Former President Donald Trump made a major spelling gaffe while trying to diss his 2024 election opponent, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in a post on Truth Social on Monday.
In an attempt to spread a political rumor about one of the leading challengers, he spelled the word “rumor” as “roomer.”
“Roomer are strong in political circles that Ron DeSanctimonious, whose Presidential run is a shambles, and whose poll numbers have absolutely crashed, putting him 3rd and 4th in some states, will be dropping out of the Presidential race in order to run, in Florida, against Rick Scott for Senate,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Now that’s an interesting one, isn’t it?”
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Needless to say, the ex-POTUS was incessantly trolled for his gaffe. Here are some of the reactions:
Trump proceeded to give no evidence to support the rumor that he had posted. Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson passed along the same rumor last week. “Hot Tallahassee rumor just landed in my lap,” Wilson posted last Tuesday on X. “‘Wait until DeSantis primaries Rick Scott.’
What is a roomer?
A roomer is not a commonly used word. It does have an old school meaning though, which has no connections to the word, “rumor.”
According to Oxford dictionary, a “roomer” means a lodger occupying a room without board. According to Merriam-Webster, a “roomer” is one who occupies a rented room in another’s house.
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Roomer is also a travel marketplace company headquartered in New York. It develops, markets and operates the Roomer website and apps in which users can list their non-refundable hotel reservations for sale and offer them to buyers at a discounted price.
“Apparently Trump 2.0 is not a better speller than Trump 1.0. “Roomer are strong”? I sort of agree. ‘Roomers’ are pretty strong. They have to deal with rising rent prices while also living with people they don’t know, in the same home. ‘Rumors,’ however, are not strong that DeSantis is dropping out of the race any time soon. I’d recommend that If you are going to lie, at least learn how to spell the words in your lie correctly,” independent journalist Brian Krassenstein joked on X, formerly known as Twitter.
