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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Esperanto' Trends as Trump Misspells the Name of His Own Defense Secretary
'ESPERANTO' TRENDS AS TRUMP MISSPELLS NAME OF HIS OWN DEFENSE SECRETARY MARK ESPER
In an error-ridden Sunday morning tweet, President Donald Trump attributed a statement about the U.S.-Turkey ceasefire to his Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper. But in a mistake that quickly sparked a trending hashtag, he called the top military official "Mark Esperanto."
The tweet was shared thousands of times before being deleted and appeared to directly contradict the plans to shift troops from Syria into western Iraqnot back to the U.S.
...Before it was scrubbed from the Twitter account, but screen-shotted countless times no doubt, the tweet was widely lambasted by political commentators and turned into a slew of memes.
"So much wrong in this tweet," wrote Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin in response to the president's update, shared more than 1,000 times. "US troops are not coming home, they are going to Iraq. We don't have the oil. And the Defense Secretary's name is not 'Esperanto.'"
In an error-ridden Sunday morning tweet, President Donald Trump attributed a statement about the U.S.-Turkey ceasefire to his Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper. But in a mistake that quickly sparked a trending hashtag, he called the top military official "Mark Esperanto."
The tweet was shared thousands of times before being deleted and appeared to directly contradict the plans to shift troops from Syria into western Iraqnot back to the U.S.
...Before it was scrubbed from the Twitter account, but screen-shotted countless times no doubt, the tweet was widely lambasted by political commentators and turned into a slew of memes.
"So much wrong in this tweet," wrote Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin in response to the president's update, shared more than 1,000 times. "US troops are not coming home, they are going to Iraq. We don't have the oil. And the Defense Secretary's name is not 'Esperanto.'"
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'Esperanto' Trends as Trump Misspells the Name of His Own Defense Secretary (Original Post)
mia
Oct 2019
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. I keep waiting for Esperanto to become a UN language.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)3. I see what you did there!
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)2. Dolty Donny, well done. nt
Last edited Mon Oct 24, 2022, 08:59 AM - Edit history (1)
keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)4. You should have asked 'Melanie'.
You should have asked 'Melanie'.
eppur_se_muova
(36,280 posts)5. I'm sure he was thinking of Esperanza (I know I often do) ...