Donald Trump forgets to mention Hindus in Diwali tweet; brutally trolled on Twitter

United States of America President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated the festival of light, Diwali in White House. However, Trump once again managed to generate controversy after he forgot to greet Hindus, in his Diwali wishing tweet.

In fact, it took three attempt to finally get his Diwali tweet right – a fact that did not go unnoticed by many netizens, who promptly trolled the President for yet another faux pas.

Initially, the official Twitter account of President Trump posted a tweet that read, “Today, we gathered for Diwali, a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains throughout the United States & around the world.”

Today, we gathered for Diwali, a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains throughout the United States & around the world. Hundreds of millions of people have gathered with family & friends to light the Diya and to mark the beginning of a New Year. https://t.co/epHogpTY1A pic.twitter.com/9LUwnhngWJ

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018

Several Twitter users were quick to point out that Trump had obviously missed wishing Hindus in the tweet, the post was deleted and a fresh tweet was put up instead. However, in a comedy of errors, the second post tweeted by President Trump also omitted the mention of Hindus.

He called the festival of light as ‘a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains’, and did not mention Hindus. The tweet also included a link that was broken.

Finally, President Trump posted a third tweet in which he mentioned that he was honoured to host a celebration of Diwali, a “Hindu festival of Lights.” He added in his tweet, “Very, very special people.”

It was my great honor to host a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, in the Roosevelt Room at the @WhiteHouse this afternoon. Very, very special people! https://t.co/kQk7IvpSFo pic.twitter.com/tYlBABg4JF

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018

It was in his third and final tweet that he remembered to mention Hindus.

Here are a few Twitter reactions: 

Hindus. Diwali is the main festival of Hindus. Also celebrated by Sikhs, buddhists and Jains. Atleast get the basics right.

— Prajakta Patil (@knockofflife) November 13, 2018

You know who else celebrates the Hindu holiday of Diwali? HINDUS. But why am I bothering to critique a tweet you didn’t even write.

— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) November 13, 2018

I can almost guarantee he thinks Hindus and Buddhists are the same thing.

— Machine Pun Kelly (@KellyScaletta) November 14, 2018

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