drape yourself in the flagdrape/wrap (yourself) in the flag
to pretend to do something for your country when you are really doing it for your own advantage.
Companies in the UK are finding it useful to wrap themselves in the British flag.
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drape (oneself) in the flag
To make a display of oneself as overtly patriotic or doing something to benefit one's country (often when in fact one is doing it for personal gain). He may act like he's draping himself in the flag by getting manufacturers to stay in our country, but I also know that he stands to make a lot of money from such an arrangement.