Trump says defence bill must allow for ‘Troupe reductions’ in awkward misspelt tweet

President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to veto a must-pass defence bill – in a tweet in which he misspelt troop.

Mr Trump called on GOP lawmakers to vote against the "very weak" National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

He said any successful bill must allow for a reduction in troops fighting wars in "foreign lands".

But instead of writing "troops", the outgoing commander-in-chief wrote "troupes".

He said: "I hope House Republicans will vote against the very weak National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which I will VETO.