Social Media Erupts as US Flag Seen on Ground Behind Trump
By: Tom Durante (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
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.'"
Over the summer, Trump signed an executive order to criminalize flag-burning.
A photo of a haggard-looking Trump on Sunday night with the flag behind him, taken by Getty Images photographer Mandel Ngan, has been widely shared on social media, with users attacking Trump over the imagery:
Seeing the American flag lying on the White House lawn as President Trump returns is just absolutely f'ing insane… pic.twitter.com/J5JObKZfdA
— Liam Dupont (@WJDupont) November 17, 2025
Hey MAGA uber-patriots: Here is your virile, very stable genius, god king shuffling back to the White House, now partly in rubble, with the American flag on the ground. pic.twitter.com/qKAb8BoJXz
— Jackie Wollner (@jackiewollner) November 17, 2025
A clearly exhausted Trump returned to the White House tonight where the American flag is being allowed to lie on the ground.
Fitting for this anti-America administration. pic.twitter.com/jifqFflVIS
— That Gay Guy Candle Co. (@gayguycandleco) November 17, 2025
State of the Union
Flag on the ground
POTUS in the Epstein files pic.twitter.com/Y2e3yXPebx
— Linda (@ArkyMama) November 17, 2025
The White House's staff has so little regard for Trump that they don't even bother making an attempt at keeping the American flag from touching the ground even as he passes by. pic.twitter.com/3EAhAj2v0e
— Hey, Dave! (@davegreenidge57) November 17, 2025
At the White House, Trump walking past the flag that has fallen to the ground. Quite symbolic. pic.twitter.com/BCyTIlvMSa
— Devin Duke (@sirDukeDevin) November 17, 2025
After another weekend of golf with Lindsey Graham and hosting fancy dinner parties with wealthy CEOs, Donald Trump returned to the White House last night with the American flag lying on the ground. pic.twitter.com/JVseJApGDh
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) November 17, 2025
A clearer image of just the flag on the ground was also posted:
The flag on the ground at the White House. Yikes! pic.twitter.com/nT1zAkCDyv
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) November 17, 2025
This is how the White House treats the flag of the United States of America?
They just let it lie on the ground! I'm sure our US military members who follow the page could share the rules for handling the flag! Once again, Trump is a travesty against our great nation. pic.twitter.com/apzQVWrHh6
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) November 17, 2025
The White House did not immediate return a call for comment by Mediaite. —
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Another highly symbolic photo of what Trump is doing to America.
That picture is worth 10,000 words.
he had just finished wiping his feet on it ...
dear mexicans, central americans, and south americans. in a little over 3 years there will be huge maga vehicle convoys traveling from the southern US to the new kingdom of trump, formerly venezuela. they will be carrying hidden cash and guns to their new christo-fascist homeland. please feel free to keep those vehicles and whatever else you find, and in the spirit of maga, don't forget to neutralize any witnesses. sincerely, the patriotic americans that still believe in the US constitution and the rule of law.
He told Laura Ingraham last week that everything that happens at the White House is his idea.
the maga in the media that eventually reach the realization that there will be life after trump will start putting distance between themselves and trump as his mental state continues to deteriorate. it's important for them to start constructing the facade that they alone can control trump's unamerican impulses before the midterms.
He looks like the walking dead. Must be thinking about what his base is going to say when they find out he was a pedophile pimp.
he does look awful
pretty soon he'll be having his private physician following him around with a medical bag of hypos, like hitler ...
meh, the biggest segment of his base, thumpers, seem okay with his past history of child molestation. after all, it's biblical ...
I'm asking Pam Bondi to prosecute him for flag desecration.
Wow! Isn't there supposed to a caretaker for the flags flown at the WH? Shame shame shame
here comes the brigade to tell us the photo is fake
So the people that supported burning the flag are suddenly concerned about one being on the floor? SMH.
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You do understand free speech, don't you? The SCOTUS even ruled that burning a flag is protected under the First Amendment. Never say you would never burn a flag. I don't how angry I would have to be to actually burn one but I won't say I will never burn one
that shit isn't in the revised maga constitution. burning flags only offends fake patriots that are totally clueless when it comes to the US constitution. more than likely the same ones that own trump merch that features his likeness on american flags ...
I looked and looked and looked and I can't find anyone who is concerned about the flag being "on the floor" supporting burning it.
Of course, the U.S. Flag Code suggests destroying a worn flag, presumably one left on the ground soaking up rain and mud, for example, in a dignified way such as burning it in a respectful ceremony.
didn't POS/POTUS just violate his own EO about the flag, or was it just for burning one?
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that's almost as funny as those that took an oath to defend the constitution still supporting trump ...
it's not that funny...it's fucking tragic
most maga vets never knew why they were in the service in the first place ...
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So the people that profess to support the flag above all else don't care that trump and his cadre don't care if one is laying on the ground? SMH.
all trump has to do is sign it, and some maga moron will mortgage his house to buy it off the WH website ...
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you sure are giving it a lot of attention...this is your 3rd comment in 5 minutes
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and you just make it more amusing
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not amusing in the way you think
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What's pop tarts got to do with it?
And who is eating them?
And why?
(Curious minds want to know)
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It's how some poorly educated bigots and moronic incels imagine all liberals live, though clearly it's nothing but projection. Many are just bitter about never having moved out of their parent's basement themselves which is why they've never had a job or a girlfriend and just spend their time trolling the internet like most rightwing conservative incels.
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It really just looks like it’s being taken down.
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always the voice of reason.
Social Media Erupts
So when does "social media" not erupt?
That's what social media does-- it constantly erupts!
On rare occasions, those causing (or attempting to cause) yet another eruption fail to make it "erupt" (or sometimes cause eruptions that that are really pretty feeble).
Well, at least I avoided the temption to say these time honoured words:
Must've been a slow news day . . .