Can The American Flag Be Reclaimed From Trump? It’s Complicated

When Sharron Paul, a New York-based writer, actress, and comedian, heard that Donald Trump had lost the presidency, a huge smile plastered itself across her face for the rest of the day. Nothing could disrupt it — even the sight of something that had become more and more disturbing to her over the last few years: people in the streets, jubilantly waving the American flag.
Throughout the administration of President Donald Trump, whenever Paul saw someone waving the American flag, she says it felt "threatening and mocking to anyone...