It took Donald Trump three tries to spell 'hereby' correctly on Twitter

Donald Trump.
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Spelling is hard, as President Trump learned very publicly Friday. The president tried to land a zinger about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, but thanks to the word "hereby" it took him three tweets to get it right.

First, Trump spelled the two-syllable word "hear by":

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