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So Trump makes spelling errors. In the Twitter age, 'whoo' doesn't?

There are lots of reasons to criticise Trump's policies, conduct and statements

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Farhad Manjoo | NYT
As protesters across the country marched in opposition to neo-Nazis this month, President Trump did something truly shocking on Twitter: He issued a level-headed statement praising the marchers.

“Our great country has been divided for decades,” he wrote on August 19. “Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!”

But Trump’s belated attempt at statesmanship was overshadowed by what, for him, has become a frequent problem: He had flubbed his spelling. In some earlier versions of his olive-branch tweet, he had rendered “decades” as “decade” and “heal” as “heel.” The
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