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...

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.

  • Bristlecone@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 hours ago

    Such a fucking stupid ass dog whistle, honestly the only thing maga does actually anymore is troll and hate

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    1 hour ago

    There is plenty to condemn this administration over, but this isn’t one of them. To say that it glorifies the Russian Flag when they are clearly graphic design marks, with the actual flag right next to it, taking up about 1/3 of the image, is dumb.

    Complaining about this is stupid. There are serious issues to focus on.

  • damdy@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Wtf is flag day? I knew you guys were really into your flags, but that seems a bit much.

    • supernicepojo@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 hours ago

      Flag day was created as a propaganda tool to weed out socialist during the 40s. It has roots back to the Civil war in the 1850s. No one really celebrates it, I dont even think we get a day off for it.

    • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
      5411·
      11 hours ago

      Yeah, actual Russian collusion aside, anyone who thinks the horizontal stripes in that stylistic divider are supposed to be Russian flags is probably a prime target for ragebait like this.

      And if this describes you, consider how the divider is reminiscent of the ribbon used to adorn many official medals. Has the US been secretly promoting the modern Russian flag for hundreds of years? Probably not.

        • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
          81·
          2 hours ago

          You’re right, but I wouldn’t guess the intern they tasked with graphics design has ever looked too closely.

          • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            3·
            47 minutes ago

            Or the designer knew exactly what they were doing and pulled one over on leadership.

            I haven’t seen someone suggest the designer knew this looked like the Russian flag and left it in there as a tongue in cheek criticism/metacommentary, but that’s what I would do.

            • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
              1·
              8 minutes ago

              Lol you’re not alone. I think someone commented something similar last night. And you’d have plausible deniability too, since the blue is “accidentally” allowed to show between the white and red stripes.

          • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
            5·
            2 hours ago

            With how incompetent, drunk, and high the cabinet is, I’m sure the prerequisite for underlings is being dumber than the people on top.

    • brown567@sh.itjust.works
      329·
      11 hours ago

      Oh c’mon! I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but I can’t really see that as anything but an honest mistake.

      There isn’t even a blue bar in the middle, it’s just transparency XD

      • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
        191·
        9 hours ago

        Its in the wrong order. Red and white are always supposed to touch. Blue separating them is in the wrong spot. Whether intentional or because they’re all idiots? Who can say.

        • insufferableninja@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          red and white together would just look like a red bar and a white bar offset. it needs the blue between them to make visual sense. or i guess they could have used a different blue instead of a negative space

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    43·
    13 hours ago

    Every time I see something mild but stupid (like this) that’s done by administration, all I can think of is that OSS sabotage manual that was like “make mistakes”, lol.