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Trump cracks down on anti-American flag-burners with potential jail time
President Donald Trump on Monday signed several executive orders to restore the rule of law across the nation, including action to protect America’s “most sacred and cherished symbol.”
Trump signed “Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag” to prevent the desecration of the Stars and Stripes.
'The president is right to be concerned about the desecration of one of the proudest symbols of our nation.'
“Would you listen to this? This is very important,” Trump stated during Monday’s signing in the Oval Office.
“All over the country they’re burning flags.”
“Through a very sad court, I guess it was a five-to-four decision, they called it freedom of speech,” the president stated, referring to the Texas v. Johnson Supreme Court case in 1989.
“When you burn the American flag, it incites riots at levels that we’ve never seen before. People go crazy,” he continued.
“If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail. No early exit. No nothing.”
The White House contended that burning the flag is “a statement of contempt, hostility, and violence against our Nation” that “may incite violence and riot.”
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“American Flag burning is also used by groups of foreign nationals as a calculated act to intimidate and threaten violence against Americans because of their nationality and place of birth,” the administration added.
According to the EO, those who desecrate the American flag could face charges related to burning restrictions, disorderly conduct, or destruction of property.
Anti-immigration-enforcement protesters have held several demonstrations this year where they have burned American flags.
Trump’s latest executive action has sparked bipartisan debate about whether flag-burning should be protected under the First Amendment.
“The president is right to be concerned about the desecration of one of the proudest symbols of our nation. This executive order will eventually allow the Justice Department to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit — and potentially overturn — a prior precedent saying that burning the American flag is constitutionally protected 'speech' under the First Amendment,” Zack Smith, a senior legal fellow and manager with the Heritage Foundation, told Blaze News.
Journalist Christopher Rufo highlighted how some individuals have been prosecuted for burning or damaging Pride flags.
“I'm sorry, but as long as this is the status quo, I'm not going to work myself into a state of hysteria about Trump's executive order on burning the American flag,” Rufo wrote in a post on social media.
He noted that he is “sympathetic to the argument that burning the American flag is protected speech.”
Trump also signed on Monday two executive orders that aim to eliminate cashless bail systems across the United States.
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Leftists rage over Trump's latest patriotic installment at the White House
President Donald Trump installed two big, beautiful flagpoles on the White House grounds on Wednesday, and leftists are losing their minds.
Trump announced the installation on Tuesday, saying the flagpoles were "always missing from this magnificent place." After the 100-foot flagpoles were put in place, the left-wing media ripped the administration for the changes to the White House grounds.
The flags weren't the only things that sparked outrage from the left.
Our great American Flag is now flying high on the South Lawn of the White House. GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/AJ5PAB5ygl
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 18, 2025
The Daily Beast reported on the new flagpoles, calling them one of the latest "monstrous changes" Trump has made to the White House. The "monstrous changes" in question also include renovations to the Rose Garden to make it easier for women to walk on with high heels, according to Trump.
The publication also characterized the patriotic flagpoles, which will fly the American flag and the POW/MIA flag, as "tacky."
The flags weren't the only things that sparked outrage from the left. Trump spoke to reporters on the South Lawn during the installation, when he was asked about the deportation efforts being rolled out by the administration. In response, Trump turned to the workers and jokingly asked if any of them were illegal immigrants.
"We've got to get the bad people out of here first, and we're doing that," Trump said. "We're taking them out by the thousands. Murderers, drug dealers, people that are mentally insane from insane asylums."
"Any illegal immigrants in there?" Trump joked, turning to the workers at the press conference. "No? If they were, they'll find out."
Mediaite promptly reported on the incident, calling it a "stunning moment" and accused the president of "laughing as he threatened to destroy someone's 'whole life.'" The reason the president was laughing, of course, was because he was making a joke.
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.@POTUS to the media as workers lift the new White House American Flagpole:
"Let's see how REAL people work. These are real people — you're not real people, your job is too easy." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/fklpDGpLC0
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 18, 2025
Mediaite also accused Trump of taking a break from "threatening Iran" to oversee the installation of the flagpoles, suggesting the president is putting foreign policy on the back burner. The article failed to note that Trump took several questions related to the conflict during the press conference.
Despite this, Trump stuck to his big, beautiful flagpoles, encouraging future administrations to keep them up on the White House grounds as a "magnificent" display of patriotism.
