Donald Trump has been mocked for forgetting the colours of the American flag during a visit to a children’s hospital this weekend.

The US president was visiting children in Colombus, Ohio with his health secretary Alex Azar and wife Melania Trump when he made the mistake.

In pictures posted by Mr Azar on Twitter, Trump is seen filling in one of the stripes on the star spangled banner with a blue felt-tip pen.

US President Donald Trump colors in an American flag during a tour Nationwide Children's Hospital August 24, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Donald Trump colours in an American flag during a visit to a children’s hospital in Ohio (Picture: AFP/Getty)

The stripes are white and red.

The picture was picked up online with one person tweeting: ‘The President has colored his flag wrong. That is all.’

Some jumped to the defence of the president, arguing: ‘If it was a horse and he colored it pink would people be upset he colored a horse not a REAL horse color???’

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While other were less forgiving, mocking the president for forgetting the colours of his own nation’s flag.

The president was in Ohio on a visit aimed at finding a way to tackle the worsening crisis of opioid addiction.

Last year, Mr Trump declared America’s use of opioids a national public health emergency, calling it ‘the worst drug crisis in American history’.

His appearance at the hospital followed a tough week for Trump, with his former campaign manager Paul Manafort being convicted of fraud and his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleading guilty to paying ‘hush money’ to a Playboy model and a porn actress.

Both women had claimed to have had affairs with the president.

Trump coloured in the american flag wrong with a load of kids
The blue line is visible in this photo posted online by Trump’s health secretary (Picture: @SecAzar)
US President Donald Trump sits with children during tour Nationwide Children's Hospital August 24, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Even his flag pin couldn’t help him out during the colouring in session (Picture: AFP/Getty)
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