No. Just, no. Can’t they stop?
The latest on covfefe-madness from PolitiFact:
Any Arabic speakers out there have a take on Trump trying to tweet *Cov fe'fe*, which some say translates to I will stand up?
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) June 1, 2017
Just go away.
dear god https://t.co/1nQsJrhWJ6
— cassidy (@smittyrooo) June 1, 2017
dear god https://t.co/1nQsJrhWJ6
— cassidy (@smittyrooo) June 1, 2017
And according to these responses, PolitiFact isn’t even close:
Non-native military-trained speaker here.
It doesn't translate to that. it's nonsense.— A Mechanical Tiger (@StripeyType) June 1, 2017
This was meant to be in respect to the attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, except 1) Afghanistan speak Pashto, not Arabic (1/2)
— James Alexander (@Tasselguy) June 1, 2017
Two, when translated the Arabic word for "I will stand up" is 'sa'aqif' which is pretty off the mark. (2/2)
— James Alexander (@Tasselguy) June 1, 2017
And is this where PolitiFact got the idea?
the MAGA people have convinced themselves that their god emperor Trump was speaking Arabic when he tweeted "covfefe" pic.twitter.com/zD1gw2NpMX
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) June 1, 2017
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