Donald Trump press secretary Sean Spicer sends out bizarre, cryptic tweets
'n9y25ah7,' read the controversial official's latest post
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Your support makes all the difference.Sean Spicer, Donald Trump's press secretary, is sending out bizarre messages in the early morning.
The controversial official – who has been Mr Trump's most prominent defender – has sent out apparently nonsensical posts on his official Twitter account.
"Aqenbpuu," the first message read. The next day came another: "n9y25ah7".
Both messages were posted early in the morning and were deleted not longer after they were sent. Mr Spicer, unlike Donald Trump or Mike Pence, is allowed to delete his messages without them having to be preserved under records laws.
They were each posted from Mr Spicer's official account, @PressSec, which is intended to be used for his official business in dealing with the media. Mr Spicer also maintains a private account under the handle @SeanSpicer, where he has posted a series of messages that have been mocked since he became a White House official.
It isn't clear what either of the messages meant or why they were sent. Some suggested that they may just be a temporary password, which Mr Spicer had accidentally posted rather than using to log in – but the press secretary is a prolific and experienced user of the social network, and it's unclear why he would have been using his password after he had gained access to the account.
Others jokingly suggested that they might be the nuclear codes, or a secret message that Mr Spicer was sending out using the account.
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