Posted on 06/14/2024 6:45:48 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
When Donald J. Trump held his post-conviction news conference at Trump Tower after his hush-money trial in May, he did so in his signature red (tie), white (shirt) and blue (suit), standing before so many flags he looked like a head bobbing in an ocean of patriotic hues.
It was a bit of star-spangled scenography for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who, more than any of his predecessors, has embraced the flag as his official fashion inspiration, using imagery to make it a synonym for himself. (One of his favorite personal factoids is that today, June 14, happens to be both his birthday and Flag Day, the date designated by Woodrow Wilson in 1916 to commemorate the official adoption of the American flag.)
In almost every major appearance, Mr. Trump stands planted in a forest of flags — 54 of them on the last night of the 2020 Republican convention alone. Descending from Trump Air, he passes beneath an imposing flag waving proudly on the tail, the colors echoed in his clothing as if he alighted from a flying flag himself.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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“It [the Flag] goes from being a source of unity to a source of division,” Mr. Wilentz said. “All of a sudden the left and the Democrats basically cede the flag to the right, and the right picks that up and runs with it.” President Ronald Reagan, who was also known for his red ties (though they were generally seen as representing the Republican Party) being a case in point. Still, no one has run further with it than Mr. Trump.
“The flag embodies everything he wants to get across,” Mr. Wilentz said. “He is the flag, and everyone else is not. We are America, and everyone else is not.”
“The flag embodies everything he wants to get across,” Mr. Wilentz said. “He is the flag, and everyone else is not. We are America, and everyone else is not.”
One side burns the flag. The other does not
One side spit on American soldiers and called them baby killers. The other side does not
One side continually claims “America is a racist nation!” The other side sees people for what they are
It’s pretty simple
The Conservative right dearly loves the Star Spangled Banner, flag of the United States of America...
The Liberal left dearly loves the Rainbow Flag, the flag of the Perverted Mentally Ill America...
:Global Warming Hoax:
Trump’s birthday today! Mine too.
Happy Birthday!!!!
(I quit having birthdays...This year I celebrated the 54th anniversary of my 21st birthday...)
Happy birthday!!!
Why does Flag Day fall in Fag Month?
It was Flag Day waaaaaay before there was ever a “fag month”....
Thank you.
I quit celebrating mine for more years than you!
Thank you.
Wow!!! Well, hang in there, old timer...;^)...LOL
Thanks I am some years younger than Trump and almost as ornery as he is.
Thank you and Happy Birthday President Trump!
🎂🎂🎂😍
I’m two and a half years younger than Trump...
he was June 14, 1946 and I was Jan 4, 1949....
I’m two and a half years younger than Trump...
he was June 14, 1946 and I was Jan 4, 1949....
That’s so cool!
What’s your Social Security Number and home address? ;-)
999-99-9999 and Bitemyass, Downtown TN....
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