SecondWar said:
Bizarrely, after a lot of criticism, his office came out with some contrived explanation about how he wasn’t talking about Ukraine surrendering, when he literally said to raise the white flag. |
Apparently the only meaning of the white flag isn't surrender. It's definitely what comes to mind to most, but I don't think it's all all far-fetched that a man of his position might not be able to see the implication that many do as the only one. Additionally, he's originally South American, and it's possible the common meaning there differs from ours. I'm personally willing to give him the benefit of doubt for now, although of course there's only so few times you can do that.
