" Or maybe he was wearing the colors of America ", wrote Vance on Ix, above the post of Hegsett's picture in which he has a tie in the colors of the Russian flag - white, blue and red and with a handkerchief in the colors of the American flag, and the combination of these colors symbolizing the flags of the two countries caused numerous comments in the media and on social networks, American media reported.
Meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and the USA he started with a short address to the journalists, after which the two leaders continued the talks behind closed doors, which lasted for two hours.
Hegseth, who has been at the head of the Pentagon since the beginning of Trump's term, did not comment on the symbolism of his fashion combination, but users of social networks commented that the contrast between the tie and handkerchief seemed"deliberately emphasized" at a time when the US administration is trying to balance between pressure from Kiev to deliver US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine and maintaining diplomatic channels with official Moscow.
(Tanjug)