Trump misspells polls as 'Poles', Twitter blocks tweet amid trolls

Twitter blocked US President Donald Trump's tweet amid trolls after he misspelt the word polls as 'Poles', in one of his latest tweets on Wednesday. Trump deleted the tweet and posted a fresh one, correcting the 'Poles' to 'polls'

New Delhi: Social media users trolled US President Donald Trump after he misspelt the word polls as 'Poles', in one of his latest tweets on Wednesday as the world waited with bated breath who will be the next US president.

"We are up big, but they are trying to steal the election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed," the President tweeted.

Twitter immediately flagged this tweet, saying "some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process".

Realising that he has made an error, Trump deleted the tweet and posted a fresh one, correcting the 'Poles' to 'polls' -- giving another reason why Twitter now needs to introduce the "Edit" button as soon as possible.

• We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!

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  We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!

  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020

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  We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!

  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020

But the damage was already done as his followers slammed him for the latest goof-up as Polish people are referred to as the Poles.

"Haha. Delete it. We still got it. Polls bruh," one user wrote to Trump.

"You can't edit tweets. He had to delete it".

Another commented: "For a man who hasn't stopped Once since he recovered from Covid, I'd say a misspelt word is a pass".

Some users also blasted Twitter for flagging the tweet, saying: "This is what they are taking down, our president. US marshals need to go into Twitter and seize their computers NOW."

Trump is known for posting misspelled words and some of them are covered, attacker, honoured, showbiz, Republicans and unfair, among others.

According to the Factba.se website, there is nearly one incorrectly spelt word or typo every five days from Trump on Twitter.

(IANS)