President Donald Trump said Monday in the Oval Office that he would have no problem with removing LGBTQ+ Progress Pride flags from Washington, D.C. streets, telling reporters that the banners could even be treated as symbols of domestic terrorism.Related: New York Post targets trans people with harmful reporting on Charlie Kirk murder, critics sayThe remarks came during an exchange with Brian Glenn, a correspondent for the far-right Real Americas Voice network and the boyfriend of Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. In front of a small group of reporters comprising the press pool, Glenn showed Trump an image of the Progress Pride flag hanging in front of a business and claimed it was a trans flag displayed on 14th Street, a main thoroughfare in the capital, which is long associated with LGBTQ+ nightlife and businesses. He asked whether the president would consider requiring the removal of the flag.Related: JD Vance declares war on left-leaning organizations while hosting Charlie Kirk podcast"A lot of people are very threatened by this flag. It means a lot of different negative things to people, violence," Glenn claimed. (@) Well, I wouldnt be, Trump said. Then theyll sue, and theyll get freedom of speech stuff. So thatll happen. But I would have no problem with it. He then compared the issue to burning the American flag, which he called an incitement to violence. Trump recently attempted to make it a crime to burn an American flag through an executive order.For LGBTQ+ people, the Progress Pride flag represents visibility and belonging. The Progress Pride flag was introduced in 2018 by nonbinary designer Daniel Quasar, who reimagined Gilbert Bakers rainbow flag to include a chevron of light blue, pink, and white for the transgender community, and black and brown stripes to highlight LGBTQ+ people of color and those lost to HIV and AIDS. It has become one of the most widely recognized LGBTQ+ symbols worldwide, flown on government buildings, city streets, and at Pride events as a statement of inclusivity and visibility.Related: Wall Street Journal quietly walks back false claim Charlie Kirk shooter had pro-trans messages on his bulletsGlenn pressed further, telling the president, Well, theres also, we call it transtifa, so perhaps if you can label them a domestic terrorist group, in all reality, you could take that flag down. It would represent the transtifa. Trump replied, I think you probably could. Again, youll be sued, and its okay. Ive been sued before a couple of times.Glenns reference echoed recent right-wing narratives about what he called trans shooters. After conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed in Utah last week, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal ran a series of stories tying the crime to the trans community, despite conflicting accounts from investigators. In August in Minnesota, officials condemned efforts to scapegoat the trans community after a transgender person was charged in a school shooting that left two children dead.Related: Minneapolis mayor warns against villainizing trans community after shooting leaves 2 children deadThe U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that symbolic displays, including flags, are protected expression.