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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.

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[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 80 points 1 month ago

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Tweet in question.

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

[-] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

To me this looks as much as a gaff as Elon Musk his Nazi salutes. This "gaff" is yet another obvious dog whistle by USA republicans.

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[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago

Even so, it is still pretty funny

[-] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It's not a gaff though.

This color combo and layout has been used by the us military for badges and medals for a very long time.

[-] Doxin@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

You'll find that the usual color layout is red/white/blue, not white/blue/red.

[-] cenzorrll@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago
[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

That's clearly not intentional, but it is funny.

[-] cenzorrll@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month 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.

[-] match@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Incompetence, Russian influence, or the CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual

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[-] Mihies@programming.dev 48 points 1 month ago

And this isn't even the first time. During previous presidency they did something similar with displaying Russian military equipment or something like that.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

There was also that Republican delegation visiting the Kreml... on independence day.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

and trump has spoken to Russia on many occasions and in secret, against the US, plus giving info on russian informants, and allow the troops to be slaughtered by russia.

Happy cake day to both of you!

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Everything he does indicates that Russia does have some kind of kompromat on him.

[-] limelight79@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month 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."

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month 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

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago

And then they get mad about how rock went woke if you do manage to get through to them

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Just in case anybody was wondering who those fuckers actually work for.

[-] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.ee 7 points 1 month 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.

[-] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

I had to click to the link to see what the issue was. The bald eagle coloration makes you not notice the bird's design!

[-] Waffle@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago
[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago

~~hilarious~~ tenebrous

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