flagpole during June, which is LGBTQ Pride Month. Last Friday, NBC News reported that three American diplomats said the Trump administration rejected requests from some American embassies overseas to fly the rainbow flag on the official U.S.

… when it comes to the American flagpole at American embassies at capitals across the world, having the one American flag fly, I think, is the right decision.” Pence stated, “I’m aware that the State Department indicated that on the flagpole of our American embassies that one flag should fly, and that’s the American flag. Speaking with NBC News on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence did not back down when asked if he supported the State Department’s decision not to fly the rainbow Gay Pride flag on the flagpoles outside American embassies.