The New York Times deleted what they called a “poorly worded” tweet on Tuesday that suggested the current first family might be “the American Answer to British royalty.”
“We have deleted an earlier tweet to this article that was poorly worded and did not properly reflect the story,” the paper said in an update Tuesday evening.
“The Kennedys have long occupied the American political culture as the unofficial royal family. But on President Trump’s visit to Britain, a different opportunity seemed to present itself: his family as the American answer to British royalty,” the original tweet read.
The post was introducing a piece from the Times by Maggie Haberman and Katie Rogers highlighting how the president’s family — including his four adult children — had all accompanied him to the the United Kingdom and Buckingham Palace this week and increasingly saw themselves as American royalty.