President Trump Orders Flags to Half-Staff Following Minneapolis Tragedy
MINNEAPOLIS – In response to a devastating act of violence that shook the city on August 27, 2025, President Donald J. Trump has issued a proclamation ordering all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff nationwide and at American facilities abroad.
The directive, issued on the day of the tragedy, serves as a mark of respect for the victims of what the President described as “senseless acts of violence” in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The proclamation commands that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff at the White House, all public buildings and grounds, military posts, naval stations, and vessels.
The order is in effect from August 27 until sunset on August 31, 2025. This gesture of national mourning also extends to all United States embassies, consular offices, and military facilities around the world.
The presidential proclamation concludes with the signature of Donald J. Trump, dated this two hundred and fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Further details regarding the specific nature of the violence in Minneapolis were not immediately provided in the official document.
