--- title: Rudy Giuliani's Donald Trump Tweet Goes Viral Because Prank description: A punctuation error in Rudy Giuliani's tweet provided the perfect opportunity for the Internet for a prank about Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-03T20:37:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:16.630Z og:title: Someone Used Rudy Giuliani's Twitter Mistake to Troll Trump og:description: A tiny error created the ultimate opportunity og:url: https://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte008a63b93bbf333/6989406e86f68e3dc76eadac/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-tweet-prank.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Used Rudy Giuliani's Twitter Mistake to Troll Trump twitter:description: A tiny error created the ultimate opportunity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte008a63b93bbf333/6989406e86f68e3dc76eadac/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-tweet-prank.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Uses Rudy Giuliani's Twitter Mistake to Troll Donald Trump  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 3, 2018 8:37 PM UTC  BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 20: (L to R) Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani stands with president-elect Donald Trump before their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 20: (L to R) Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani stands with president-elect Donald Trump before their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 3, 2018 8:37 PM UTC A punctuation error in a recent tweet written by [Rudy Giuliani](http://time.com/5305631/melania-trump-rudy-giuliani/) has turned into an opportunity for the Internet to roast [Donald Trump.](http://time.com/5423126/donald-trump-republican-party-effects/) In a tweet sent out last Friday afternoon criticizing [Robert Mueller and his investigation about Russia’s alleged involvement](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-robert-mueller-runner-up/) in the 2016 presidential election, Giuliani writes at length about Trump’s attendance at the G-20 summit, but it appears he put a little less effort into making sure that his tweet had the correct punctuation. Specifically, he didn’t bother to put a space between the period ending one sentence and the first word of his next sentence — which inadvertently created a hyperlink. As is wont to happen on the Internet, some internet savvy person saw the creation of this link and a golden opportunity to troll Giuliani and the Trump administration. The [URL](http://g-20.in/) was purchased and then used to send a single message about how they felt about the president, reading: “Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country.” See the tweet below. > [](https://twitter.com/WardDPatrick/status/1069662381708664832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/"},"headline":"The Internet Uses Rudy Giuliani's Twitter Mistake to Troll Donald Trump","datePublished":"2018-12-03T20:37:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:16.630Z","description":"A punctuation error in Rudy Giuliani's tweet provided the perfect opportunity for the Internet for a prank about Donald Trump.","url":"https://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte008a63b93bbf333/6989406e86f68e3dc76eadac/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-tweet-prank.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte008a63b93bbf333/6989406e86f68e3dc76eadac/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-tweet-prank.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ","creditText":"Drew Angerer—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/","name":"The Internet Uses Rudy Giuliani's Twitter Mistake to Troll Donald Trump"}}]}] ```