United States of Russia: Twitter explodes after Trump’s inauguration fireworks spell ‘USR’ (VIDEO)

A spectacular fireworks display on inauguration eve proved to be a real blast online, as the pyrotechnics left viewers open-mouthed when they spelled “USR” instead of “USA.” The goof prompted Twitter users to joke that Russia had “hacked” the show. Ha-ha.

Trump Inauguration Fireworks Watch this! !Putin taking over? United States of Russia?

In his final night before becoming president, Donald Trump held a pre-inaugural concert in Washington DC. The show culminated in a traditional fireworks display, with the skies over the Lincoln Memorial in the US capital adorned with the American flag and three huge letters. Yet, what was supposed to burst into the sky as “USA” looked a whole lot more like “USR,” as Twitter users were quick to point out. Don’t believe us? Check it out for yourselves – the web is overflowing with screenshots and pictures of the fireworks fail – flavored with some juicy jokes as well.

@ChaseCherub @CuriousYooper @LRBitisnot @mowapello604 United States of Russia forever #USR

@AZVotes Break out the vodka. The fireworks just spelled out #USR instead of USA. Thank you Russia aka USSR. #trumpinauguration #LincolnMemorial pic.twitter.com/w5lnapRwh9

Some Tweets suggested it was all a prank played by the fireworks crew. Still, the majority simply stated that the fireworks spelled “United States of Russia, no question there” and played around with the idea that Moscow had hacked the fireworks.

@kusysane Actually full respect the the fireworks guys. That's genius. #USR

@JChamberland33 Not again...looks like Russia has now hacked the fireworks display at Trump's inauguration concert #USR

It’s fair to say, that the reactions to the “Russia hacking fireworks” story were diverse – while some simply laughed off the idea that Russia was trying to be America’s “Big Brother,” which has recently been pushed in the mainstream media, others seemed to endorse the idea. 

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@epaldelta Truth in fireworks: #Putin was thrilled to see #PEEOTUS proclaim #USR (United States of Russia) in deference.

@TheOnlyTraver Trump unveils his plans for America. Welcome to the #USR #TrumpInaugural

The goof resulted in a new hashtag – #USR – which Russian Twitter kin have already proposed be used whenever Russian meddling is being discussed. It does look bolder than the old #russianhacking, doesn’t it?