President Donald Trump misspelled “Marine Corps” on Tuesday night, instead writing “Marine Core.” Twitter quickly took notice.
Trump, who deleted the misspelling and replaced it with the proper name, shared a picture of him speaking at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California.
It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military, straight from the heart of the American People: We support you, we thank you, we love you – and we will always have your back! pic.twitter.com/oCt1nH3DON
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2018
This is certainly not the first time Trump has made a typo in a tweet. There was of course “covfefe,” a mistake that became the name of a bill, and in December 2016, the president typed “unpresidented,” a misspelling of “unprecedented” that became the genesis for a flurry of memes and jokes.
But the internet took notice of the “core” mistake, bringing up his Vietnam War deferments, among other things.
https://twitter.com/ChaseMasterson/status/973711680969625600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/973713185776848896
https://twitter.com/Wortelevision/status/973716776138760193
Ignorant to his core.#MoronInChief https://t.co/Yu3IRJd5OK
— FishGottaSwim 🌊🐟☮️ 🥥🌴🌈 🇺🇸 (@Fishgot2swim) March 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/jboucher7/status/973715090015948800
Veterans, in particular, appeared to take offense to Trump’s “core” mistake, as HuffPost points out.
“Marine Core.” Really, @POTUS? Maybe General Kelly can get a copy of the Grammar for Marines MCI for you. pic.twitter.com/VjEYvVD6w1
— VoteVets (@votevets) March 14, 2018
It’s Marine CORPS, not Marine Core. And you’re a disgrace. #VetsAgainstTrump pic.twitter.com/SewvgFRvVI
— Common Defense (@commondefense) March 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/CaseyHinds/status/973721030744158208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Meanwhile, Trump loves the armed forces so much, he’s thinking about putting Rick Perry in charge of vets.
