Trump makes bombshell claim about text to Melania as he reveals message on his phone

Donald Trump has left people scratching their heads after his latest admission about cheating and autocorrecting.

The US President has never been known to stay quiet or keep much to himself, and he has recently claimed that he struggled with a simple technological feature on his phone.

He claimed that it would get him in trouble with his wife of 21 years, First Lady Melania Trump, as his phone would allegedly change her name.

While some in the dating pool may have made the grave mistake of calling someone they're seeing the wrong name, it's rare for someone important, say the President of the US, to make this error multiple times in the eyes of the public.

But Trump, 79, opened up on his struggles with the tech of today, when speaking to the press at the White House on Wednesday (May 6).

The President admitted that he needed a specialist to help him change his autocorrect feature. Credit: Anna Moneymaker / Getty

Trump's autocorrect issues

The President said that it was all to do with autocorrect, explaining: "I love the name Melody because for a long time, they have spell correct and word correct, and these crazy machines that we use to put out truths... every time I wrote Melania it would correct to Melody.

"So I do things, and I work very fast, very fast."

He added: "And I talk about it, and I say, Melania is fantastic, and happy Mother's Day, Melania, our great First Lady Melania. But it would spell correct and word correct to Melody.

"And sometimes I wouldn't proofread it, and I would get just absolutely decimated. These people (the media) would decimate me," he admitted.

After a barrage of laughs, Trump claimed: "They said, 'he didn't know the name of his wife. He keeps calling her - and I said, what the hell is wrong with this machine? I didn't know about that little feature, but I got that corrected eventually.

"You know who corrected? The military. I said, come here. You got to correct this. You're killing me. I took more abuse. She's been called Melody a lot," he recalled.

He then concluded: "I had to explain it to you this way. I stood up here to explain it to you. I apologize."

Trump's claims sparked questions from social media users about his loyalty to Melania. Credit: Alon Skuy / Getty

Users think Trump may be covering up

While it may seem like a funny, light-hearted story at first, social media users quickly realised that there was a flaw in the President's explanation.

One pointed out: "He does know autocorrect learns from your typing history right? So…Who tf is Melody???"

Another wrote: "And so my question is, Who’s Melody?"

But some others think that Trump is "relatable" and right in his claims, as a third replied: "Apple and Google use different tech to handle learning.

"However, the critical point you missed is the fact that missing the invalid autocorrect reinforces its use for future swipes."

Someone else agreed, writing: "Autocorrect is the worst. 100% does NOT learn from me."

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