Lapid fumbles July 4 message with tweet of Liberia flag
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not seen) in Rome, June 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made a flag faux pas Sunday when he congratulated the United States on its independence day in a tweet that included the flag of Liberia instead of the Stars and Stripes. The African nation’s flag resembles the Star-Spangled Banner, with eleven red and white stripes and a white star on a blue square background in the top left corner. In a tweet, Lapid wrote: “245 years of prosperity, liberty, and freedom. Congratulations to our best...
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