The Trump White House Friday morning touted the news that the gross domestic product (GDP), a chief economic indicator, came in strong at 4.1% growth. Supplementing a statement made by President Trump outside the West Wing an hour earlier, the White House Communications Team, under the new direction of former Fox News co-president Bill Shine, posted a graphic to Twitter.
In it, they spelled “United States” wrong. It reads, “United Sates.”
It remained up for well over three hours.
Here’s a screenshot:
Naturally, the mocking was extreme:
Others made clear that regardless of spelling, 4.1% growth is not as amazing as Trump would ike Americans to believe:
UPDATE: 3:32 PM ET –
It stayed up for nearly 4 hours. It was just deleted.