William Cummings | USA TODAY

AP, AP

WASHINGTON – Photographers captured an image of President Donald Trump's handwritten notes before he addressed reporters in the Rose Garden at the White House on Wednesday.

Twitter users were quick to comment on the sneak peek into the president's preparation for the news conference, which took place after the president reportedly stormed out of a meeting with Democratic leaders.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accused Trump of throwing a "temper tantrum" before leaving the meeting with her and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., where they had planned to discuss a deal on infrastructure funding. The abrupt ending came after Trump demanded they stop congressional investigations into his administration and finances before any negotiations could start.

On Wednesday evening, Trump disputed that characterization, saying he "was purposely very polite and calm, much as I was minutes later with the press in the Rose Garden."

During that news conference, the president said, "I want to do infrastructure. But you know what, you can’t do it under these circumstances," he said, referring to the investigations, which he called "phony."

The lines seen jotted down on the white sheet of paper included

A reference to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., saying "the president of the U.S. is engaged in a coverup." Beside that were the words "most transparent," with transparent underlined.

"They want to impeach over acts that they did."

"Dems have no achomlishments (sic)."

"I'm going to keep working for the American people."

"Intentially (sic) had a meeting before."

Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA-EFE

Critics on Twitter took particular delight in mocking the president's misspellings, including Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who tweeted a list of the Democrats legislative "achomlishments."

“Achomlishments”

Climate action

HR1 Ethics Reform

Offered RX drug bills

Minimum wage increase

LGBTQ protections

Immigration reform

Secure preex conditions

Healthcare costs

Move Paycheck Fairness Act

Expand background checks

Net neutrality

Trump held accountable

Strengthen VAWA https://t.co/oEn5neevd5 — Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) May 23, 2019

Uhh, this is real. Trump misspelled "achomlishments' [sic] on his handwritten Rose Garden notes. Does Trump work for @FoxNews?



(…don't answer that) https://t.co/QFmVat0lV9 — Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) May 23, 2019

"Well ... achomlishments are pretty hard to come by," tweeted actor Jeffrey Wright.

Well...achomlishments are pretty hard to come by. https://t.co/vOmEyKFqKf — Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) May 23, 2019

"So let me get this straight, you hired someone to be in a powerful Cabinet-level position who is “dumb as a rock”? Add that to your list of achomlishments, Moron in Chief," tweeted Elizabeth Thorp, the editor in chief of the female comedy site PYPO. Thorp was referring to a tweet Trump sent Thursday about former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

"Hey you mis-spelled that intentially," another Twitter user commented.

It was not the first time that photographers caught a glimpse at Trump's handwritten notes. In February 2018, Getty photographer Chip Somodevilla shot images of a list of talking points written on White House letterhead, which the president had prepared ahead of a meeting with survivors and victims' family members after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in which a gunman killed 17 people on Valentine's Day.

"What would you want me to know about your experience?" read the first item on the list.

"I hear you," said the fifth.

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