Russia congratulates wrong George Bush for birthday | The Week

Russia congratulates wrong George Bush for birthday — (Image credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Former President George H. W. Bush turned 90 on Thursday, and the official Kremlin Twitter account marked the occasion with either some epic trolling or a big social media whoops:

UPDATE: The tweet has been deleted.

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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.