Trump term ends today – U.S. State Department website mistakenly says

An erroneous message saying the term of President Donald Trump of the United States had ended was posted website of the U.S. State Department.

It didn’t take long before social media users got hold of the error message and it immediately went viral after a woman posted it on Twitter

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of State just released a notification that “Donald J. Trump’s term ended on 2021-01-11 19:39:54.”

Did he just resign, or was the 25th Amendment implemented? pic.twitter.com/xqemGz7IFd

— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) January 11, 2021

The message appeared on an empty page for the president’s biography, saying: “Donald J. Trump’s term ended on 2021-01-11 19:22:18.”

A similar message appeared on the biography page for Vice President Mike Pence.

A later update by the Twitter user indicated that the misinformation was done by a disgruntled employee of the agency.

She wrote:

UPDATE: Now the Department of State’s website has been updated to also show VP Mike Pence’s profile with a similar message. This seems like a hack or an error to me.

UPDATE: Now the Department of State’s website has been updated to also show VP Mike Pence’s profile with a similar message. This seems like a hack or an error to me. pic.twitter.com/27iOitybNJ

— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) January 11, 2021

Trump is facing calls to resign after last week’s deadly attack on the U.S. Congress.

Many Democrats and a few Republicans have called on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to immediately remove Trump from office. The House is expected to vote on impeachment as early as Wednesday.