White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer retweeted a satirical Onion video that says he spreads misinformation, saying the publication 'nailed it'.

The video states that Spicer's role in the Trump administration 'will be to provide the American public with robust and clearly articulated misinformation.'

It goes on to describe Spicer's speaking style as 'defensive' and asks whether he has ever knowingly lied to the press, although it does end by praising his pocket square.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer retweeted a satirical Onion video that says he spread misinformation, saying the publication 'nailed it'

.@SeanSpicer's role in the Trump administration will be to provide the American public with robust and clearly articulated misinformation. pic.twitter.com/IlRkZPbDZl — The Onion (@TheOnion) January 29, 2017

'Does he nail the pocket square or does he nail the pocket square? You better believe he does,' the video ended.

It is unclear whether Spicer was attempting to get in on the joke by tweeting the satirical piece, or whether he simply misread 'misinformation.'

Or perhaps he was so pleased with the praise of his pocket square, he wanted to share.

But on Saturday, he retweeted the Onion tweet, saying: 'You nailed it. Period!'

The video states that Spicer's role in the Trump administration 'will be to provide the American public with robust and clearly articulated misinformation'

It goes onto describe Spicer's speaking style as 'defensive' and asks whether he has ever knowingly lied to the press, although it does end by praising his pocket square

This is not the first time Spicer has made an error on social media.

On more than one occasion, he has posted what appeared to be a password.

But the latest retweet, which was captioned by Onion as '@SeanSpicer’s role in the Trump administration will be to provide the American public with robust and clearly articulated misinformation', may show another lapse in judgement.

The press secretary has been accused of spreading misinformation after he began his first day in the job by making provably false facts about President Trump's inauguration.

Spicer later offered some words of contrition to reporters during his first White House briefing – but then repeated his claim that President Trump's was the 'most watched inauguration ever.'

After he got asked point blank about whether he would tell the truth, Spicer offered a few accommodating remarks.

'Our intention is never to lie to you,' he told ABC's Jonathan Karl.

'It's an honor to do this. And yes, I believe that we have to be honest with the American people. I think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. There are certain things that we may – we may not fully understand when we come out,' he explained.

It is unclear whether Spicer was attempting to get in on the joke by tweeting the satirical piece, or whether he simply misread 'misinformation'

'We're going to do the best every time we can. I'm going to come out here and tell you the facts as I know them. And if we make a mistake I'll do our best to correct it,' Spicer said.

'There are times when we believe something to be true, or we get something from an agency, or we act in haste because the information available wasn't complete, but our desire to communicate with the American people and make sure you have the most complete story at the time, and so we do it,' he explained.

Asked whether there was something he'd like to correct, Spicer mentioned his claim about Metro ridership, having indicated that Metro ridership exceeded Obama's in 2009.