People are ripping Trump for a White House statement with a blindingly obvious flaw

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Donald Trump preparing to cut a piece of red tape at a press conference on Thursday.

The White House released a statement on Thursday that made English lovers everywhere facepalm.

The statement was released as President Donald Trump touted his promise to slash regulations on federal agencies.

Check out the first line in the statement:

"We will get rid of the redundancy and duplication that wastes your time and your money." - President Donald J. Trump

The quote is from a speech Trump gave on June 9, and it was unintentionally hilarious then, too.

"Redundancy" and "duplication" mean the same thing, making the appearance of both of those words, well ... redundant.

While the irony may have been lost on the White House, it didn't escape Twitter users, who gave Trump another round of mocking for his linguistic slip-up.

And when the dictionary calls you out, you know you messed up: