THE INSIDER: Trump scales new levels of hocus
Is the late-night tweet from Trump a cipher sending encrypted messages to Vladimir Putin? Is he dissing German cars in a little-known Klingon cussword?
The latest tweet from the inscrutable Mr Trump is this: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe." That’s it. Sent shortly after midnight. Nobody knows what it means, what he was trying to say, or how to pronounce the final word. Is it a cipher sending encrypted messages to Vladimir Putin? Is he dissing German cars in a little-known Klingon cussword? Are his fingers too small to reach the right letters on his smartphone? Is his phone smarter than he is? It remains a mystery, but after some power-staring at his qwerty keyboard, the Insider thinks the leader of the free world might have been trying to type this: "Despite the constant negative press c*%k!**k**s!" Just put them in the scuppers Five vessel owners who ferry passengers between the Robben Island Museum and the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town have been referred to the Competition Tribunal on charges of price fixing and collusive tendering. Thembekile Maritime Services, Silverbuckle Trade 21 C, Nauticat Charters, Ferry Charte...
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