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Video shows Trump hugging the American flag—again

The irony is exhausting.

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Kris Seavers

Trump hugs American flag

President Donald Trump on Tuesday hugged the American flag after a speech bashing illegal immigration, and the irony of the gesture is entirely exhausting.

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People on Twitter bashed Trump’s flag hug as hypocritical and embarrassing.

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This wasn’t the first—and unfortunately, likely isn’t the last—time the president has physically embraced the country’s most sacred symbol.

He also hugged flags on the campaign trail in 2016. At a rally in Florida, the flag-hugging came after supports began to chant “build the wall.”

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In his speech to the National Federation of Independent Business on Tuesday, Trump referenced the thousands of immigrant children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border due to his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.

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“We’re doing well as a country,” he concluded before ambushing the flag.

H/T the Cut

 
The Daily Dot