--- title: Donald Trump Misspelling: White House Makes Mistakes description: Over the past six months, press releases and official statements have contained typos and misspelled words and names. canonical: https://time.com/4877098/donald-trump-white-house-spelling-misspelling/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-27T19:51:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:46:07.833Z article:section: Politics og:title: Can You Spell Better Than the Trump White House? og:description: They've had some trouble. og:url: https://time.com/4877098/donald-trump-white-house-spelling-misspelling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15c37d5d6debd87e/6988d7788fd2ee64ab3582db/gettyimages-822546200.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 25, 2017, en route to Ohio for a campaign rally. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Can You Spell Better Than the Trump White House? twitter:description: They've had some trouble. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15c37d5d6debd87e/6988d7788fd2ee64ab3582db/gettyimages-822546200.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Can You Spell Better Than the Trump White House? by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 27, 2017 7:51 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 25, 2017, en route to Ohio for a campaign rally. US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 25, 2017, en route to Ohio for a campaign rally.AFP Contributor—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 27, 2017 7:51 PM UTC The Trump Administration is not very good at spelling. Over the past six months, [press releases](http://thehill.com/homenews/news/329162-white-house-snapchat-story-misspells-secretary-of-educatuon), [official statements](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/walter-shaub-ethics.html), [tweets](http://time.com/4799145/donald-trump-covfefe-meme/) and [other material](https://twitter.com/Levitt%5FMatt/status/866669447133761536) released by the White House and even Trump’s personal attorney have contained typos and misspelled words and names. This can happen to any public figure, of course, but the rate at which it’s happened in the Trump Administration is notably higher than in past presidencies. 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