'Who is this elusive Hank Tough?' Observers mercilessly mock Trump's now-deleted typo post

President Donald Trump had a "covfefe" moment Friday when he posted to Truth Social about the better-than-expected jobs numbers and tried to encourage Americans to keep the faith. That's when his keyboard got him into a bit of trouble.

"GREAT JOBS NUMBERS, FAR BETTER THAN EXPECTED. IT'S ALREADY WORKING. HANK TOUGH, WE CAN'T LOSE!!!" the president posted just before 9 a.m.

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In 2017, The New York Times wrote that Trump's "covfefe" typo on Twitter, "at last delivered the nation to something approaching unity — in bewilderment, if nothing else." The same may be true in 2025 of "Hank Tough."

"Who is this elusive Hank Tough he speaks of?" James Liddell, a reporter for The Independent, wondered on X, while columnist Mark Wallace posted, "If Hank Tough wasn’t a 1990s wrestler, he definitely should have been."

Horse racing organization Designated Hitters Racing wondered allowed if Hank Tough was the name of some long-forgotten thoroughbred, posting, "Checking to see if Hank Tough has been used for a horse name…."

Journalist Aaron Rupar called out "Hank Tough" then added, "who wants to tell him that today's jobs numbers are from last month, before his self-destructive tariffs were implemented ..."

Trump or someone in Trump's orbit removed the post referring to Hank Tough, but there were still plenty of saved screenshots to be had.

Plenty of others posted memes showing "King of the Hill's" Hank Rutherford Hill, while others thought "Hank Tough" surely referenced the character Hank Schrader in "Breaking Bad."

Not surprisingly, "Hank Tough" was trending at #2 on X politics.