Admiral Kevin Lunday told Newsweek that symbols like swastikas and nooses "remain prohibited" by the USCG.

A Coast Guard personnel directive updated language identifying symbols of racial or religious hatred, setting off a political firestorm this week.

Any display, use or promotion of such symbols, as always, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished,” Admiral Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, said.

It was unclear who had directed the attempt to reclassify such symbols as “potentially divisive” rather than hate symbols.

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika Thursday night, prohibiting “divisive or hate symbols or flags.” ...

The U.S. Coast Guard had initially described hate symbols including swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive." ...

In the Trump administration, a pride flag can get someone fired, but the U.S. Coast Guard will consider swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive.” ...