(RNN) - In commenting about the protests in Boston on Saturday, President Donald Trump had to delete a tweet for misspellings and then delete the reissued tweet for the same misspelling before getting it right on the third try.
At issue, the word "heal," which he incorrectly spelled "heel." Spell check and autocorrect won't fix that since "heel" is a real word itself. Autocorrect could have been to blame to begin with.
"Heal" was spelled incorrectly twice in both tweets.
Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017
Earlier in the day, Trump had tweeted the protesters looked like "anti-police agitators" before later saying he wanted to applaud the protesters for "speaking out against bigotry and hate."
Looks like many anti-police agitators in Boston. Police are looking tough and smart! Thank you.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017
I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017
The mistake is ironic since Trump has been under fire for the last week due to contradictory and confusing comments about racial violence in Charlottesville, VA.
Misspellings, and deletions, have been common for Trump on Twitter, and he has been directed to save all Twitter posts to comply with the Presidential Records Act.
Other Twitter users used the gaffes as an opportunity to have some fun at the president's expense.
Hey, @realDonaldTrump, "heel" is where you claimed to have a bone spur in order to dodge draft 4 times. "Heal", you'll never understand. https://t.co/ejLqQH2Ea8
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) August 19, 2017
This #heel typo is unpresidented. How did this happen? Maybe Obama really did tapp his phone. Maybe Trump needs some covfefe.
— Hana K. (@hana_khalyleh) August 19, 2017
You see, a heel wrestler is a villain.
So when Trump says he's gonna heel, it means he's gonna come out as an actual bad guy.— Saint Hades. (@OrdinariusAmet) August 19, 2017
So, uh, Dan Quayle only misspelled “potatoes” once right? Trump just misspelled “heal” four times. #heel
— FedoraMark ?? (@th1rt3en_TM) August 19, 2017
It's sad that Trump so frequently puts his foot (heel and all) in his mouth.
— Christian Peccora (@CPeccora) August 19, 2017
HEEL TRUMP!
— NATurally Shrill (@NatsWP) August 19, 2017
Even when trump tries to be presidential he epically fails #heel
— Erin Lukas (@mserin0114) August 19, 2017
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