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Published 10:57 IST, March 9th 2019

Netizens are not able to shrug off Donald Trump's 'Tim Apple' gaffe, share rib-tickling memes that you just can't miss

During a conference at the White House on Wednesday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump referred to the Apple CEO Tim Cook, as 'Tim Apple'.

Reported by: Radhika Sarkar
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During a conference at the White House on Wednesday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump referred to the Apple CEO Tim Cook, as 'Tim Apple'. However, Cook did not pay any heed to it and just nodded away. 

President of the United States, Donald Trump was addressing the inaugural meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board where leaders of industries were present. He urged them to re-invest in America saying the economy was soaring. 

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READ: HILARIOUS: Donald Trump Sits Next To Apple CEO Tim Cook, Calls Him "Tim Apple"

Concluding his address, the 45th President of the United States said, 'We thank you very much, Tim Apple'. 

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President Trump referring to the Apple CEO as 'Time Apple', did not go down well with many netizens who lashed back at him, while the others just made fun of his gaffe, by sharing rib-tickling memes on social media. 

Take a look! 

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 Meanwhile, this is not the first time the President has made an error in public meetings. Upon noticing one can say that every other week, there's a minor hullabaloo over Trump's shaky grasp of the English language, from his head-scratching grammatical tics to his painfully obvious misspellings. 

READ: Donald Trump Says The US Has Some 'reasonably Decent' News On Reducing Indo-Pak Tensions

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Moreover, President Trump often tweets misspellings that are considered to be frequent mistakes for English speakers. These are typically phonic misspellings, like using an "e" in "separation" rather than an "a," or spelling "honour" with the wrong vowel.

10:14 IST, March 9th 2019