President Donald Trump earned some criticism for his choice of words in a tweet expressing sympathy with victims of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas.
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Trump gets criticized for a word he used in his initial tweet about Las Vegas
Critics focused on Trump's use of the word "warmest" to describe his condolences, arguing it made his tweet sound inappropriately cheerful.
Deepest. Not warmest.... @ John Podhoretz
warmest condolences it's ... @ Scott Weinberg
"Warmest condolences" sound... @ Erin Gloria Ryan
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I have so many questions. ... @ Holly O'Reilly
President Trump tweeted, "M... @ J. D. Landis
One of the sharpest observations came from Kory Stamper, an editor for the dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster, who noted the subtle difference between "warmest" and "deepest."
"Warmest condolences" is th... @ Kory Stamper
"Deepest" usu. connotes som... @ Kory Stamper
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It's not the first time Trump has caught heat for the tone of his tweets following a disaster. In late August, after Hurricane Harvey dumped a record amount of rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana, Trump issued a series of tweets in which he seemed to marvel at the historic size of the storm.
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