Donald Trump's administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a "Happy Flag Day!""Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and re...

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Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.

The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a “Happy Flag Day!”

“Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and reflect on the values it represents, let’s celebrate the freedom, courage and resilience that makes our country great,” the department stated Saturday.

The image attached to the post included two small images that appear to represent the Russian flag.

  • limelight79@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I heard they were playing “Fortunate Son” during the parade. If that’s true, it HAS to be intentional irony by the DJ. There’s no way anyone could be THAT clueless… right?

    The song is about how the singer was drafted to serve in Vietnam; he didn’t have the connections to get out of it. “I ain’t no millionaire’s son.”

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 days ago

      A lot of conservatives play rock music thinking they’re the good ones and not the very people the punk rock people are against

  • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Trump dodged the draft

    Trump bankrupted a casino

    Trump faked his assassination attempt with wwe tricks.

    Trump shits on himself every day.

    Trump cheats on his wife.

    Trump has small stubby sausage fingers.

    Trump has a small stubby mushroom penis.

    Trump has never been in a fight in his life.

    Trump has never won a game of chess in his life.

    Trump has never achieved anything without cheating.

    Trump created concentration camps and created a secret police force to disappear people he finds undesirable.

    Trump is a Nazi.

    If you support him in any way, you are a Nazi.

    • D_C@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 days ago

      INCORRECT!! WRONG!
      I’ll have you know that he cheated on all his wives, not just wife.
      And he bankrupted many casinos, (plus a holding company for a casino), not just a casino.

      Also he’s a rapist. And a racist. And a convicted criminal.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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    11 days ago

    1000077783

    Tweet in question.

    I think there are more serious things to write about the trump administration than a graphic design gaff

    • cenzorrll@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 days ago

      The question I’m constantly asking myself, is this incompetence or Russian influence?

      The answer I usually come up with is “probably both”.

      I see the design choice since the background is blue. But the answer is you change the background or separate the flag colors from it. You don’t go transparent because the background is the color you want. It’s a separate thing and it’s always red-white-blue. This is like wearing a green tie if you’re a weather person, except they’re usually competent and do it on purpose.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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        11 days ago

        The answer I usually come up with is “probably both”.

        I’d throw the “porque no los dos” meme up here, but it was deported last week.

  • CrayonDevourer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Like I said - In LA, people flying Mexican flags aren’t fighting for American Democracy.

    And in the Whitehouse, clearly they’re flying Russian flags and not fighting for (but actively dismantling) American Democracy there.

    I hate being politically consistent. There’s no cognitive dissonance, but you still get…this.