The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump visited a children’s hospital in Ohio was photographed colouring the national flag with the kids around. Along with First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar Trump can be seen spending times with the kids around, drawing and colouring. Turns out that, he coloured it wrong. Oops! The US President added a blue stripe to an outline of the star-spangled banner, right where it should not be. It was highlighted by Azar on Twitter, presumably unintentionally when he tweeted the photos from the event. And our tweeple were amused and in no time went mocking Trump. TIME Magazine's Creative Cover Series Show US President Donald Trump Being Submerged in Water in Oval Office.
America’s flag is one of the most popular ones on the planet, but for whatever reason, the country’s President could not really figure out. As you know the flag is indeed red, white and blue; the 13 stripes which represent the 13 British colonies that declared their independence and became the USA’s first states in 1776 are only red and white. The blue appears behind the flag’s 50 starts (one for each state), in the rectangle in its top-left corner. Why Is there Talk of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Impeachment?
Here, check out the US President’s major blooper!
The opioid crisis is one of our top priorities at HHS, with a drumbeat of action on the full range of efforts where we can assist local communities. Today, I joined @POTUS & @FLOTUS in Ohio to learn how states and communities are responding to the challenge of opioid addiction. pic.twitter.com/NwxSoeNznA
— Alex Azar (@SecAzar) August 25, 2018
Naturally, Twitter was quick to pick up the error.
The President has colored his flag wrong.
That is all. pic.twitter.com/wWXBgR9I6V
— Talia (@2020fight) August 25, 2018
Proof it’s real ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/prYOGetq33
— Talia (@2020fight) August 25, 2018
This little boy is thinking 🤔..{The President doesn’t know what he’s doing & I can’t correct him..Trump is making my brain hurt}. Poor kid.
— News Junkie 💯 & extremely nosy 😎 (@LeeAnneJarrett5) August 26, 2018
You just can’t make this crap up. How can you claim to love our flag, but color it 🇷🇺? SMH
— moebates 🌊 (@moebates) August 26, 2018
Trump had a supporter too who thought, his intention was to respect the American cops.
Then this is why. He supports cops. Simple. pic.twitter.com/RKl2iKxXK7
— RobertTrader (@WethepeopleT) August 26, 2018
But even he got backlashed!
There are two flaws in that statement. First of all Trump used red and there's no red in the police flag. Secondly the blue stripe on the police flag is the fifth line from the top, meanwhile Trump coloured the fourth. Just look at it before trying to defend him.
— 𝒊 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 (@nevermind_chim) August 26, 2018
Trump had been criticised in several cases and was even accused of hypocrisy after is attacks on the American National Football League (NFL) players for failing to respect the flag and kneel for the national anthem before the games. It is possible that in the recent act, Trump may have been correcting a mistake made by a child or he was just having fun or confused. Whatever the case was, it would have been a lot easier for Donald Trump to look at the American flag pin he was wearing on his own jacket.
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