For more than five hours, people tried to decipher what the leader of the free world meant with his message: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
By the time it was deleted at about 6am it had become something of a presidential Rorschach test, derided by Mr Trump’s critics as yet another symptom of a chaotic White House where officials lack the power to delete a garbled message but dismissed by supporters as an inconsequential distraction from the real business of making America great again.
For more than five hours, people tried to decipher what the leader of the free world meant with his message: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
By the time it was deleted at about 6am it had become something of a presidential Rorschach test, derided by Mr Trump’s critics as yet another symptom of a chaotic White House where officials lack the power to delete a garbled message but dismissed by supporters as an inconsequential distraction from the real business of making America great again.
