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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is surrounded by Marines. That didnt stop him from mistakenly tweeting Marine Core.
Trump is surrounded by Marines. That didnt stop him from mistakenly tweeting Marine Core.
By Alex Horton March 14 at 1:17 PM Email the author
President Trump returns a salute as he steps off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in June. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
As President Trumps chief of staff, retired Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly is the core of White House operations.
The spelling distinction was all Trump had to remember when he tweeted about his visit to a Marine installation outside San Diego on Tuesday.
It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Core Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military, Trump wrote in a tweet that misspelled Corps.
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Trump is surrounded by Marines. That didnt stop him from mistakenly tweeting Marine Core. (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Mar 2018
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. Not the wurst tweet
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)2. It's funny but it is at least the third time
that this administration has made partisan political points during a speech to the US military. I can't understand why a bigger deal isn't made of it.
brush
(53,971 posts)3. Am I the only one sick of having a dummy for a president? The country deserves much better.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)4. He didn't "mistakenly" tweet it, he "ignorantly" tweeted it.
Making a mistake is one thing. Being totally ignorant of the correct spelling is quite another.
Cha
(298,021 posts)5. the mole had one job.. get his tweet
correct, including spelling.
dalton99a
(81,700 posts)6. "I went to school. I went to Wharton. I went to school here."
- March 10, 2018 rally
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)8. I know words. I have the best words.
"But there's no better word than 'stupid.' "
Brother Buzz
(36,498 posts)7. This Marine vet is giving the orange one an implied facepalm
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)9. What a moran!