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riversedge

(78,854 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:34 PM 18 hrs ago

Social Media Erupts as US Flag Seen on the Ground Behind Trump at White House [View all]

Source: yahoo.com


Tom Durante Mon, November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM CST


(Screenshot/Jose Luis Magana/AP photo)

It’s a scar-spangled banner for President Donald Trump.

As the president returned from Palm Beach on Monday night, some social media users were quick to point out that as he walked, an American flag could be seen on the ground behind him, a clear violation of the U.S. Flag code.

The code states the following: “The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.”


It was a surprising sight for the Trump White House, especially given Trump’s advocacy for Old Glory.

In 2017, he attacked NFL players who knelt for the playing of the national anthem, saying, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired. He’s fired.'”......................










Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/social-media-erupts-us-flag-171145369.html



I wonder--or I assume Trumps new flag poles are not doing their job!


@WJDupont
Seeing the American flag lying on the White House lawn as President Trump returns is just absolutely f’ing insane… 🤯


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I don't think it's insane. It's a perfect symbol of Trump's respect for the US duhneece 18 hrs ago #1
This image captures his entire presidency fujiyamasan 18 hrs ago #3
Putin is pleased DSandra 17 hrs ago #12
It could go down in history PatSeg 17 hrs ago #23
Oh just put him in a submersable and send him to an ocean jail. Trueblue1968 16 hrs ago #31
It really indicates the type of people he has employed. The reason that everything has to be purged. LiberalArkie 15 hrs ago #39
Biden left it there. djt twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #2
Exactly! DeeDeeNY 16 hrs ago #33
If Biden appeared in a picture with a flag in that condition... Paladin 14 hrs ago #43
The media has guzzled down the Trump Kool Aid, now wait to see what happens. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #44
Migrant beef cattle snuck across the border and did this IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #4
Trump should hang another painting in the Oval Office depicting him slouching past the desecrated flag. sop 18 hrs ago #5
precisely. file under B.See 16 hrs ago #35
The damage control they're trying to spin now, is that D. Spaulding 18 hrs ago #6
there is some guy (white shirt, black coat) between the flagpole and the tree and it looks like there is someone else orleans 16 hrs ago #30
Newsweek: riversedge 18 hrs ago #7
Good to have more links. Thanks. BlueWavePsych 18 hrs ago #8
He doesn't give a shit about the flag. If no one was around he would wipe his ass with it. Autumn 18 hrs ago #9
He shits all over this country and it's citizens. AZ8theist 17 hrs ago #10
I believe it would be better described as a metaphor. flashman13 17 hrs ago #11
I see the problem here... BurnDoubt 17 hrs ago #13
That thing has been desecrating the flag for years. Melanie too. catbyte 17 hrs ago #14
Desecrating the flag. lastlib 17 hrs ago #22
There was a guy in a focus group who said that he decided to vote for Trump when he hugged the flag! Fil1957 17 hrs ago #24
OMG! O. M. G.! calimary 17 hrs ago #25
Those signatures look like they're mimicking each other. calimary 17 hrs ago #28
There used to be a time when even wearing American flag apparel was frowned upon Polybius 11 hrs ago #55
Dragging the entire country through the mud. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #15
He is obviously focused on BarbD 17 hrs ago #16
Karma Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #19
Yes. Cut the nasty old man some slack. not fooled 17 hrs ago #20
Nope!!! calimary 17 hrs ago #26
Was this one of Asshole's new mega-flag poles? n/t SpankMe 17 hrs ago #17
"" AllaN01Bear 17 hrs ago #18
Even the used car dealership with the giant flagpole manages to keep the flag off the ground. Vinca 17 hrs ago #21
"Get that son of a bitch out of the White House right now! He's fired!" NBachers 17 hrs ago #27
Dramatic foreshadowing I hope. GreenWave 17 hrs ago #29
Which one is more pathetic looking? Diamond_Dog 16 hrs ago #32
Before I saw the picture markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #34
No shit popsdenver 16 hrs ago #36
At least he's not wearing a tan suit. Buddyzbuddy 16 hrs ago #37
was it on purpose ? Nigrum Cattus 15 hrs ago #38
Desecratin' Donny Dump Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #40
"Trump's advocacy for Old Glory" tanyev 14 hrs ago #41
Surprised he didn't try to hump it while it was down. republianmushroom 14 hrs ago #42
No one has ever seen the flag flown this way. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #45
And his failure to notice or care. mahina 14 hrs ago #46
I don't think, even the smartest ones here, thought that TSF would be bluestarone 14 hrs ago #47
The source is MEDIAite, whose reporters and editors produced this article progree 14 hrs ago #48
Another sad metaphor for trump's failed presidency. mwb970 13 hrs ago #49
Heads will roll SusieCreamcheese 12 hrs ago #50
Flagpoles at White House risk Helicopter Operations LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #51
"...As the president returned from Palm Beach on Monday night..." Miles Archer 11 hrs ago #52
This place sets the tone! leanforward 11 hrs ago #53
I shared the photo on FB LittleGirl 11 hrs ago #54
Trump wipes his ass with the Constitution daily, so the flag has even less meaning for him. Orrex 10 hrs ago #56
He looks so deranged and insane. kimbutgar 10 hrs ago #57
Not a peep from those MAGA vets. Crowman2009 10 hrs ago #58
No suprise timms139 9 hrs ago #59
I think it is fitting, in honor of Cheney Skittles 5 hrs ago #60
Ironic to me that it's the flag MadameButterfly 5 hrs ago #61
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