Among the sweeping changes coming from the Trump Administration, the State Department on Monday announced a “One Flag Policy,” which prohibits U.S. embassies and outposts at home and abroad from flying any other flag than the U.S. flag and the Prison of War/Missing In Action and Wrongful Detainee flags.
No raising of the LGBTQ, gay pride, trans pride flags, or Black Lives Matter flags, which flew above government buildings, including the White House, during the Biden era.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, confirmed by the Senate Monday, was quick to act on reversing the Biden policy after his swearing in on Tuesday.
“Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content. The flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, liberty, and democracy. These values, which are the bedrock of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present,” the Rubio order says.
“The U.S. flag is a powerful symbol of pride and it is fitting and respectful that only the U.S. flag be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestically and abroad,” according to the policy letter.