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President Trump offered his condolences to the victims of the deadly Sri Lanka blasts on Easter Sunday, but initially did so with a tweet that had an absurdly high death toll statistic.

“Heartfelt condolences from the people of the United States to the people of Sri Lanka on the horrible terrorist attacks on churches and hotels that have killed at least 138 million people and badly injured 600 more. We stand ready to help!” Trump said in a tweet Sunday morning.

He deleted the tweet 20 minutes later, replacing it with one that contained the accurate death toll estimate.

“138 people have been killed in Sri Lanka, with more that 600 badly injured, in a terrorist attack on churches and hotels. The United States offers heartfelt condolences to the great people of Sri Lanka. We stand ready to help,” he said in the follow-up tweet.

Trump has made gaffes on Twitter in the past — perhaps the most infamous being “covfefe” — but this one suggested roughly 2.2 percent of the world population had been killed.

His critics were quick to pounce.

“[Y]ou are a total fuck up,” tweeted Adam Parkhomenko, a former Democratic National Committee field director.

“The attacks in Sri Lanka were awful. But 138 million people did not die. That’s like a nuclear holocaust situation,” said journalist Emily Singer.

Eight bombs exploded at churches and hotels around Sri Lanka, killing at least 140 people in injured hundreds on Easter Sunday. Officials have described the blasts as a terrorist attack and blamed it on religious extremists. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.