
In some ways, Trump hasn't changed much since becoming president.
Sure, he's shocked even his staunchest opponents by suggesting a delay to the presidential election, tear gassing his own citizens and presiding over the highest death rate from coronavirus in the world.
But sometimes he likes to get back to basics.
By banging on about his beloved border wall, for example. Or by recreating the hilarity and high drama of that time he tweeted about "covfefe" in 2017.
This time, he totally mistyped the word 'Florida'. And thus, 'Frorida' was born.
The tweet it came from is pretty standard stuff from the president.
Frorida. https://t.co/UDtFG4UeJP— James Oh Brien (@James Oh Brien) 1596459562
All the key ingredients of a classic Trump tweet are there: superlatives, self praise, a dig at Joe Biden, reference to "fake news" and even a 'Sad!' at the end to top it off.
But obviously, people are more focussed on the massive misspelling in the first line.
There were jokes.
@realDonaldTrump Hey Spanky, where's "Frorida?" Is that next to "Glorgia" and "Arabama?" Why are you so BAD at this?— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1596459423
Can we just call Florida Man "Frorida Man" now— Animation Without Context (@Animation Without Context) 1596467671
There was some (perhaps slightly spurious) analysis.
But seriously, it's not a difficult word to type.
On trump tweeting "Frorida": R isn't even on the same side of the keyboard that L is. trump posted that tweet an… https://t.co/FMykEXW1Ov— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1596463856
There were references to 'person, woman, man, camera, TV'.
Frorida?????? Person woman man camera tv time https://t.co/FweBSbQGWc— REDDOG💉💉💉😷 (@REDDOG💉💉💉😷) 1596459389
The R isn't anywhere near the L on the keyboard. Person, man, woman, camera, TV, #Frorida.— Lesley Abravanel (@Lesley Abravanel) 1596464183
Every person, woman, man, camera, TV doesn’t need to check why “Frorida” is trending on Twitter.— Chris Wiebe (@Chris Wiebe) 1596462503
And even to Scooby-Do.
@realDonaldTrump ru-roh, Frorida!— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1596458907
The only explanation for ‘Frorida’ is that Scooby-Doo is dictating Trump’s tweets to him. Come to think of it, that… https://t.co/pnO6FZNLHF— David QC (@David QC) 1596463153
@realDonaldTrump Ri don't know where frorida ris shaggy https://t.co/sDxI8fBYyl— Peter Garbacz (@Peter Garbacz) 1596462177
Trump deleted his tweet after it had been up for over an hour, replacing it with one where 'Florida' is spelt correctly.
This might have come a bit late, though.
'Covfefe' was deleted in a matter of minutes and it's still iconic.
The president doubled down on his assertion that "massive crowds" greeted in Texas and Florida.
Spoiler: they didn't.
Whether you spell it Florida, Frorida or any other way, the 'crowds' of people greeting Trump were actually pretty small.