Authorities in Washington, D.C ., arrested a man on Monday for setting an American flag on fire outside the White House, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order intending to stop flag burning.

A video shared on X by news outlet The Bulwark shows the suspect, standing in front of the White House, identifying himself as a 20-year combat veteran in the U.S. Army.

“I’m burning this flag as a protest to that illegal fascist president that sits in that House,” he said, pointing at the White House from where he stood in Lafayette Square.

“We burn this flag in protest to that president, who feels like it’s his right to do whatever he wants, make whatever law he wants, regardless of whether it’s legal or illegal,” he continued as he gestured towards the White Ho

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