The Deputy Secretary of State originally implied that was why, but now they’re steering into it, according to the NYT:

Eventually, the State Department’s top public affairs official, Dylan Johnson, chimed in with the department’s response to the flap.

“In no other foreign ministry or state department in the world do they display the flags of hundreds of other countries in place of their own,” he wrote on social media. “This is the United States Department of State — not the World Department of State.”

At least they’re giving peas a chance

Big “Kiss of Life” energy. Maybe Bruce’s Hungry Heart frequently gives him palpitations.

Her tequila was legendary

Don’t like clowns, but hyenas are okay

She looks way too old for Trump to have taken her

Bah dap bop bah baaahhh I’m leavin’ it