The tweet attracted intense attention in the news and on social media, quickly becoming a viral phenomenon. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated, 'I think the President and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.' Initial tweet and public response Most media outlets presumed that he had meant to type 'coverage'. He deleted the tweet six hours later but implied that its wording was intentional. Six minutes after midnight ( EDT) on May 31, 2017, Trump tweeted, 'Despite the constant negative press covfefe'. Covfefe ( / k oʊ ˈ f ɛ f i/ koh- FEH-fee, / k ə v ˈ f eɪ f eɪ, k oʊ ˈ f ɛ f eɪ/ ) is a nonsense word, widely presumed to be a typographical error, that Donald Trump used in a viral tweet when he was President of the United States.
