Donald Trump's most hilarious social and political gaffes

Donald Trump's most hilarious social and political gaffes - People never know what to expect from a Trump speech or tweet. It may bring about a controversial statement, a funny typo—or both.

He's described Puerto Rico as a "big island sitting in a big ocean" and misspelled his own wife's name, but what other hilarious gaffes has he committed?

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Misspelling his own wife's name - After Melania underwent kidney surgery that had her hospital-bound for five nights, Trump took to Twitter to officially welcome her home. This could have been a sweet move, except that he called her "Melanie," as reported by the Guardian.

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Covfefe - This one became an instant classic. When Donald Trump ended a Tweet with this code-like word back in May 2017, he caused quite the stir on the internet. To this day, no one knows exactly what "covfefe" means.

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During his Iran deal speech - "It is appropriate and proportionate to measure—and other measures taken by Iran to terminate its illicit nuclear program." That's what it says on the official White House script at least, but in reality he just dragged that sentence into incomprehensibility. Watch the disaster on MSNBC.

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Trying to explain where Puerto Rico is - "This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean – and it's a big ocean, a really, really big ocean," Trump said as reported by The Independent. No "bigly" when talking about Hurricane Harvey? Disappointing.

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Commemorating African-American History Month - "Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice." Trump insinuated that Douglass, a well-known abolitionist who was born a slave, was still alive. He died in 1895.

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During the national anthem -

Trump forgot to place his hand on his heart while the National Anthem was being played. As The Independent pointed out, Melania had to remind him to do so.

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Welcoming Representative Steve Scalise back to Capitol Hill - House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was hospitalized for months after getting shot and when he returned to the Capitol, Trump welcomed him with a joke, naturally: "It’s a hell of a way to lose weight, Steve."

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On Hillary Clinton’s 2008 primary run - "She was going to beat, she was favorite to win, and she got 'schlonged,' she lost." The Washington Post even ran a linguistic investigation on the word "schlonged."

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Describing Kim Jong-Un - He took to Twitter to call one of the most dangerous leaders in the world a "Little Rocket Man."

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On parents working hard - "They [parents] work two jobs and sometimes three jobs. They sacrifice every day for the furniture and — future of their children," he said at the 2017 Values Voter Summit.

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God bless the United Shursh - Last December, Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. During his speech, he slurred a few words, leading some to believe his dentures were falling out as he spoke.

Watch The Late Show host Stephen Colbert comment on the "United Shursh" moment.

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White House press release - It seems like the current administration could do with an editor. In May of last year, the White House released a statement regarding President Trump's visit to Israel, as reported by the New York Daily News. It said that one of the trip's goals was to "promote the possibility of lasting peach" in the region.

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Lashing back at book 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' - It's often said that smart people don't have to tell everyone how smart they are in order to prove it. Trump disagrees. He Tweeted: "Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart."

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On 9/11 - "And I watched our police and our firemen down on 7/11..." Watch the full clip on the BBC.

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During the elections - "We’re going to start winning again, and we’re gonna win bigly, believe me." Check out the video on the Guardian.

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Women and minorities in STEM fields - "Women have been truly underrepresentative—really, I guess you could say, underrepresented for many, many decades," Trump said as per the US Government Publishing Office. Underrepresentative – add that to the Trump vocab.

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On air traffic control - Trump said, according to White House remarks: "Very importantly, air traffic controllers will highly… and this will be highly valued. These are highly valued people." Highly, highly, highly.

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About Senator John McCain - "He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured." Senator McCain, a former Navy pilot, was tortured during the Vietnam War.

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The strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia - Another tortured teleprompter moment in which he got the word wrong and pretended that's what he meant—this time about American soldiers: "Through their lives—and though their lives were cut short..." Watch the flub on MSNBC.

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When he went to Puerto Rico -

"I left Texas, and I left Florida, and I left Louisiana, and I went to Puerto Rico, and I met with the president of the Virgin Islands," Trump said as reported by CNN. We think he means the governor, right? Considering he himself is the president of the Virgin Islands.

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On the country being divided - He posted on Twitter, according to screen grabs by Sputnik: "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heel, and we will heel, and be stronger than ever before," Autocorrect can be a jerk sometimes.

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During his first United Nations speech - "Authority and authoritarian powers seek to collapse the values, the systems and alliances that prevented conflict and tilted the world toward freedom since World War II." Which authority? God? According to Politico, he also said major parts of the world "are going to hell."

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At the Boy Scout jamboree - After ranting for a while about real-estate developer William Levitt, the US President told the audience that Levitt engaged in "interesting activities" on his yacht. "I won’t go anymore than that because you're Boy Scouts, so I’m not going to tell you what he did," Trump said. "Should I tell you? Should I tell you?" Parents would strongly disagree, as the BBC reported.

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Meeting Angela Merkel - When the US President met German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time, he tried to break the ice by making a very indelicate joke about them both having been wiretapped by President Obama. She looked slightly baffled, as shown by The Guardian.

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On Robert Mueller - Trump's nemesis Robert Mueller, who's leading the Russian collusion investigation, was appointed the Special Counsel for the Department of Justice. But the US President seems to struggle with getting Mueller's title right, since he spelled Special Council (three times) in a Tweet. Of course Merriam-Webster didn't forgive the mistake—they made sure to explain the difference between the two words to the whole of the Twittersphere.

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Unpresidented vs unprecedented - One of Trump's most infamous Twitter typos happened when he described China seizing a US Navy drone as an "unpresidented" act. He then corrected it to "unprecedented," because the internet has no chill.

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Forgetting Ramadan - In 2017, the White House didn't celebrate the Islamic holy month for the first time in almost 20 years. According to The Guardian, he was heavily criticized for his decision to break the tradition.

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