AMERICA fears it may just be a matter of time before President Trump discovers the emoji keyboard on his phone.

White House staff believe that once the 70-year-old realises he can communicate with happy, sad and crying laughing faces he will abandon English altogether.

Chief of staff Reince Priebus said: “He already struggles with words. What’ll happen when, like a McDonald’s employee, he discovers pictures are all he needs?

“We may be facing the first presidency delivered entirely in gift wrappings, champagne corks and cocktail glasses, which the courts will be powerless to rule against.”

Diplomat Tom Logan agreed: “Imagine the scenario. Trump tweets a series of red stiletto heels at Kim Jong-un.

“Kim responds with a police car. Trump escalates with the painting nails emoji. Kim tweets a 1960s space rocket.

“Thermonuclear annihilation ensues.”