Nothingburger. A cursory search for "trump oval office address" shows these results with the flags in similar positions. Perhaps the flags are moved closer to get them into the shot (TV purposes).
Likely to be the case. Maybe they position the flags directly behind the oval office normally and they move them for wide-angle shots i.e. EO signings, oval office visitations by celebs, etc. I have no clue what their standard practices are.
Also Obama had the same flags behind desk during his oval office addresses
Nothingburger. A cursory search for "trump oval office address" shows these results with the flags in similar positions. Perhaps the flags are moved closer to get them into the shot (TV purposes).
Coronavirus address (3/11/2020): https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/11/trump-transcript-coronavirus-oval-office-126647 Direct Link to Pic: https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/476ac59/2147483647/resize/2000x/quality/90/?url=https://static.politico.com/e5/9d/cce993c740eea564412946564bb4/200311-trump-oval-gty-773.jpg
Travel ban/coronavirus (3/12/2020): https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-in-oval-office-address-announces-travel-ban-from-europe-amid-coronavirus-fears-put-politics-aside
Addressing border security (1/8/2019): https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/08/trump-speech-read-full-oval-office-address-president-trump/2520124002/
spez: btw links are good, you get brownie points.
Don't delete, leave for posterity. This particular notion gets floated around everywhere. You approached it the right way
Likely to be the case. Maybe they position the flags directly behind the oval office normally and they move them for wide-angle shots i.e. EO signings, oval office visitations by celebs, etc. I have no clue what their standard practices are.
Also Obama had the same flags behind desk during his oval office addresses