Donald Trump Tweets ‘Unpresidented’ Instead of ‘Unprecedented’

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Donald Trump‘s early Saturday morning tweet highlighted his frequent spelling mistakes, as he used the word “unpresidented” instead of “unprecedented” when talking about the news that China found an unmanned U.S. drone in the South China sea. Trump later deleted the tweet with the misspelled word and reshared the exact same thought, just with the word spelled right.

On December 15, the Chinese navy found an unmanned U.S. research drone in the South China Sea in international waters. U.S. officials said that the drone was being used only for scientific purposes and was about to be recovered by the USNS Bodwitch, a non-combat vessel, The BBC reported.

China confirmed on December 17 that military officials on both sides are in talks to hand over the drone to the U.S. “According to [our] understanding, the US and Chinese sides are working on appropriately handling this matter through channels between the two militaries,” the Chinese foreign ministry said, reports the BBC.

Al Jazeera reports that the drone was found about 92 km northwest of Subic Bay, near the Philippines. Navy Captain Jeff Davis told reporters on December 16 that the drone was clearly marked as belonging to the U.S. He told reporters that the drone costs around $150,000.

The situation highlights the growing tension between the U.S. and China over Beijing’s military buildup in the South China Sea.

Obama was asked about the situation during his final press conference and about Trump’s surprising phone call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. Obama said that it was a good idea for Trump to take a fresh look at the U.S. foreign policy as it relates to China, just as long as he does it in a “systematic, deliberate, intentional way.”

“…Given the importance of the relationship between United States and China, given how much is at stake in terms of the world economy, national security, our presence in the Asia-Pacific, China’s increasing role in international affairs, there’s probably no bilateral relationship that carries more significance and where there’s also the potential if that relationship breaks down or goes into full conflict mode that everybody is worse off,” Obama told reporters on December 16. “So I think it’s fine for him to take a look at it.”

Although Trump was weighing in on a very serious situation, Twitter users seized on the opportunity to make fun of his misspelling and how quickly he deleted the tweet. “#Unpresidented” was even trending on Twitter in the U.S. Others posted screenshots of the tweet with the incorrect spelling. The way he misspelled the word originally makes it look like he wants to be un-president-ed.

Of course, this is hardly the first time Trump has had to delete a tweet with a misspelling. In November, for example, he wrote “speaches” instead of “speeches.”

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Daniel S. Levine is entertainment and news contributor to Heavy, and former editor at TheCelebrityCafe.com. Graduate of Hofstra University, plus classic movie and Star Wars geek. Follow him on Twitter at @dsl89 and contact him at daniel.levine@heavy.com.
December 17, 2016 9:42 am