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A Glitch On Donald Trump's Website Lets You Put Words Into His Mouth

The bug allows people to create their own fake URLs.
Lee Moran
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Reporter, HuffPost

A little glitch on President Donald Trump’s website is causing a lot of laughs.

A seemingly inconspicuous bug is letting people create their own fake but still-functioning URLs that direct to his site’s press release page.

By simply typing whatever they like after www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/ into an internet browser’s address bar, they can (almost) put words into the president’s mouth.

Reddit users spotted the flaw early Tuesday ― and soon began exploiting the vulnerability, to amusing effect:

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The trend has since spread to Twitter:

Try a #TrumpURLirl for yourself! Add a w & copy this part -> https://t.co/SufC9SlOmU

Finish the URL with whatever you like & the link works

— Josh Simpson (@MrJoshSimpson) May 9, 2017

Whoa! Kind of unorthodox but a total game changer!#TrumpURLirl https://t.co/fg5OrYWX4X pic.twitter.com/kMRiOIBJHT

— Eileen M. 🌝'Connell (@i_Lean) May 9, 2017

i-hate-women-example-1 #TrumpURLirlhttps://t.co/DmT9RwMKam

— TIFU PublicRelations (@TakeItFromUsPR) May 9, 2017

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