In 2019, under the previous Trump administration, the State Department instructed missions that the rainbow flag may not be displayed on a “public-facing flagpole.” (Some embassies, such as those in South Korea and Israel, still put up pride flags or banners in public view, but not on poles.)

The “One Flag Policy” meant that Black Lives Matter or LGBT pride flags were no longer permitted to fly over U.S. government buildings anywhere in the world.

Donald Trump’s State Department is said to have enacted a “one-flag policy”, thus banning US embassies around the world flying Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ flags. The order was first reported by The Washington Free Beacon and states that only the Stars and Stripes should be flown,