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A screenshot purporting to show a message posted by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands directed at United States President Donald Trump was picked up by the Washington Press blog on 19 June 2018: This is not genuine. Washington Press later deleted their article, but this rumor continued to spread on social media; other sites still had similar stories available as of 22 June 2018. The tweet actually originated from a parody account posing as the the Netherlands' king. Although it is difficult to tell simply by looking at this account's Twitter handle, the (unverified) page spells the name Willem as wiiiem instead of wiLLem, a common and effective tactic with parody accounts that makes it nearly impossible to tell the difference at first glance. However, when we changed the font to Courier New, it becomes much more obvious that the name was purposefully misspelled in order to better trick readers and viewers: This account also mentions the parodic nature of its content in the bio section (roughly translated): The King of the Netherlands did not threaten President Trump on Twitter. This message originated with a parody account posing as Willem Alexander.
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