Looks
more like the Russian flag
By Bob Brigham / Raw Story
Embattled President
Donald Trump failed spectacularly at a simple photo-op with children in Ohio on
Friday.
President Trump toured
the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus with First Lady Melania Trump
and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
As part of the tour,
"they took part in a time-honored tradition: sitting in tiny desks
alongside adorable kids in hope that the guileless innocence on the little
faces surrounding them will take some of the heat off of their craven
politicking," in the words of Esquire.
As part of the photo-op,
Trump had the simply role of coloring between the lines with young children.
Proof
it’s real ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/prYOGetq33
— Talia
(@2020fight) August 25, 2018
"The flag of the
United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the
union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field," as
the flag code makes clear.
Unlike the flag of the
Russian Federation, there are no blue stripes in the American flag.
Despite being unable to
color an American flag with a group of children, Trump has made his supposed
love for the flag and anthem a centerpiece of his political outreach.
Hours after the bungled
photo-op, Trump ripped CBS and ESPN over the NFL's protest controversy
while speaking at the Ohio Republican Party's annual state dinner.
"What the hell is
the NFL doing? Do they not have a clue? It's hurt them badly," said Trump,
who has previously criticized the league for players who kneel in protest
during the anthem.
"They think they're
doing something smart by not broadcasting the national anthem?"
Trump attempted a
mulligan by starting over with a blank sheet of paper.
