Trump sets Twitter abuzz with ‘covfefe’

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Covfefe (cuv-fey-fey) noun: A sure sign that President Donald Trump has regained control of his Twitter account.

For more than a week, the tweets from @realDonaldTrump were, well, boring.

Well, Twitterverse, he’s back.

Starting with a wee-hours tweet that contained the mystifying nonword “covfefe,” Trump on Wednesday unleashed a string of tweets that showed the president was holding nothing back, on matters both trivial and consequential.

He lashed out at the government’s Russia investigation as a “Witch Hunt!”

He scolded celebrity Kathy Griffin for a video that showed what looked like Trump’s severed head: “My children, especially my 11-year-old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!”

He stoked suspense about whether he’ll pull the U.S. out of an international climate-change agreement: “I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

But the internet flipped out over this baffling post-midnight tweet (later deleted): “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”

With that, Trump’s twitter feed went silent for the next 5 Ω hours.

“I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer dead-panned, drawing laughter from a group of during a press briefing.