"Is that a blue stripe?" Donald Trump ridiculed for colouring US flag wrong
The US President Donald Trump has gotten himself into trouble again after a seemingly innocent task of colouring in.
After the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, shared a photo on Twitter of the President spending time with children in Ohio, users were quick to notice a problem.
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) 25 August 2018
The President, who is seen colouring in the US flag, was using a blue marker to fill in the stripes instead of red. The photo, which has now gone viral, has sparked a discussion all over Twitter.
“The President has colored his flag wrong. That is all,” one Twitter user, Talia wrote.
As tweeted by Azar, Trump and first lady Melania Trump were in Ohio to discuss opioid addiction with affected communities.
According to CNN, Trump, who visited the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, was hoping to start a conversation on the addiction but instead, had people questioning his artistic capabilities.
Once the photo started gaining more traction, Twitter users were quick to make jokes on the reasons behind Trump’s blue American flag.
One theory was that Trump was trying to replicate the Russian flag, which features a blue stripe.
Others suggested that the President was honouring the police with his colouring choice.
But many were quick to shut down that theory, as they pointed out the one red stripe that Trump coloured in, which isn’t seen on the police flag. He had also coloured in the blue stripe on the wrong line.
Unsurprisingly, many called Trump a hypocrite for his mistake as in the past, he was known to have criticised football players who kneeled during the national anthem in a display of protesting police brutality.
But while Trump is known to be active on Twitter, more than any other President in the past, he has yet to address the controversy. Instead, choosing to mention former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails, and his popularity, claiming “Fake News Media” is trying to make him look “as evil as possible.”