Why did the Defense Dept include two Russian flags 🇷🇺 in their official Flag Day tweet?

[surfered]

Is it just sheer incompetence or a secret signal to Putin?

Asking for a Ukrainian friend.

[Lovie777]

1. It was no accident....................

[markodochartaigh]

2. People are aware of Mark Ruby's statement on the State Department website

Russia Day, right?

https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/06/russia-national-day/

[surfered]

3. Jeez!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. 'Very telling': Trump agency under fire after posting Russian flag on Flag Day

trump works for putin and so is promoting the Russian flag

Donald Trump's administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-06-15T02:45:33.350Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-telling-russian-flag-day/

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.

The internet reaction came quickly.

Geopolitics expert Jessica Berlin said, "Nothing to see here, just the United States Dept of Defense wishing everyone a happy Russian flag day."

Economics professor Roman Sheremeta said, "The U.S. Department of Defense congratulated Americans on their Flag Day. Except the two small flags are russian."

"This post has been up on the Department’s X page for several hours. It is very telling about who is really running the U.S. Department of Defense," he added on Saturday.

[Norrrm]

5. 1+

[usonian]

6. Trump's not computer-savvy. Maybe Elon did it. Or Vlad. There's no security left.

But he loves him some Матушка Россия

[Wounded Bear]

7. Looks like they tried to put in some "accidental" red/white/blue art...

but they should have probably put the red on top and white on the bottom. Still wouldn't be totally accurate in red, blue white, but it at least wouldn't look like russian flags.

[jmowreader]

8. What I'm thinking...

I have designed plenty of ads, so I'll go on that background.

Customer comes in and tells the designer: Make an ad for Flag Day. Make sure it's red, white and blue.

Designer thinks "I'll put three gold stars in the layout and put double lines on both sides of them. I'll make the top one white and the bottom one red. It'll look awesome."

Client's approval authority looks at the mockup and agrees that it looks awesome.

No one realized it also looks like a Russian flag.

One I worked on at the production level: This was a fundraiser for Duke University's booster club. Duke's corporate color is Pantone 289, which is a very dark blue - if you mix it as a spot color you put a lot of black ink in it. The designer made the background a 10-percent screen of 289. I pulled this up on my computer and immediately called the customer: "Hey, the background in this thing looks like it's Carolina Blue." Carolina Blue is the corporate color of Duke's worst enemy. They said it was fine, so I ran film and made a contract proof. They showed the proof to Duke's president and he. went. apeshit. People got fired over this...which is probably what should have happened over the Flag Day ad. This rates right up there with all those logos I've seen that inadvertently look like sexual organs.

[republianmushroom]

9. Putin is trumps daddy.