--- description: What is covfefe, and how is it pronounced? Twitter users react to President Trump's bizarre midnight tweet title: 'Covfefe' Is Trending on Twitter After Trump's Strange Tweet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31edfce3b43a2e36/6988cf7d656a3f57eabd0388/gettyimages-632863016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Covfefe' Is Trending on Twitter After Trump's Confounding Midnight Tweet by [Feliz Solomon](/author/feliz-solomon/) ## Feliz Solomon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2017 8:15 AM CUT  The Twitter Inc. accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, seen on Jan. 27, 2017. The Twitter Inc. accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, seen on Jan. 27, 2017.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Feliz Solomon](/author/feliz-solomon/) ## Feliz Solomon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2017 8:15 AM CUT Right around midnight on Tuesday, President Donald Trump sent a strange message to his 31 million Twitter followers. Without any clear context, the President’s [late night tweet](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/869766994899468288 "undefined") read: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” That is all. Twitter users were quick to question what the fragment could possibly mean, and how the curious phrase might be read aloud. > [](https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/869778491897552897) > [](https://twitter.com/Fusion/status/869773590517891073) Before long, #covfefe was trending on the site, as users came up with all manner of applications for the newly minted word, which hasn’t yet made it into the Merriam Webster Dictionary. > [](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/869782666572443648) Here are few more takes from across the Twittersphere: > [](https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/869778357705031680) > [](https://twitter.com/kateberlant/status/869775680791339008) > [](https://twitter.com/ayleighk/status/869831598023233536) > [](https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/869803135782461440) > [](https://twitter.com/bejohnce/status/869791346399342593) > [](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/869802524588466176) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4799053/donald-trump-covfefe-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4799053/donald-trump-covfefe-twitter/"},"headline":"'Covfefe' Is Trending on Twitter After Trump's Confounding Midnight Tweet","datePublished":"2017-05-31T08:15:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:01.887Z","description":"What is covfefe, and how is it pronounced? Twitter users react to President Trump's bizarre midnight tweet","url":"https://time.com/4799053/donald-trump-covfefe-twitter/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Newsfeed","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31edfce3b43a2e36/6988cf7d656a3f57eabd0388/gettyimages-632863016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Feliz Solomon","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/feliz-solomon/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31edfce3b43a2e36/6988cf7d656a3f57eabd0388/gettyimages-632863016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Via Twitter, Trump Threatens To Cancel Mexico Visit To White House Over Wall","caption":"Via Twitter, Trump Threatens To Cancel Mexico Visit To White House Over Wall","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4799053/donald-trump-covfefe-twitter/","name":"'Covfefe' Is Trending on Twitter After Trump's Confounding Midnight Tweet"}}]}] ```