Disclaimer: I did not see this happen. I do not have a keylogger on Trump’s computer to watch keystroke by keystroke. This is just my hypothetical reconstruction of what happened.<\/p>\n
Claimer: I have not read this elsewhere. This is original work. To the extent this may correspond with any other explanation, it merely corroborates the plausibility of that other explanation.<\/p>\n
So, to understand what happened, we need the context:<\/p>\n
“… bad press covfefe”<\/p>\n
Is that so mysterious?<\/p>\n
“… bad press cov…” — now we can read it. Undoubtedly “coverage.”<\/p>\n
So, here we are, in the Oval Office at 3 AM. Trump types<\/p>\n
“… bad press coverage.”<\/p>\n
What’s next? His famously short attention span has given out, and he can’t remember what he was thinking of.<\/p>\n
[Thinks]
\n[One finger rests on the backspace key. It auto-repeats five times.]<\/p>\n
“… bad press cov”<\/p>\n
[Thinks]
\n[Absentmindedly drums fingers on the desk. Except they’re not on the desk, they’re on the “f” and “e” keys]<\/p>\n
“bad press covfefe”<\/p>\n
[Dozes off]
\n[Wakes up]<\/p>\n
Huh? I never finished sending this!<\/p>\n
[No need to look at it. Hits “Tweet”]<\/p>\n
… and that’s how it happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Disclaimer: I did not see this happen. I do not have a keylogger on Trump’s computer to watch keystroke by keystroke. This is just my hypothetical reconstruction of what happened. Claimer: I have not read this elsewhere. This is original work. To the extent this may correspond with any other explanation, it merely corroborates the … <\/p>\n