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Donald Trump's 'Poles' Twitter Typo On Election Night Has Australia In Stitches

It wouldn't be a Trump event without a Twitter fail.

Donald Trumpā€™s unfortunate spelling mistake on US Election Night hasnā€™t gone unnoticed, and along with memes and hilarious tweets, itā€™s been the basis of some light-hearted commentary across Australian news coverage.

On Wednesday Channel Nine reporters Peter Overton and Charles Croucher had a good chuckle after Trump shared a tweet in which he misspelt ā€˜pollsā€™ as polesā€™.

ā€œWe are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed!ā€ the US President tweeted after Democratic opponent Joe Bidenā€™s address to the nation.

ā€œI believe we have the presidentā€™s tweets,ā€ Croucher said during Channel Nineā€™s live election coverage. ā€œHe responded pretty quickly and had his thumbs ready as he so often does when it comes to whatā€™s going on and hearing Joe Biden speaks enough to prompt him into action.ā€

On Wednesday Channel Nine reporters Peter Overton and Charles Croucher had a good chuckle after Donald Trump shared a tweet in which he misspelt ā€˜pollsā€™ as polesā€™.
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On Wednesday Channel Nine reporters Peter Overton and Charles Croucher had a good chuckle after Donald Trump shared a tweet in which he misspelt ā€˜pollsā€™ as polesā€™.

Then poking fun at Trumpā€™s typo, he told co-host Overton, ā€œI suspect he doesnā€™t mean people from Poland despite the spelling there.ā€

The hosts shared a laugh, and of course werenā€™t the only people to see the funny side of his social media mistake.

While the tweet had already been flagged by Twitter as containing misleading information, the internet did what it does best with screenshots of the faux pas all over social media.

Tuesday, or Wednesday in Australian time, is the last day US voters can cast their ballots in the 2020 election.

Republican Trump and former democratic vice president Joe Biden are facing off at the top of the ticket.

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