Donald Trump tweets the wrong Theresa May – a woman from Bognor Regis with 6 followers

John Plunkett. Updated November 30th, 2017

Don’t want to worry you or anything but it turns out the man with the nuclear codes can’t even find the right Theresa May on Twitter.

This from @MattChorley. Aaaarghhhhh pic.twitter.com/F3Ob0hgYfX

— Robert Peston (@Peston) November 30, 2017

The so-called president thought he was tweeting the prime minister. In fact, he was tweeting this woman.

This is the Theresa May @realDonaldTrump just tagged a tweet to. He has the nuclear codes, people. pic.twitter.com/BsZB0gP4Ol

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) November 30, 2017

She’s Theresa May Scrivener, a 41-year-old mum who lives in a flat near Bognor seafront. She has six followers and has tweeted nine times in eight years, mostly about her local curry house.

Which got people thinking.

Can a President who tweets the wrong Theresa May be trusted to nuke the right Korea?

— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) November 30, 2017

Although obviously this …

He shouldn't nuke either Korea.

— Netflix and Ego Chill (@mkings01) November 30, 2017

Trump did eventually find the right Theresa May, and sent her this.

.@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017

Just a reminder for next time, Donny.

It’s not the first time Trump has done this sort of thing. He once confused his daughter Ivanka with a Twitter user from Brighton.

Anyway, back to the business at hand. This puts Trump’s tweet into some kind of perspective.

More people were killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting than have been killed by Islamist terrorism in the UK since 2005. https://t.co/c5FAGti9I7

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) November 30, 2017

Come on @theresa_may – we’ve all seen Love Actually. Tell Trump where to go

— Will Wood (@MMWillWood) November 30, 2017

In case May – either of them – needs reminding.