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.

  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    11·
    6 hours 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
      3·
      5 hours 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.

      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        4·
        4 hours ago

        I don’t do a lot of design anymore, but I still wind up working on data visualizations a fair amount.
        It’s both subversive and satisfying how well the various LGBTQ+ flag color combinations work when creating stacked area charts.