Donald Trump plans '2 beautiful poles' to display US flags on White House grounds
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has his eyes set on "two beautiful poles" to display the American flag on the White House grounds.
Trump scouted one location for what he described as nearly 100-foot flag poles on Wednesday during a surprise visit with a handful of staff members to the White House North Lawn. He said he's planning to have an identical flag pole installed on the south side of the White House campus.
"They've needed flag poles for 200 years," Trump told reporters outside the West Wing. "I've often said, you know, they don't have a flag pole, per se. So we're putting one right where you saw us, and we're putting another one on the other side, on top of the mounds. It's going to be two beautiful poles."
"Paid for by Trump," he added.
Trump said the flag poles will go up in about a week or so. He did not say whether funding to pay for the project will come from his campaign committee or his personal money.
The most prominent U.S. flag currently displayed outside on the White House grounds sits atop the White House.
Trump's planned exterior additions to the White House's north and south lawns come as he's started to also decorate the inside of the White during his second stint in Washington.
The Trump White House has overhauled the Oval Office with striking new gold trimming on portrait frames and tables. And the White House has added two Trump portraits to the White House's walls.
One replaced a portrait of former President Barack Obama, which was moved to a different wall. A second Trump portrait, revealed this week, was placed between pictures of former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush.
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