"Despite the constant negative press covfefe," read the U.S. leader's short tweet sent early Wednesday. Wags around the world weighed in with biting sarcasm, and #covfefe quickly became the top trending item on Twitter. To avoid confusion, the Regent's English Language Center in London wrote: "To all of our English language students, we can confirm that 'covfefe' is not an English word. At 0830 GMT Trump's "covfefe" tweet had more than 105,000 retweets and had been shared 35,000 times, according to Twitter figures. Since entering office, Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger's TV performance to an alleged "MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany."

Source: The China Post May 31, 2017 08:37 UTC