‘United Kingston’ trends after Ivanka Trump misspells ‘United Kingdom’ in congratulatory tweet
The “United Kingston” trended Tuesday morning after a tweet from White House adviser Ivanka Trump’s account misspelled “United Kingdom.”
The misspelling occurred in a tweet congratulating Boris Johnson for becoming the UK’s next prime minister.
The tweet has since been deleted, but not before several re-posted screenshots of the message.
Saving before it gets deleted: “United Kingston”
– Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2019
Several reporters and other social media users knocked Trump about the mistake.
Congratulations indeed to the United “Kingston”.
– Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) July 23, 2019
The marvellous thing about becoming the PM of the United Kingston, no matter how sincere or credulous, is that it is an Empire upon which the Sun will never set, especially having never existed in the first place.
– Count St Germain (@CountStGermain) July 23, 2019
Big day for the United Kingston
– Yasmeen Serhan (@YasmeenSerhan) July 23, 2019
Trump has since posted another tweet that fixes the spelling error.
Congratulations @BorisJohnson on becoming the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
– Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 23, 2019
Johnson, the U.K.’s former foreign secretary and a fierce Brexit supporter, won the Conservative Party’s leadership contest on Tuesday and will replace Theresa May as prime minister on Wednesday.
President Trump also congratulated Johnson, tweeting Tuesday morning that “he will be great!”
Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He will be great!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2019
