Twitter trolls Trump on 'heal' vs. 'heel' typo

Ryan W. Miller | USA TODAY

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When sending out a response to the counterprotest in Boston that quelled a "Free Speech" rally on Saturday, President Trump attempted to tweet a message about the country needing protest in order to "heal."

Except the first tweet didn't go quite as planned.

Nor the second.

Trump's third tweet read, "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!"

Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017

But some Twitter users captured the typos in screenshots.

Trump makes the same spelling mistakes two tweets in a row. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/N5q7TaKk9i — Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) August 19, 2017

Third times a charm... — Jack Dunlop (@CouRageJD) August 19, 2017

Merriam-Webster, which has trolled the president before, tweeted out a quick reminder on the words' definitions.

🏥 heal (to become healthy again)

😈 heel (a contemptible person)

🙋‍♂️ he'll (he will) — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) August 19, 2017

Some thought that Trump might have been correct the first two times.

Trumpy didn’t misspell "heal.” In his own weird way what he’s saying is he will make us heel. — Touré (@Toure) August 19, 2017

Or that "heel" was still a typo, but that maybe he didn't mean "heal."

I guess "heel" is better than"heil" https://t.co/kzTsKZQloT — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 19, 2017

Others were a bit more subtle.

Spelling is Trump's Achilles heal. — Big Green Bookshop (@Biggreenbooks) August 19, 2017

Some combined the "heel" typo with one of Trump's more memorable Twitter moments.

Let's unite and #heel this country.



Over covfefe. — Jeff Giesea (@jeffgiesea) August 19, 2017

And of course, #heel started trending.

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