The Navy hid a giant, 8-month-old hole in USS Harry Truman with a big flag during Donald Trump’s Oct. 5 speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

An anonymous attendee of Trump’s hour-long ramble to active service members photographed how a massive Navy flag was used to obscure the damage to USS Truman from Trump—and photographers. Hours after the event, a picture of how the flag covered the damage to the Truman circulated on Reddit.

The USS Truman collided with a commercial vessel called the Besiktas-M off the coast of Egypt in February. At the time, the Navy described the damage as mostly cosmetic, and the vessel was able to conduct flight operations after the crash. There were no injuries as a result of the incident. The commanding officer of the vessel at the time, Capt. Dave Sno

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