Here's What Happened When Yahoo! Finance Tweeted, ‘Trump Wants a Much N–ger Navy’

The person who runs Yahoo! Finance's Twitter account should probably learn how to proofread the tweets before either scheduling them or sending them out live. In a tweet that was simply supposed to state that Donald Trump wants a bigger Navy, it actually said something totally different: Suggested Reading The Ever-Growing List of Lawsuits Against…

The person who runs Yahoo! Finance's Twitter account should probably learn how to proofread the tweets before either scheduling them or sending them out live. In a tweet that was simply supposed to state that Donald Trump wants a bigger Navy, it actually said something totally different:

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Yeah, we're pretty sure Trump would want anything but that. Of course, black Twitter never sleeps, and seized the opportunity to do what it does best. And that's how #NiggerNavy came to be:

https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/817225061367169029
https://twitter.com/AntoinetteJoi87/status/817240207477055489
https://twitter.com/Blike_Dante/status/817228038609977345
https://twitter.com/JayKenMinaj/status/817246542717292545
https://twitter.com/jujoffer/status/817228569420107778
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/817233025863860224
https://twitter.com/CJsucitymvp/status/817238977845530625
https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/817227820497825793
https://twitter.com/3CarryOnItems/status/817229675491692544
https://twitter.com/FirstGentleman/status/817225507473215494
https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/817225811711369216
https://twitter.com/firefire100/status/817226015797874689
https://twitter.com/RCHAD3988/status/817226404647550976
https://twitter.com/MichellCClark/status/817227300001501186
https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/817233018196819969

This white guy knew what was up, though:

https://twitter.com/GinoTheGhost/status/817232649982836736

It took the person responsible for the Twitter account almost 20 minutes to delete the tweet. And about an hour later, Yahoo! Finance apologized for the tweet:

https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status/817234871018024961
https://twitter.com/KAlexIsWrite/status/817239255785283584

But you know, screenshots and hashtags live on forever.

The end.

https://twitter.com/DopeChubbyChick/status/817243786980036608

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