Today, the US State Department's website had this on President Donald Trump's biography page:
Lest you think this is the State Department's way of making a huge announcement, let's be clear: As far as anyone knows, Donald Trump is still the current president of the United States of America.
According to BuzzFeed News, the erroneous message was written by "a disgruntled employee" and an investigation is forthcoming.
UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies. More TK. https://t.co/5Gbb3cEhRK
Regardless, before everything was cleared up, there was mass confusion on Twitter, which of course led to jokes.
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The State Department social media manager after putting an end to the Trump presidency today
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BREAKING: Mike Pence’s fly is behind the state Department website changes
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me desperately wanting to believe the state department website accidentally told us trump is resigning
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Twitter: I'm gonna cancel his account. State Department: Hold my beer.
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Some personal news: I'm excited to announce that today is my first day at my new job where I'm in charge of maintaining the biography pages on the State Department website!
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Everyone reading the state department website
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DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WORKS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT?!?
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Shocked it wasn't first posted on State Home Gardening And Auto Body Department Dot Gov.
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The state department woke up and chose chaos
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Even if it’s a hack, love the vision boarding going on at the state department right now.
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Half the planet just went to the State Department website then checked their watch.
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If the State Department website says you resigned, then you're no longer president, I do not make the rules.
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Trump lookin at the State Department website
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Whoa did you guys see the State Department’s website???
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state department staff member walking out after publishing Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41 on their website lmao 😭😭
In summation, the state of affairs in the United States continues to be the following:
