President Trump joined First Lady Melania Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for a visit to Ohio's Nationwide Children's Hospital, where they took part in a time-honored tradition: sitting in tiny desks alongside adorable kids in hope that the guileless innocence on the little faces surrounding them will take some of the heat off of their craven politicking. In this latest instance, Trump and co. helped a number of small folks participate in a very normal and not at all propagandistic activity—coloring in the American flag. Except the president appears to have colored his wrong.

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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 — Secretary Alex Azar (@SecAzar) August 25, 2018

Yes, that’s right—it’s a blue stripe where no blue stripe should be. You’d think there’d be a social media editor to prune out the photos that suggest that the President of the United States can’t color an accurate reproduction of the single graphic he probably sees more than any other. Especially since one of the previous times Trump tried to be down with the kids he was greeted by one young person saying "I’m nervous" over and over, while another smug six year old piped in with,"I told you his hair wasn’t orange."

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1st graders at International Christian Academy react to Trump walking into their class. pic.twitter.com/5ZQr7Ep98G — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 5, 2016

Gabrielle Bruney Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture.

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