Trump has 80-foot-tall flagpoles installed on White House lawn
FILE - A flagpole purchased with personal funds by US President Donald Trump was installed at the North Lawn of the White House in Washington DC, United States on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump had giant flagpoles installed on the North and South Lawns of the White House on Wednesday.
The American flag has long flown from a pole on the White House roof, but Trump apparently wanted to switch things up, which is a common habit for him ever since he returned to the Oval Office.
Trump’s changes to the White House
The massive flagpoles are just one of the many changes the president has implemented since he returned to the White House for a second term.
He’s already updated the Oval Office, adding gold accents, more portraits and a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Workers have begun paving over the grass in the Rose Garden, and there are plans to construct a new ballroom somewhere on the White House grounds. The changes bring the iconic building more in line with Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club in Florida.
"It’s such a beautiful pole," Trump said as workers used a crane to install the latest addition to the South Lawn on Wednesday. He returned to the same spot later in the day, saluting as the stars and stripes were hoisted for the first time.
The second pole, on the North Lawn, is close to Pennsylvania Avenue. The two poles are the most notable exterior modification to the White House since Trump returned to the presidency with grand ideas for remaking the building.
What they're saying:
"I love construction," said Trump, who made his mark as a New York real estate developer. "I know it better than anybody."
Flagpoles from Texas
A flagpole purchased with personal funds by US President Donald Trump was installed at the North Lawn of the White House in Washington DC, United States on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Dig deeper:
Ginger Kean of Plano, Texas, the owner of U.S. Flag & Flagpole Supply, was in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to see her flagpoles and flags installed at the White House.
The White House ordered two 80-foot flagpoles and flags made by Kean's company.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from reporting by The Associated Press and KDFW. This story was reported from Los Angeles.