Ironic image of Supreme Court spelling mistake goes viral as Trump defunds Education Department

The 'perfectly' ironic image of a major Supreme Court spelling mistake has gone viral once again as US president Donald Trump defunds the Education Department.

Earlier this week on Thursday (20 March), the 78-year-old Republican signed an executive order that directed Education Department secretary, Linda McMahon, to start to 'facilitate the closure' of it - a move which marks the end of a 45-year-old institution.

"Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making," Trump said, marking the department’s elimination.

"Everybody knows it’s right. The Democrats know it’s right, and I hope they’re going to vote for it because ultimately it may come before them."

He added: "It’s about time; everybody’s saying it."

It's important to note, however, that it is congress and not the president who actually holds the power to dismantle a federal agency like the Education Department with the newly-signed order likely to trigger legal challenges.

Since Trump signed the order yesterday, an image from the recent swearing in of new lawyers in the state of Louisiana has began resurfacing online, with an X with user the handle @covie_93 taking to the social media platform just yesterday (20 March) to re-share viral snap with the caption: "Speaker Mike Johnson from the great state of 'Louisnana' wants to get rid of the Department of Education."

It's since racked up over 4.5 million views at the time of writing and has made its rounds across many other social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

Unsurprisingly, people seemed very amused by the 'perfect' irony with one person joking: "Who is Louis' Nana?"

"How the hell do you screw up your own state's name?" questioned a second, while a third declared: "LOUISNANA! The only way I’m pronouncing it now."

A fourth chimed in: "OMG… this is just perfect!!!"

"Is this for real?!" quipped a fifth before adding: "LMFAO!"

And a final person added: "What the f*ck America."

A spokesperson for the Louisiana Supreme Court previously issued a statement on the matter: "The Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court as well as Supreme Court staff became aware of the typographical error during the course of the October 2024 Bar Admissions ceremony."

They continued: "The artwork for the seal was provided by an outside entity and unfortunately, the typographical error was not discovered prior to the ceremony.

"The Justices were very troubled by the inadvertent error, which has regrettably detracted from attention on the accomplishments of the new admittees, and have implemented steps to ensure that this does not happen again."