President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed plans to install two “beautiful” 100-foot flagpoles on the White House lawns that will each fly an American flag.
Trump told reporters about the plans after he was spotted touring the North Lawn of the White House with Dale Haney, head White House groundskeeper.
“We’re putting up a beautiful, almost 100-foot-tall American flag,” Trump said, adding that the two flagpoles will be “top of the line.”
“And they’ve needed flagpoles for 200 years,” Trump told reporters. “It was something I’ve often said. You know, they don’t have a flagpole, per se. So we’re putting one right where you saw us, and we’re putting another one on the side on top of the mounds. It’s going to be two beautiful poles.”
President Donald Trump, left, talks with Dale Haney, head White House groundskeeper, right, as he stands on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The president noted that the flagpoles will be “paid for by Trump,” and should arrive at the White House in about a week.
President Donald Trump revealed the plans to reporters while speaking outside the White House on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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The White House currently flies an American flag from a flagpole on its rooftop. The flag is always flown there, no matter the president’s location.
An American flag and POW/MIA flag are flown on a flagpole on the rooftop of the White House. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, File)
The POW/MIA flag has also been flown at the White House since 2019.
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