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image by Pete Loeser, 7 February 2021.
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Few Presidents in history have been as controversial as Donald Trump. Elected President in 2016 in an election that federal authorities later determined had been influenced by foreign interest supporting the Trump campaign, his erratic and questionable behavior while in office resulted in attempts to have him removed from office. He is the only US president to be impeached twice, once during his four years while in office, and once for inciting a mob attack on Congress that cost five lives after loosing office in the 2020 election. Both impeachments failed because of Republican Party support in the Senate. Trump continued to claim the election had been stolen from him, making false and unsubstantiated claims without any basis in fact.
Pete Loeser, 7 February 2021
A selection of Anti-Trump flags are shown here. The majority of the illustrations are based on flags commercial sold. Click on any image you wish to see larger.
Pete Loeser, 7 February 2021
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Images collected by Pete Loeser, 7 February 2021
image located by Dave Martucci, 1 November 2020
Here is a simple anti-Trump flag, published today in the Boston Globe,
Dave Martucci, 1 November 2020
image located by Esteban Rivera, 31 December 2020
This is a logo/symbol and I have not seen it
displayed on flags yet but if someone has, please send a picture so we can
confirm its existence as a flag. "After the Charlottesville "Unite the right"
rally (August 11–12, 2017), a piece of art spread at protests and through social
media feeds. The artwork resembles a Nazi swastika, except it's the number
"45" — for the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump — with the
international symbol for "No," a red circle with backslash. Austin-based artist
Mike Mitchell created the image with the intention of it being used as "protest
paraphernalia," originally posting it on Instagram February 9 and making it
available in high resolution on his Twitter account on August 14, 2017 (sources:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-45,
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/no-45,
https://www.usatoday.com/story
and
https://twitter.com/sirmitchell).
Esteban Rivera, 31 December 2020
image located by Esteban Rivera, 31 December 2020
Picture displaying the above mentioned symbol,
first seen during Donald Trump's first visit to Trump Tower after becoming
President, on August 14, 2017 in New York City) (cropped image from the original
located here:
https://www.hindustantimes.com, source:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news)
Esteban Rivera, 31 December 2020
image located by William Garrison, 2 June 2026
News source: Judge allows group to fly '86 47' flag in DC, rejecting claim
it is a threat to Trump - ABC News
The meaning of "86 47" on a flag:
Historically, "86" is a slang term meaning to remove, cancel, or get rid of
something. It originated in the 1930s in New York bars, where staff would "86"
unruly patrons, effectively ejecting them from the premises. Over time, it
broadened to mean "discard" or "eliminate" in general usage, and in modern
contexts, it can also imply "to kill." "47"This number refers to Donald Trump as
the 47th president of the United States. Therefore, the joined "8647" can mean
anything between opposing Pres. Trump to possibly calling for his demise. In
late May 2026, when an anti-Trump organization paraded this flag in Washington,
DC, "lawyers with the Department of Justice submitted a declaration from Secret
Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn to argue that the phrase is a "potential
call for acts of violence directed at the President of the United States,"
citing the current threat environment." However, on June 2, 2026, "a federal
judge is allowing a progressive group in Washington, D.C., to continue
displaying a flag with the slang phrase after concluding that it is "difficult
to fathom ... that a reasonable observer would view the flag as a true threat."
William Garrison, 2 June 2026