Official Army account ‘likes’ tweet that mocks President Trump

The Army’s official Twitter account caused a buzz on Saturday as users noticed one of the tweets the account had liked.

First, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet defending criticism of his mental stability:

But that wasn’t the tweet the Army account “liked.”

It was actress Mindy Kaling’s photo of her character in “The Office,” seemingly in response to Trump’s tweet:

Twitter users started noticing the Army account, which doesn’t follow Kaling, liked her tweet. It was eventually un-liked, but not before a bunch of screenshots started popping up.

The Army said the action was inadvertent.

“An operator of the Army’s official Twitter account inadvertently ‘liked’ a tweet whose content would not be endorsed by the Department of the Army,” Army spokesman Lt. Col. Jason Brown told Army Times via email. “As soon as it was brought to our attention, it was immediately corrected.”

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