Man arrested for burning American flag near White House hours after Trump signs order. “You burn a flag, you get one year in jail. You don’t get 10 years, you don’t get one month,” Trump said. “You get one year in jail, and it goes on your record, and you will see flag burning stopping immediately.” When a bunch of Democrat-appointed SCOTUS justices ruled Old Glory could be burned in 1989, that was a dark day for America, and a self-inflicted black eye. If you burn the flag (or desecrate it in ANY way), you might as well get on a plane and fly to another country where you think you’re gonna be treated better or have more rights. Good luck findin’ any. I’ve lived in a few of ’em, and I’ll guarantee you, you won’t find any that come close to this’n.