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<p>On Thursday, the official White House Twitter account&mdash;not to be confused with the headline-making machine @RealDonaldTrump&mdash;tweeted the following. See if you can figure out what&#39;s going on.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump: We are forever in your debt. Thank you. God bless you, God bless our truly amazing law enforcement, and God bless America.</p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/890659791663759365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>No, the White House didn&#39;t turn <a href="https://www.someecards.com/topic/donald-trump/">President Donald Trump</a> into an all knowing, god-blessed deity. At least, not on purpose.</p><p>The tweet should have had quotes around it.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guys, I don&#39;t think this is the White House saying this to Trump. I think it&#39;s the White House noting what Trump said to law enforcement.</p>&mdash; Erin Murphy (@ErinDMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErinDMurphy/status/890669794696937474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The White House was merely quoting Donald Trump, who was speaking on Thursday <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/27/remarks-president-trump-ceremony-recognizing-first-responders-june-14" target="_blank">at a ceremony</a> for first responders to the shooting of Congressman Scalise. Of course, without the quotation marks and even a hint of context, Twitter was quite reasonably alarmed.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What the fuck is this dictator praising propaganda shit!?</p>&mdash; Jason Ross (@jasonsolross) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonsolross/status/890660565596504065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From here in the UK I&#39;d say that the US government is getting more like Russia by the day. Feel sad for you folks. ☹️</p>&mdash; Caroline@CraftyArts (@CarrieAnne001) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrieAnne001/status/890662006386081792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">what in the hell is this tweet</p>&mdash; tyler oakley (@tyleroakley) <a href="https://twitter.com/tyleroakley/status/890682018161238016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Glorious Leader makes the sun and eats the moon. We are but worms without his shining example. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGA</a>!!!!</p>&mdash; Dennis Perkins (@DennisPerkins5) <a href="https://twitter.com/DennisPerkins5/status/890669495747919872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Is this the worst mistake to come out of the Trump administration on Twitter?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="" height="235" src="https://cdn.someecards.com/posts/covfefe-ojzuDB.jpg" width="750" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Twitter</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>No, but it&#39;s amusing.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did you guys get hacked?</p>&mdash; BLACK LIVES MATTER. (@kateschmidt) <a href="https://twitter.com/kateschmidt/status/890660766700888064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/1_mad_squirrel/status/890660964323819520</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Are you okay? Are they holding your family hostage? Do you need rescue?</p>&mdash; Laura Anne Gilman (@LAGilman) <a href="https://twitter.com/LAGilman/status/890670197652074497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is exactly how I imagine Darth Vadar would have made his staff tweet right after creating the Death Star.</p>&mdash; Rob Eric (@roberic1) <a href="https://twitter.com/roberic1/status/890696444398641152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And obviously not the first time a Trump-related quote has gone wrong for lack of punctuation.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="someecards-embed" id="someecards-embed-3734476" data-id="3734476" data-type="post" data-url="https://napi.someecards.com/embed/post/donald-trump-t-shirt-trump-tower-fake-media/"><a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/donald-trump-t-shirt-trump-tower-fake-media/" target="_blank"> Twitter can&#039;t decide if this t-shirt for sale in Trump Tower has a typo or not. </a></blockquote><script async src="//cdn.someecards.com/assets/embed/embed-v1.07.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So just enjoy the mistake until the inevitable next one:</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/890669912871403520</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Grammar is important, everyone, even if it&#39;s not presidential.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Accidentally terrifying White House tweet proves why punctuation is so very important.

On Thursday, the official White House Twitter account&mdash;not to be confused with the headline-making machine @RealDonaldTrump&mdash;tweeted the following. See if you can figure out what&#39;s going on.President Trump: We are forever in your debt. Thank you. God bless you, God bless our truly amazing law enforcement, and God bless America.&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 27, 2017 No, the White House didn&#39;t turn President Donald Trump into an all knowing, god-blessed deity. At least, not on purpose.The tweet should have had quotes around it.Guys, I don&#39;t think this is the White House saying this to Trump. I think it&#39;s the White House noting what Trump said to law enforcement.&mdash; Erin Murphy (@ErinDMurphy) July 27, 2017 The White House was merely quoting Donald Trump, who was speaking on Thursday at a ceremony for first responders to the shooting of Congressman Scalise. Of course, without the quotation marks and even a hint of context, Twitter was quite reasonably alarmed.What the fuck is this dictator praising propaganda shit!?&mdash; Jason Ross (@jasonsolross) July 27, 2017 From here in the UK I&#39;d say that the US government is getting more like Russia by the day. Feel sad for you folks. ☹️&mdash; Caroline@CraftyArts (@CarrieAnne001) July 27, 2017 what in the hell is this tweet&mdash; tyler oakley (@tyleroakley) July 27, 2017 Glorious Leader makes the sun and eats the moon. We are but worms without his shining example. #MAGA!!!!&mdash; Dennis Perkins (@DennisPerkins5) July 27, 2017 Is this the worst mistake to come out of the Trump administration on Twitter?TwitterNo, but it&#39;s amusing.Did you guys get hacked?&mdash; BLACK LIVES MATTER. (@kateschmidt) July 27, 2017 https://twitter.com/1_mad_squirrel/status/890660964323819520Are you okay? Are they holding your family hostage? Do you need rescue?&mdash; Laura Anne Gilman (@LAGilman) July 27, 2017 This is exactly how I imagine Darth Vadar would have made his staff tweet right after creating the Death Star.&mdash; Rob Eric (@roberic1) July 27, 2017 And obviously not the first time a Trump-related quote has gone wrong for lack of punctuation. Twitter can&#039;t decide if this t-shirt for sale in Trump Tower has a typo or not. So just enjoy the mistake until the inevitable next one:https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/890669912871403520Grammar is important, everyone, even if it&#39;s not presidential.

See if you can figure out what's going on in this White House tweet addressed to "President Trump."