President Donald Trump is imposing his authority on America’s presence around the world with a sweeping new order that only the Stars and Stripes will fly from diplomatic buildings.
The order comes from his State Department, which bans Pride and Black Lives Matter flags.
“As of now, only the flag of the United States of America is authorized to fly or display on US facilities, both domestic and abroad, and appear in US government content,” it states, according to the Washington Free Beacon, which got the text.
‘The flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, freedom and democracy.
“These values, which are the foundation of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present.”
However, there are exceptions to the order issued by the new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
State Department facilities will still be able to fly the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag and the Wrongful Detainee flag.
Rainbow flags have long been a point of contention for Republicans.
The US national flag and an LGBT pride flag on the front facade of the US Embassy in Moscow in June 2020. The new order prohibits such displays.

A banner reading ‘Black Lives Matter’, commemorating the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis, US police officer, hangs from the US embassy in Madrid, Spain, in 2021.
In 2021, after flags were flown over US embassies to recognize Pride month, Republicans acted to try to ensure this would never happen again.
They introduced the ‘Old Glory Only Act’, to ban any flag other than that of the United States, but it was not passed.
And last year, the Biden White House agreed to include a similar provision allowing only American flags in a massive spending bill as part of a compromise with conservatives to avoid a shutdown.
The Biden administration said it would move quickly to repeal it.
This time, prominent Trump allies welcomed the move.
‘I’m not tired of winning!!’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor posted on X, echoing an old Trump line.