A fully realistic speculation how the "covfefe"-tweet happened.

[DetlefK]

1. Maybe you know this state. When you're falling asleep, you start dreaming but you are not fully asleep yet. Or when you wake up in the middle of the night for a few seconds, turn around and go back to sleep.
2. When your brain is partially shut down due to sleep-mode, you have trouble remembering words.



Here's my speculation:

Trump was asleep, but all this negative press-coverage was going around in his head.

He wakes up half-way, still the negative press-coverage on his mind.

This cannot wait until tomorrow: He and his thoughts are so important, the world must hear of them immediately.

He grabs his Smartphone with one outreached arm, head lying on the pillow on the side, eyes half-way closed.

He types something into Twitter, but is not awake enough to realize what he's doing there. He's trying to type "coverage", but is not awake enough to remember the word. So he types a word that feels right. This leads to "covfefe".

He presses "Send" and immediately falls asleep again, the Smartphone still in hand.

[FM123]

1. Sounds about right

[FM123]

3. Or

He is entering that stage of dementia where he is just making up his own words

[annabanana]

2. probably..

You're not the only one who thniks so..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029138379

[skip fox]

9. Most likely scenario iomn above link reads:

Trump is in bed, tired and foggy.

He thinks he is beginning a sentence "Despite negative press coverage" and then initially planned to add an independent clause like: "my administration has accomplished more than any other in the first 120 days."

But he begins falling asleep 1/2 through "coverage" and types "covfefe" instead. Then, thinking this is the end of his thoughts (imagining in his drifting off mind that he already had typed the independent clause), he hits the send button and enters slumberland.

It seems pretty clear.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

4. Was that his pussy grabbing hand? ...

It's a notoriously bad speller.

[Ilsa]

5. I'm wondering if he could have Lewy Body Dementia.

The most common symptoms of LBD include:
Impaired thinking, such as loss of executive function (planning, processing information), memory, or the ability to understand visual information.
Fluctuations in cognition, attention or alertness;
Problems with movement including tremors, stiffness, slowness and difficulty walking
Visual hallucinations (seeing things that are not present)
Sleep disorders, such as acting out one’s dreams while asleep
Behavioral and mood symptoms, including depression, apathy, anxiety, agitation, delusions or paranoia
Changes in autonomic body functions, such as blood pressure control, temperature regulation, and bladder and bowel function.


https://www.lbda.org/content/10-things-you-should-know-about-lbd

[DFW]

7. I wish someone would arrange for him to lose his official executive funtions

And take Pence back home with him.

[Girard442]

6. Ummm... Maybe it's time to take away Grandpa's car keys.

The next accident might not be funny.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. You mean like...flaming globes of Zigmund?