Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer Sean Michael SpicerKellyanne Conway to leave White House at end of month Pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk launch new program on Newsmax TV The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Supreme Court's unanimous decision on the Electoral College MORE on Tuesday mistakenly praised outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonGary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November Kushner says 'Alice in Wonderland' describes Trump presidency: Woodward book Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE in a tweet for having “severed our nation well.”

Spicer tweeted a message hailing Tillerson’s work as the top diplomat, but accidentally wrote “severed” instead of “served.”

He later corrected the typo in a second tweet, but not before the initial message made the rounds on social media.

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Journalists and other Twitter users quickly picked up on the error, with some mocking it as a “Freudian slip.”

Sever is not the wrong word here. https://t.co/1FNei5E906 — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 13, 2018

"severed our nation well" https://t.co/VnJ6KGi3JN — West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) March 13, 2018

Freudian slip via tweet. https://t.co/JqYpmqFsGn — Greg Olear (@gregolear) March 13, 2018

Dear God man, try to be less stupid. https://t.co/UEMCnzdkpj — John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 13, 2018

"Severed our nation" LOL DUDE YOU WERE THE WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION'S DIRECTOR HOW ARE YOU SO BAD AT THIS!? https://t.co/niziIi1jkP — Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) March 13, 2018

No one has SEVERED the nation as well as Rex. Period. https://t.co/Z9aeJaAbSw — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 13, 2018

There is no greater example of the kind of people Trump hires than you, a professional comms person, making perhaps the worst typo possible in this tweet. Well done. https://t.co/4vuWT4nY63 — JuanPa (@jpbrammer) March 13, 2018

tfw the typo makes the statement all the more accurate https://t.co/JUACYFvWOy — Russ Bengtson (@russbengtson) March 13, 2018

President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE fired Tillerson earlier Tuesday, announcing the move in a tweet. Trump will nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson.

Tillerson said later Tuesday that he would be leaving the department at the end of the month. He thanked State Department staffers in his remarks but did not thank Trump.