Mr. Trump, Mrs. Clinton argue on Twitter

President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sparred on Twitter over allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

President Donald Trump (left) and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Photo: Reuters.

The argument occurred on May 31, after former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton questioned President Donald Trump's campaign's involvement in allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election, according to AFP.

Speaking at a technology conference in California, Mrs Clinton said the Russian government "cannot know how best to weaponize information unless they are guided" by Americans with polling data. "I lean toward Trump," she said. "It's hard not to think so."

Clinton mentioned the cyberattack on her campaign emails, which is believed to be one of the reasons for her defeat. Clinton also blamed fake news spread on Facebook and former FBI Director James Comey for reinvestigating her email scandal.

President Trump ignored Clinton's accusations. "Hillary Clinton now blames everyone else, refuses to admit she was a bad candidate. Attacks Facebook and even the Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee," he wrote on Twitter.

"People in 'covfefe' houses should not throw 'covfefe'," the former US secretary of state responded with a short message.

Trump used "covfefe," a meaningless word, in a tweet on May 30. The tweet, which was up for more than five hours and deleted early on the morning of May 31, made social media users curious. They thought it could be an acronym, a secret message, or simply a typo by President Trump.

"The president and a small group of people have a clear understanding of what he means," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters yesterday when asked about "covfefe." Spicer did not elaborate.

According to VNE