The only colors flying over U.S. embassies this month are red, white and blue, as the Trump administration bans rainbow flags and other LGBT Pride celebrations for the second consecutive June.
According to an internal memo reviewed by The Daily Wire, Secretary of State Marco Rubio restricted department personnel from “conducting or participating in any public diplomacy outreach or representational activity” associated with calendar observances that were not either official U.S. holidays or recognized by a presidential proclamation.
The directive bolsters the State Department’s “One Flag Policy” adopted in January 2025, which limits the flags that may be flown at U.S. facilities around the world to the U.S. flag, the POW/MIA flag, and the Hostages and Wrongful Detainees flag.
“The flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, liberty, and democracy,” the policy declared. “These values, which are the bedrock of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present.”
This policy embodies a sharp contrast to the Biden administration’s State Department, in which Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave embassies “blanket written authorization … to display the Pride flag on the external-facing flagpole, for the duration of the 2021 Pride season.”