Haslam is just trying to be a step ahead of the forthcoming national security initiative. To reduce recognition and vulnerability to terror attacks, all US Federal Government properties will not display flags of any kind. The lone exception is the White House. President Trump explains, "Everybody knows the White House. Everybody. We could fly a rainbow flag over the White House. It would fool nobody. Nobody would be fooled. Old Glory will always fly above the White House as long as I am President. Somebody else gets elected, I don't know... But, as long as I am President, the flag stays up."