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 new “One Flag Policy” prohibits flags tied to movements like Pride and Black Lives Matter at US facilities, ensuring only the American flag is displayed. Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

All flags other than the U.S. flag have been banned at government facilities domestically and abroad under a new anti-DEI policy from the Trump administration.

Prior to this, displays of the Pride flag outside State Department buildings were banned under a $1.2 trillion funding agreement that Joe Biden signed in March.