Trump’s ‘unpresidented’ typo incurs wrath of media, J.K. Rowling

About an hour and a half later he deleted the tweet and replaced it with the correct spelling.

But that did not stop Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., from calling on a “select committee” to investigate Trump’s “understanding of foreign policy and homophones.”

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took a more serious tone, responding to Trump’s tweet by saying, “This is madness. A 7:30am Saturday escalation of diplomatic crisis w China via Twitter, w misspelling.”

Olivia Nuzzi, a political reporter for the Daily Beast, said, “It took the president elect nearly an hour and a half to learn to spell ‘unprecedented.'” She added, “‘Unpresidented'” isn’t a word but if it was, I think I know what it would mean.”

MSNBC used the spelling gaffe to promote its Saturday programming.

“Ready for an #unpresidented edition of #AMJoy? Just kidding…” wrote the official Twitter account for “AM Joy” with Joy Reid.

Other journalists took a more serious stance on the repercussions of a president-elect idly tweeting and misspelling words.

“Trump spelling actually is a serious indicator of no attention to detail or accuracy in anything he says or does,” wrote MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.

Blake Hounshell, editorial director for digital at Politico, said the typo matters because it “suggests the tweet was not vetted or done in consultation with any advisers.”

Not everyone in the media panicked after the tweet.

Trump mega-supporter and online radio host Bill Mitchell stated simply, “I hate typos, lol,” which is shorthand for “laugh out loud.”

The editors at Merriam-Webster Dictionary, who typically tweet a “Word of the Day,” teased the president-elect, writing “Good morning! The #WordOfTheDay is…not ‘unpresidented’. We don’t enter that word. That’s a new one.”

Trump’s typo also caught the attention of “Harry Potter” author, J.K. Rowling.

“TrumpSpellCheck™️Unpresidentedly effective,” the author tweeted to her 8.86 million followers.