The art of miscommunication – ‘covfefe’

One word has been trending worldwide on Twitter. It was the punchline on late night. It was universally mocked. The word in question is ‘covfefe’. 

Never has a Tweet mishap caused so much commotion since the yearly celebrated Ed Balls Day, which is now pretty much Christmas for politicos in the UK. But this has been relatively confined to our shores, whereas covfefe has taken on a worldly appeal.

Comedians, journalists and commentators have taken to wondering what exactly covfefe means. A simple typo (I’m of the belief he tried to type ‘coverage’ but found it difficult with his tiny hands) has led to so many interpretations. It’s been a gift to the internet; my favourite being this piece of dialogue between Covfefe the Strong? and the Wizard Covfefe.

But hasn’t all this talk meant for 24 hours people have been less focused on three major issues coming out of the Trump administration over the same period?

1.      ‘I’m walking away’ – Trump hinting he’ll take the US out of the Paris Agreement

2.      ‘I think you’re crazy, I think you’re crazy’ - Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says no one wants to work for “crazy”

3.      ‘You can call me on my cell phone’ – Trump, in a gross breach of diplomatic protocol has been dishing out his mobile number

I should at this point say I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but this smells like a dead cat to me. Politics, it’s a dirty old game.