New York politicians openly defied the Trump administration Thursday afternoon by planting a Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, escalating a clash over federal efforts to strip LGBTQ+ symbols from the birthplace of the gay rights movement. Rep. Dan Goldman and Rep. Jerry Nadler joined Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal to put up a new rainbow flag on a thin flexible pole inside Christopher Park, days after the National Park Service yanked the LGBTQ banner from the federally-controlled area under guidance from the Trump administration.