Sean Spicer, press secretary to Donald Trump has been criticised for his Twitter activity of late.

Spicer posted two consecutive eight-word tweets of questionable motive.

Some speculated that he had unwittingly posted a pair of passwords by mistake:

People couldn't understand if it was an elaborate troll by the press secretary...

…or if he simply hadn’t got the hang of social media:

Yet more confusion comes with a tweet from his personal account

In a Tweet on Sunday, a post by his account tells The Onion they “nailed” a video about him:

Except…The Onion is a parody publication. He does know that…right?

For those in doubt here are some recent articles by the publication:

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You see why Spicer's tweet is causing confusion...

The video was titled '5 Things to know about Sean Spicer' and featured such classics as his speaking style (defensive) and this:

Picture: The Onion/screengrab

What does this all mean?

People on Twitter seemed sure of the answer:

And there were cries of fake news:

Maybe... Spicer was trying to be funny?