It’s evident that US President Donald Trump has a knack for posting private text conversations and formal documents on his different social media platforms.
He published confidential text messages from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. The latest episode saw the 79-year-old Republican release the text of a letter he sent to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and people have quickly pointed out a number of ‘appalling’ flaws in it.
The two-page letter in question was posted with Truth Social on Monday (7 July), and it explained the charges Japan confronts. Trump also addressed similar letters to 13 additional countries, including South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Serbia, and Cambodia.
In the letter, Trump reiterated his threat to levy a 25% tariff on products entering the nation from Japan on August 1.
Higher tariffs were scheduled to go into force on Wednesday this week (9 July), but were earlier deferred, with White House officials stating that they would seek to reach trade agreements.
After reading Trump’s letter, people couldn’t help but spot a load of grammatical errors, seen most especially with several unnecessary capital letters – something which some indicated echoes the way in which he constructs his online rants and ramblings.
One X user commented: “Trump’s letter to Japan is pure clown show. Threats, bad grammar, zero diplomacy. He’s wrecking decades of trust over a trade deficit he doesn’t even understand. And for what?”
A second notted: “For the record, any 8th grade English teacher would give Trump an F on his grammar assignment.
For the record, any 8th grade English teacher would give Trump an F on his grammar assignment.
We’re literally led by an idiot who has a lower grasp on our language than grade schoolers. pic.twitter.com/d8aQAxpJpu
— BonkDaCarnivore (@BonkDaCarnivore) July 7, 2025
“We’re literally led by an idiot who has a lower grasp on our language than grade schoolers.”
“Imagine spending decades building a stable alliance, only to get a letter that reads like it was written by a kid who just learned what ‘tariff’ means,” jabbed a third while a fifth lamented: “Appalling. Just appalling.”
“… and what’s with the arbitrary capitalisation of words and first letters of words? This is like a ransom note sent by a semi-literate kidnapper,” quipped a sixth.
Another added: “The president of the United States sent an official letter to another head of state that reads like one of his tweets and MAGA can’t understand why the rest of the world thinks he’s a clown.”
And a final X user declared: “If this was the first time you encountered a letter like this from someone you didn’t know – what would your takeaway be? I would assume the author is mentally unstable.”
