Donald Trump Jr. Slammed For Misspellings, Inaccuracies In Anti-Biden Tweet

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Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out a quote supposedly from a working-class friend of his full of typos and incorrect claims
Social media quickly piled on the mistake, saying Trump Jr. only has his White House position due to nepotism and once more accusing him of taking drugs
Trump Jr. was recently under fire for saying that U.S. COVID-19 deaths were "almost nothing" the same day that around 100,000 new Americans contracted the virus

Donald Trump Jr. seemed to have messaging issues Monday, tweeting out a story ostensibly from his “blue collar friend.” The Twitter posting was riddled with spelling mistakes and inaccuracies.

“I don’t see anyone walking into a voting booth on November 3 & voting to give up 20-30% of their income by voting for Joe Biden’s radicle tax plans. I don’t see anyone voting to get rig of US Oil & Gas and watch gas & heating prices skyrocket”

Blue collar friend in MT yesterday
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 2, 2020

“Radicle,” a misspelling of "radical," was soon trending, with critics noting that a "radicle" is part of a plant's anatomy and not a description of a tax plan. They also touched on his comment that plenty of people want to “get rig of” fossil fuel subsidies, with "rig" a typo of the word "rid."

Social media users also questioned whether Trump Jr.’s "blue collar friend" really exists or if he just concocted the story.

Radicle: the part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root. pic.twitter.com/9FWL4moZwq
— Focus (@bpfocus) November 2, 2020

1. It's 'radical', not 'radicle'.
2. It's 'rid', not 'rig'.
3. You're factually incorrect, again.
4. You don't have friends.
— Mike Pence - Professional Mannequin (@vespertilioAJR) November 2, 2020

The aspersions also included charges of nepotism and the increasingly common refrain that Trump Jr. is on drugs. In his speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump Jr. had visibly watery and squinted eyes, and appeared to be sweating from the start. The speech generated a high volume of comments on Twitter.

Dude. Rehab. Seriously. @DonaldJTrumpJr
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) November 2, 2020

Trump Jr.'s recent comments come just four days after he was criticized for calling COVID-19 deaths "almost nothing.”

Donald Trump Jr delivered a keynote address at the opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention AFP / Olivier DOULIERY

For many, the typos harkened back to 2017 when President Donald Trump had a post on Twitter at midnight that read: “despite the negative press covfefe.” The typo sparked ridicule, speculation, memes and a surprising amount of merchandising.

The White House and President Trump later passed off "covfefe" as a mysterious coded message to his supporters, a perspective embraced by QAnon conspiracy theorists.