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You Can Tell The LA Rioters Are Fake And Gay Because They Don’t Iron Their Flags
I don't care whether you're a red-blooded American patriot or a far-left illegal Mexican activist, show some respect and iron your flags.Trump fulfills his oath while Newsom and Bass shield foreign felons
Los Angeles looked like a war zone this week. Rioters — roughly 1,000 strong — torched vehicles and hurled rocks, concrete, and fireworks at law enforcement officers. They slashed tires and set fires in the streets. In the middle of it all, an American flag burned on the pavement as a mob urinated on it and screamed, “F**k Trump!”
This wasn’t spontaneous outrage. It was an organized assault on law, order, and national sovereignty — an eruption years in the making. And it happened in a city governed by officials who have spent decades dismantling the very structures meant to defend their constituents.
The United States owes rights and protections to its citizens — not to those who break its laws and exploit its generosity.
This riot didn’t begin last week. It began when Joe Biden threw open the nation’s borders and undermined the rule of law.
As rioters burn the American flag in downtown Los Angeles, state and local officials burn the constitutions that once protected their citizens.
The Constitution’s preamble lays out the government’s core mission: to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, and secure liberty for ourselves and our posterity. Article II, Section 3 provides that the president will ensure the laws “be faithfully executed.”
Contrary to what we’ve seen in Los Angeles, the duty of our elected officials is to defend the rule of law — not to support those who challenge it. That responsibility ultimately rests with the president: to protect the safety and security of the United States and its citizens.
Biden lit the fuse
Biden abandoned that responsibility. During his four years in office, he permitted more than 12 million illegal crossings, including at least 500,000 individuals with criminal records in their home countries.
He didn’t just neglect the law — he defied it. And the consequences have been deadly. More than 300,000 Americans died from fentanyl poisoning during the Biden years. Illegal alien gangs now operate trafficking networks in every major U.S. city. Innocent Americans have been raped, murdered, and assaulted because the federal government refused to act.
That’s not failed policy — it’s failed leadership. And the Constitution offers no cover for it.
Trump restores constitutional order
The voters responded in November. Donald J. Trump returned to the White House in January with a clear mandate: re-establish sovereignty, restore order, and protect the American people. That mandate extends to the men and women he’s appointed to carry it out — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and ICE Director Todd Lyons.
Their job is not theoretical. It’s real, it’s active, and it’s happening now. While California officials obstruct federal agents and give shelter to violent mobs, Trump’s team is working to reassert lawful authority — starting with immigration enforcement.
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You might think California’s leaders would welcome help as their cities descend into chaos. Instead, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) demand that ICE back off and the National Guard go home. Rather than cooperate with federal law enforcement, they’ve chosen to protect the very forces tearing their communities apart.
They might want to reread their founding documents.
Article I, Section 1 of the California Constitution states:
All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights. Among these are enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.
Moreover, the Los Angeles City Charter grants broad authority to protect life, liberty, and property. Yet, Bass and Newsom are using that power to shield foreign criminals from lawful arrest.
Sanctuary for criminals
Among those ICE sought to detain last week:
- Armando Ordaz, convicted of sexual battery and affiliated with a known gang.
- Victor Aguilar, previously deported and convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
- Jesus Morales, a wanted felon convicted of alien smuggling conspiracy.
- Jose Ortiz, convicted of trafficking large quantities of cocaine.
- Cuong Chanh Phan, convicted of second-degree murder.
Don't mistake those men for “asylum seekers.” They are predators. And California’s sanctuary policies shield them.
The Declaration of Independence reminds us that legitimate government exists “to secure these rights” — not for foreigners in defiance of the law but for citizens who consent to be governed under it. That is the basis of our system. That is what’s at stake.
This government belongs to Americans
The United States owes rights and protections to its citizens — not to those who break its laws and exploit its generosity. Yet, Democrat-run cities across the country have flipped that principle on its head.
New York. Chicago. Portland. Seattle. Los Angeles. City after city refuse to enforce basic law and order and make a mockery of their charters.
This must end.
Every foreign national who entered this country illegally must come under the jurisdiction of the federal and state constitutions — and face removal. Let them return home and wave their own flags instead of burning ours in the streets.
Donald Trump and his administration understand what’s at stake. The Constitution demands action. America is blessed to have a president willing to deliver it.
No, you’re not a ‘xenophobe.’ You’re just awake.
