Overview

• President Donald Trump told reporters he would have no problem with taking down Progress Pride flags from Washington, D.C. streets, acknowledging lawsuits would follow.
• Brian Glenn showed Trump a photo of a Progress Pride flag on D.C.’s 14th Street and incorrectly described it as a trans flag before asking if it should be removed.
• Glenn urged designating users of the flag as a domestic terrorist group, and Trump said that approach might allow removals while again noting legal challenges.
• Trump compared the issue to burning the American flag and recently issued an executive order seeking to criminalize flag desecration despite Supreme Court rulings protecting it.
• No policy to remove Pride flags has been announced, and legal experts note that Supreme Court precedent broadly protects flags and other symbolic expression.