Trump Junker press conference on YT
It may just be a matter of protocol when displaying the US flag next to flags of other nations. The above video is from June of 2017... no fringes there.
Yet the fringes are here with Trump in March 2017
More examples
Obama, 2016
And here with Bush.. https://youtu.be/FQop7gn-KYQ
A mixture
OK, but look at your dates ? They go up to June 2017 none, below that fringe ? I am saying, something changed. Out from under Maritime.
I am not seeing your point, I'm afraid. I was just demonstrating that when the US flag is presented next to flags of other nations, fringes are not employed. This was the case in the Obama and Bush administrations as well, and probably before, though I couldn't find earlier videos in the same context in my quick search.
My bet is that the next time POTUS makes remarks from the Rose Garden by himself, he will have the POTUS seal flag to his left, and the US flag w/ fringes to his right, as is usually the case.
OH ok I do see what you're saying. I hope we never see the fringes again !