America is on fire — again. But this time, it’s not just cities burning — it’s our identity.
In Los Angeles, mobs of masked agitators — many waving the Mexican flag, others clutching Palestinian flags, and some burning the American flag — have taken to the streets, firing guns into the air, hurling rocks at ICE vehicles, blocking traffic, and setting fires.
America doesn’t need a savior. It needs a reckoning.
Where is the outrage from the media? Where are the helicopters? The FBI raids? The solitary confinement cells? When a handful of peaceful Americans entered the Capitol on January 6, 2021, a great many politely walking between velvet ropes, they were branded “insurrectionists.” Grandmothers were hunted down. Veterans were jailed without bail. But in Los Angeles, when foreign nationals tear through city streets waving foreign flags, they’re “demonstrators.”
Give me a break.
Illegal alien anarchy
What we saw in California over the weekend was the result of an illegal invasion. And it isn’t new. These aren’t “immigrants.” A great many are illegal aliens — a term defined by law — who have broken federal immigration law, ignored due process, and poured over our borders with the help of a regime that has openly defied the Constitution.
I personally know families who have tried for years to bring a spouse or child to America the legal way. They wait. They pay. They follow the rules. But if you’re an educated Christian refugee from Africa or a skilled engineer from India, you’re told to stand in line. Meanwhile, if you’re a cartel mule from Honduras or a “gotaway” with a gang affiliation, you get flown around the country on the taxpayers’ dime.
We’ve abandoned every principle that once defined American immigration: Learn English. Pledge allegiance. Assimilate. Respect the flag.
Instead, we have mobs chanting slogans that would have triggered national security alerts a decade ago. Now they trigger hashtags. And while President Trump is calling out the National Guard, California’s “leaders” stall, the courts shrug, and citizens remain unprotected.
This isn’t incompetence. It’s sabotage.
Our rights usurped
And the most dangerous part? We’ve been living under a kind of soft martial law for decades.
Since 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure quietly restructured the judiciary under a corporate framework that operates outside the Constitution. These rules merged law and equity courts, nullifying constitutional guarantees and opening the door for administrative tyranny in family courts, juvenile courts, and beyond.
Don’t believe me? Try asserting your First, Fourth, or Fifth Amendment rights in a family court. You’ll be laughed out of the room — if your children haven’t already been taken based on an anonymous tip and a judge’s rubber stamp.
If martial law is officially declared, the Constitution is suspended. That’s not conjecture — that’s legal doctrine. Read Ex parte Milligan (1866), in which the Supreme Court ruled that martial law cannot be imposed where civilian courts are open. Guess what? They’re not “open” any more — they’re rigged, corrupt, and run by private bar guilds with no accountability to the people.
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It’s an old tactic. In 1933, Adolf Hitler used the Reichstag fire to suspend civil liberties and pass the Enabling Act. In 1992, Peru’s President Alberto Fujimori used a wave of urban chaos and domestic terrorism to declare martial law and dissolve the legislature. In post-9/11 America, we got the Patriot Act, a surveillance dragnet sold to us under the guise of “security.” Now we’re watching the same script play out again — engineered chaos followed by calls for federalized control and, eventually, constitutional suspension under the banner of “safety.”
Welcome to the final phase of the coup.
While MAGA people wait for Trump to ride in on a white horse, they miss the point: He’s not going to save us. He can’t. No one man can reverse decades of infiltration, judicial fraud, and corporatist collusion.
And note to MAGA: Trump gave immunity to the creators of the COVID-19 vaccine, and his “one big, beautiful bill” is fraught with overspending and a government AI takeover, in which all participants have been granted immunity for wrongdoing for a decade.
We’re done being silent
America doesn’t need a savior. It needs a reckoning.
It needs state nullification, legal rebellion, and mass resistance.
If waving a Mexican or Palestinian flag while burning the Stars and Stripes makes you feel at home, then I’ve got a simple solution: Go home.
Because this isn’t your country. You didn’t build it. You’re not assimilating. You’re here to take, not contribute.
And to my liberal neighbors still crying about how “un-American” it is not to allow these criminals to stay: What’s un-American is letting our Constitution be shredded. What’s un-American is flooding our cities with criminals while veterans sleep under bridges.
What’s un-American is weaponizing immigration to collapse a sovereign nation.
We’re not xenophobes. We’re patriots, and we’re done being silent.
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