claim: The Defense Department had to remove the word "covfefe" from nuclear codes after Donald Trump tweeted it.
origin: On 1 June 2017, the satirical web site Babylon Bee jumped in on a recent uproar surrounding one of President Donald Trumpâ€™s tweets. A little after midnight on 31 May 2017, Trump tweeted â€œDespite the constant negative press covfefe,â€ causing many to speculate and joke about the apparently mistyped final word. The Babylon BeeÂ offered an exaggeratedly high-stakes rationale as to its origin. According to the story, Pentagon officials had to scramble after President Donald Trump made reference to â€œcovfefeâ€ on his Twitter account because it was â€œone of the key passwordsâ€ in the nuclear code: < â€œWeâ€™re all just glad everyone thought it was an honest spelling error, or some kind of autocorrect fail,â€ stated Secretary of Defense James Mattis. â€œI recently said on Face the Nation that nothing keeps me awake at night. That was false. This very scenario keeps me awake at night.â€ â€œPresident Trumpâ€™s Twitter account keeps me awake at night,â€ he added. > Trumpâ€™s tweetÂ (which has since been deleted) quickly spurred mockery online. A day later, White House Press Secretary attempted to downplay the issue saying: â€œThe president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.â€ The president also made light of the subject when he tweeted: â€œWho can figure out the true meaning of â€˜covfefeâ€™ ??? Enjoy!â€ The Babylon Bee bills itself as a â€œtrusted source for Christian news satire.â€ Its body of work includes â€œreportsâ€ that police defused a protest by giving the demonstrators participation trophies, or that the Democratic National Convention featured convicted murderer and former abortion provider Kermit Gosnell as a â€œsurprise speakerâ€ in 2016. The article about covfefe is not to be taken seriously.