Donald Trump inadvertently made a parody news story come true on Thursday, at least partially, by tweeting a suggestion that “Aircraft One” — which is the name of Vladimir Putin‘s presidential jet — perform a flyover at his 4th of July “Salute to America” event.

On Wednesday, The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz posted a parody news article with the headline “Trump’s Fourth of July Parade to Include Flyover by Russian Air Force.”

The item was an allusion to Trump’s relationship with Putin, as well as the conduct that led the FBI to open a counterintelligence investigation of Trump and his campaign.

On Thursday morning, Trump tweeted about his upcoming July 4th extravaganza, and suggested that “Perhaps even Aircraft One will do a low & loud sprint over the crowd.”

But as Breakfast Media White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg pointed out, “Aircraft One” is the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s presidential plane.

For those who are curious, there’s a Russian state TV documentary about Putin’s plane (available on streaming services) called “Aircraft One.”

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) July 4, 2019

Trump deleted the tweets about an hour later, and replaced them with ones that correctly identified his own plane.

….and advanced aircraft anywhere in the World. Perhaps even Air Force One will do a low & loud sprint over the crowd. That will start at 6:00P.M., but be there early. Then, at 9:00 P.M., a great (to put it mildly) fireworks display. I will speak on behalf of our great Country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2019

Twitter had a field day:

Before you defend Trump for writing Aircraft One, @dmartosko, you should note that’s not the plane’s callsign ever. It is, however, the callsign of the Russian president’s plane. https://t.co/lP3W8YS36X

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) July 4, 2019

"Aircraft One" 😂😂😂😂 I love all of these Trump supporters jumping into to explain to all the liberals what "Aircraft One" is, when the same dumbasses don't know that "Aircraft One is what the Russians call Putin's plane. Again, they look foolish defending the Orange Cheeto.

— albacri12 (@texastrilogy12) July 4, 2019

So?
When Trump was given blue & red crayons, & the outline of a US flag.. he managed to color it as the Russian flag
Trump called Air Force One, "Aircraft One" …which is the Russian President's plane
Mueller found 251 inappropriate contacts by Trump team and Russia

Putinistan?

— Tomi T Ahonen (@tomiahonen) July 4, 2019

“Aircraft One” is the callsign for the Russian presidential plane. It’s nickname is “Kremlin in the air.”

POTUS’ plane is called “Air Force One.”

Well done.

— Counterchekist (@counterchekist) July 4, 2019

It’s worth noting that Trump deleted and corrected his tweet to use the designation of Air Force One. It’s never called Aircraft One. This is why trying to defend his mistakes is such a fool’s errand.

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 4, 2019