It seems famed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling can’t stop laughing after President Donald Trump published a Tweet criticising the press for “pouring over” his Tweets in an effort to find any spelling or grammar mistakes. Trump pointed out that he has written “many best selling books” and that he only capitalizes certain words for emphasis, not because they should be capitalized. Unfortunately for Trump, the Tweet in which he praised his writing skills included a typo. Can you spot it?
As The Huffington Post reports, the President incorrectly used the word ‘pour,’ when he should have used ‘pore.’ The word pour is used to describe something flowing rapidly, such as a jug of water, whereas pore means to study something closely, which is what Trump meant when he used pour. It can also be used to describe a minute opening in an animal or plant.
Many Twitter users were quick to point out the POTUS’ mistake, including a number of high profile figures. It seems the Tweet particularly amused Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling as she replied to his Tweet with the following:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *draws breath* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha https://t.co/gbionAPK9Z
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 3, 2018
It’s true that Trump has published a number of books, though almost all of them were written by ghost writers. Trump’s ghost writer for his most famous book The Art of the Deal told the New Yorker that he wrote the whole thing. Howard Kaminsky, the former head of Random House, who published Trump’s book said, “Trump didn’t write a postcard for us!”
Several other notable Twitter uses chimed in to correct Trump’s mistake.
From one professional writer to another: you suck at it. Also, it’s “pore over.” Also, you’re a traitor to our country and your presidency is possibly illegitimate.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 3, 2018
pore
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) July 3, 2018
Merriam-Webster then explained the difference.
‘pore over’ ?”to read or study very carefully”
‘pour over’ ☕”to make expensive coffee”
‘comb over’ ?♂️”to comb hair from the side of the head to cover the bald spot”https://t.co/br20fgpmAb
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) July 3, 2018
President Trump then deleted the incorrect Tweet and replaced it with the correct use of pore.
After having written many best selling books, and somewhat priding myself on my ability to write, it should be noted that the Fake News constantly likes to pore over my tweets looking for a mistake. I capitalize certain words only for emphasis, not b/c they should be capitalized!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2018
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The “correction” made by trump was posted at 5:13 pm, while the original post with the error was posted at 5:19 pm??? What’s wrong with that picture? How could that be??
The correction was posted at 12:13am, it clearly shows that at the bottom of the tweet.