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post: Trump offered his thoughts in an early morning post on Twitter, saying nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag, according to Toronto Star. Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag if they do, there must be consequences perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! the Twitter post said. Reuters By John Wagner The Washington Post Tues., Nov. 29, 2016 Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened loss of citizenship or jail for those who burn the American flag, saying such protests which the Supreme Court has declared to be free speech should carry consequences. Flag burning was ruled to be constitutionally protected speech under the First Amendment in a 1990 Supreme Court case, United States v. Article Continued Below Trump did not say what inspired his proposal, but it comes just days after a college in western Massachusetts reportedly decided to stop flying all flags, including U.S. flags, after someone there burned a flag in protest of Trump election victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. react-text 158 An American flag burns outside the White House in Washington on Nov. 9, 2016, the day after after president-elect Donald Trump election victory. /react-text AL DRAGO / NYT A group of veterans gathered on Sunday to protest the decision by Hampshire College in Amherst to remove the flag. Eichman, that struck down a law seeking to prevent its desecration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.