--- title: Chris Evans Takes Aim At Trump Twitter Typo description: “It’s ‘counsel’, Biff. The word is ‘counsel’,” Chris Evans tweeted in response to Donald Trump’s typo canonical: https://time.com/5371804/chris-evans-on-trump-2/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-20T15:57:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:48.548Z og:title: Chris Evans Takes Aim At Trump’s Twitter Typo og:description: “It’s ‘counsel’, Biff. 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President Trump mystified the world at precisely 12:06am Wednesday morning when he tweeted a new word._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 20, 2018 3:57 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 26: Chris Evans attends the the Broadway Opening Night Performance After Party for 'Lobby Hero' at Bryant Park Grill on March 26, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Walter McBride/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 26: Chris Evans attends the the Broadway Opening Night Performance After Party for 'Lobby Hero' at Bryant Park Grill on March 26, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Walter McBride/WireImage) Walter McBride—WireImage by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 20, 2018 3:57 PM UTC Captain America has deadly aim and turns out so does the man who plays him in the Marvel movie franchise. Despite playing one of America’s most patriotic superheroes, [Chris Evans](http://time.com/4702550/chris-evans-on-trump/) frequently targets President Donald Trump on Twitter, who he wanted to school on spelling. In a recent tweet, [Evans](http://time.com/4927245/chris-evans-dog-reunite-video/) noted that the president had misspelled the word counsel, writing “councel” instead. Evans didn’t just point and laugh at the commander in chief’s typo, though, he took it further. “I was trying to comprehend how in the world a man, even as moronic as you, can misspell a word he probably reads fifty times a day,” Evans wrote. “But then it dawned on me, you probably only HEAR the word.” > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/1031549025521156096) Evans isn’t alone in correcting all the President’s typos. The Twitter account for the Merriam Webster dictionary considers pointing out the president’s misspellings part of its job description. Last year, when Trump also misspelled the word counsel, the [dictionary was on it](http://time.com/4784891/merriam-webster-corrects-trump-counsel/), pointing out that “councel” was “by far \[their\] most looked up misspelling today.” This is far from the first time that Evans has turned his attention to the President’s [Twitter feed](http://time.com/4667314/chris-evans-on-david-duke/). Captain America takes his politics seriously, apparently. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5371804/chris-evans-on-trump-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5371804/chris-evans-on-trump-2/"},"headline":"Chris Evans Just Took on Trump Tweet to Tweet","datePublished":"2018-08-20T15:57:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:48.548Z","description":"“It’s ‘counsel’, Biff. 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