President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and their son Barron hosted the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll over the weekend, and people can’t keep their eyes off one particular moment.
In America, it’s generally deemed etiquette to put your hand over your heart when the US national anthem plays. This is actually part of the United States ‘Flag Code’, which is not enforced by law but highly encouraged.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump forgot about this when ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ played at the event, and Melania Trump gave him a little nudge to remind him.
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And the Internet never forgets…
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Melania Trump appears to nudge the President to remind him to put his hand on his heart for the US national anthemhttps://t.co/mBOxSE2c6p pic.twitter.com/z66qTp8kur
— ITV News (@itvnews) April 17, 2017
The event was nationally televised, so the moment has already gone viral, and there are some funny reactions that have emerged…
Melania Trump Nudges Donald Trump to Raise His Hand for the National Anthem
— Paul Lander (@paul_lander) April 17, 2017
In fairness, it wasn't the Russian National Anthem.
When I saw that footage, I almost forgot to put my hand over my face. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/NufTxZD73K
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) April 18, 2017
*Anthem plays*
— Tareq (@EdrisTareq) April 17, 2017
Trump: oh I know this song!
Melania: *nudge*
Trump: I know, I was just seeing if you would notice.. pic.twitter.com/BkJFzPrTMs
And we were just waiting for someone to point out the irony of Melania Trump noticing the error and Donald Trump’s stance on immigration.
Very embarrassing.
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