When Donald Trump touched down in the United Kingdom for his whirlwind state visit, even the flags got a makeover.

Officials in London were forced to order hundreds of custom-made U.S. flags with a deeper shade of red after complaints that Old Glory looked faded alongside the Union Jack, according to the man who had to make the changes.

The overhaul was estimated to have cost British taxpayers more than $67,000 as 66 hand-sewn flags were ordered to meet the Trump standard.

“Their red is now stronger than the red on the Union flag,” Nick Farley, the U.K. Government’s official flag supplier, told The Telegraph. He added that the U.S. delegation demanded the tweak.

“The Americans decided that the red we use, which is called R01, wasn’t right for them, and that they wanted a cherry red

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