Donald Trump may be famous for making Twitter gaffes
(covfefe, anyone?), but his wife, Melania, is not immune from the odd
error—she commemorated Pearl Harbor on Thursday with the wrong date.
The first lady wrote,
in a now-deleted tweet, “Today we honor Pearl Harbor heroes 11/7/1941.
Thank you to all military for your courage and sacrifice,” mixing up the
dates by suggesting the attack took place on November 7, as opposed to
December 7.
Melania’s
tweet was deleted and republished with the correct date, but her gaffe
did not go unnoticed, with several social media users pointing out the
error.
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“What
happened to 11/7/1941? That was a bigly day! I miss the old tweet!” one
wrote, while another added, “Waiting for when 9/11 comes around and we
remember 8/11.”
Another Twitter user shared Melania’s original post, pointing out that a number of people had spotted the error.
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Thursday
marks 76 years since the surprise attack by Japanese forces on the
naval base near Honolulu that left more than 2,400 people—including
civilians—dead and prompted President Franklin Roosevelt to ask Congress
to declare war on Japan.
For
his part, the president also made a slight error in his own tweet
commemorating Pearl Harbor, misquoting Roosevelt’s speech following the
bombing.
Trump wrote: “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - “A day that will live in infamy!” December 7, 1941.”
However, Roosevelt’s speech actually described the attack with the famous quote “a date which will live in infamy.”
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Trump did not delete the slight misquote, following up his message with a longer tweet marking the date.
“Today,
our entire nation pauses to REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR—and the brave
warriors who on that day stood tall and fought for America,” he wrote.
“God Bless our HEROES who wear the uniform, and God Bless the United States of America,” Trump added.
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