Trump tweets America needs to “heel”. Internet gives him hell
US president Donald Trump has tweeted, again, and this time the Internet unleashed hell on his spelling, the Washington Post reports. After a largely peaceful protest against hate in Boston, Trump took to Twitter. "Our great country has been divided for decades," he thumbed. "Sometimes we need protests for us to heel & heel we […]
US president Donald Trump has tweeted, again, and this time the Internet unleashed hell on his spelling, the Washington Post reports.
After a largely peaceful protest against hate in Boston, Trump took to Twitter.
"Our great country has been divided for decades," he thumbed. "Sometimes we need protests for us to heel & heel we will & be stronger than ever before.’
.@POTUS says the country needs to "heel." Lesson: "Heel" is POTUS for his reaction to Charlottesville. "Heal" is what America needs to do. pic.twitter.com/wmrwL4YDzF
— Anne Frank Center (@AnneFrankCenter) August 20, 2017
It was the tweet that went round the world. And it was too late even after he deleted it. It had been retweeted 20,000 times by Sunday afternoon.
Merriam-Webster took him to task, posting definitions around the word "heal" for presidents paying attention.
? heal (to become healthy again)
? heel (a contemptible person)
?♂️ he’ll (he will)— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) August 19, 2017
Even that has been retweeted 21,000 times.