An embarrassing spelling mistake has forced US officials to remove an inauguration poster for President Donald Trump from sale.
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The poster, which featured an image of a beaming Trump and an inspirational quote from his victory speech, was up for sale on the US Library of Congress website.
The quote read: "No dream is too big, no challenge is to great. Nothing we want for the future is beyond our reach."
There was just one problem: the word "too" is misspelled "to".
According to the library's website, the poster was said to capture "the essence of Donald Trump's campaign for the presidency of the United States", a point social media users took great delight in highlighting.
"A 5th grader would've spotted this typo," one person, Jules Winnfield, tweeted, while another quipped it was the "perfect gift for illiterate friends".
On Sunday, local time, the library yanked the poster down from its website where it had been selling for US$16.95.
No joke: Purchasable copy of Trump's Inauguration Print, direct from the Library of Congress site. A 5th grader would've spotted this typo. pic.twitter.com/zomWsMojYV— Jules Winnfield (@paulm4749) February 12, 2017
Hot off the presses. The official Trump Inauguration poster, available through the Library of Congress. Perfect gift for illiterate friends. pic.twitter.com/TzTuj1Spxk— Donna Carr (@donnacarrwest) February 13, 2017
No challenge "to" great? #DonaldTrump's Library of Congress poster was taken down from shop's website because, like his grammar, it sucked. pic.twitter.com/0MfxUYB1jG— Gina Kim (@ginaleekim) February 13, 2017
It is the latest spelling blunder associated with the new White House administration.
Earlier on Sunday, the US Department of Education made another mistake by tweeting a tribute to W.E.B. Du Bois, but misspelled his name as W.E.B. DeBois.
Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois pic.twitter.com/Re4cWkPSFA— US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank also criticised a recent White House list of 78 terrorist attacks that it said the media had deliberately "underreported". The list was riddled with errors, Milbank said.
"The list didn't expose anything new about terrorist attacks, but it did reveal a previously underreported assault by the Trump administration on the conventions of written English," Milbank wrote.
"Twenty-seven times, the White House memo misspelled 'attacker' or 'attackers' as 'attaker' or 'attakers'. San Bernardino lost its second 'r'. 'Denmark' became 'Denmakr'.
"I wish I could say this attack was unprecedented — or, as President Trump spells it, unpresidented. But I cannot say that. Nothing has distinguished Trump, his aides and his loyal supporters more than their shared struggle with spelling."
