Tweet in question.
I think there are more serious things to write about the trump administration than a graphic design gaff
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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To me this looks as much as a gaff as Elon Musk his Nazi salutes. This "gaff" is yet another obvious dog whistle by USA republicans.
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Even so, it is still pretty funny
It's not a gaff though.
This color combo and layout has been used by the us military for badges and medals for a very long time.
It's quite rare to not have red touch white
You'll find that the usual color layout is red/white/blue, not white/blue/red.
That's clearly not intentional, but it is funny.
The question I'm constantly asking myself, is this incompetence or Russian influence?
The answer I usually come up with is "probably both".
I see the design choice since the background is blue. But the answer is you change the background or separate the flag colors from it. You don't go transparent because the background is the color you want. It's a separate thing and it's always red-white-blue. This is like wearing a green tie if you're a weather person, except they're usually competent and do it on purpose.
The answer I usually come up with is “probably both”.
I'd throw the "porque no los dos" meme up here, but it was deported last week.
Incompetence, Russian influence, or the CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Or a designer who's not exactly happy.
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And this isn't even the first time. During previous presidency they did something similar with displaying Russian military equipment or something like that.
There was also that Republican delegation visiting the Kreml... on independence day.
and trump has spoken to Russia on many occasions and in secret, against the US, plus giving info on russian informants, and allow the troops to be slaughtered by russia.
And now ukraine says usa is protecting russian strategic sites.
Happy cake day to both of you!
I heard they were playing "Fortunate Son" during the parade. If that's true, it HAS to be intentional irony by the DJ. There's no way anyone could be THAT clueless... right?
The song is about how the singer was drafted to serve in Vietnam; he didn't have the connections to get out of it. "I ain't no millionaire's son."
A lot of conservatives play rock music thinking they're the good ones and not the very people the punk rock people are against
And then they get mad about how rock went woke if you do manage to get through to them
Trump dodged the draft
Trump bankrupted a casino
Trump faked his assassination attempt with wwe tricks.
Trump shits on himself every day.
Trump cheats on his wife.
Trump has small stubby sausage fingers.
Trump has a small stubby mushroom penis.
Trump has never been in a fight in his life.
Trump has never won a game of chess in his life.
Trump has never achieved anything without cheating.
Trump created concentration camps and created a secret police force to disappear people he finds undesirable.
Trump is a Nazi.
If you support him in any way, you are a Nazi.
INCORRECT!! WRONG!
I'll have you know that he cheated on all his wives, not just wife.
And he bankrupted many casinos, (plus a holding company for a casino), not just a casino.
Also he's a rapist. And a racist. And a convicted criminal.
Nothing will beat Trump's personal Seal of the President of the United States.
I had to click to the link to see what the issue was. The bald eagle coloration makes you not notice the bird's design!
Damn that's hilarious
Everything he does indicates that Russia does have some kind of kompromat on him.
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Just in case anybody was wondering who those fuckers actually work for.
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