Five of the best anti-President Trump trolls
Teasing the US President online has become a pastime for everyone from dictionary compilers to world leaders

Webster-Merriam
When Trump posted a tweet with the word "unprecedented" spelt "unpresidented", the social media team running the Webster-Merriam Twitter account hit upon a new idea and began using the "Word of the Day" feature to troll the President.
When Trump called Senator Marco Rubio a "leightweight chocker", the dictionary mocked him again by trying to define the two misspelt words.
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These days, "Trump-trolling tweets immediately go viral", says the Washington Post. That certainly happened with the response to the President's confusing midnight tweet: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe."
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