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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,782 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:18 PM Jun 2025

Trump installs massive new flag poles at the White House

Massive new flag poles are being installed on the White House grounds after President Donald Trump said they were desperately needed and he would pay for them himself.

The placement of the two nearly 100-foot-tall flagpoles — one on the north lawn and one on the south lawn — began early this morning. It began early the morning of June 18. The flags will be raised around 11 a.m., the president said.

"It is a GIFT from me of something which was always missing from this magnificent place," Trump said in a social media post. "Hopefully, they will proudly stand at both sides of the White House for many years to come!"

Presidents have long put their own mark on how the White House is decorated, and Trump, who built his personal brand flipping commercial properties, is no exception.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-installs-massive-flag-poles-135836687.html

Inadequacy issues? Forgive if I'm skeptical about the claim he's paying for these himself.

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Trump installs massive new flag poles at the White House (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2025 OP
2 Middle Fingers lame54 Jun 2025 #1
Tasteless and vulgar... Glorfindel Jun 2025 #20
The Melania Meadows Trailer Park Look BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #2
For 2 ruskie flags? SheltieLover Jun 2025 #11
He likes the color combination BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #24
That must be it... SheltieLover Jun 2025 #25
Giant lightening rods. What could go wrong? nt Phoenix61 Jun 2025 #3
... SheltieLover Jun 2025 #14
He should stand under them during storms Captain Zero Jun 2025 #27
;-{) Goonch Jun 2025 #4
I know just where he can put them! nt redwitch Jun 2025 #5
He would prefer to have two huge Trump flags flying... kentuck Jun 2025 #6
MAGA will regret this when a Democrat hoists the pride flag year round. pcdb Jun 2025 #38
I notice the writer has judiciously avoided using the word "erect" in this story. Midnight Writer Jun 2025 #7
Turning the White House into a Perkins Restaurant? MineralMan Jun 2025 #8
Paging Dr. Freud... Ocelot II Jun 2025 #9
I was about to post the same thing. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #12
Sometimes a flag pole is just a flag pole. Xavier Breath Jun 2025 #13
For show.............. Lovie777 Jun 2025 #10
For ruskie flags? SheltieLover Jun 2025 #15
Yup. Fiddling while Rome burns. GoCubsGo Jun 2025 #21
Who dafuck cares, trmp? spanone Jun 2025 #16
Can we hang his lifeless body from one? Totally Tunsie Jun 2025 #17
Lemme guess. Kid Berwyn Jun 2025 #18
"Since our beautiful First Lady is never here, I desperately need something that I can hump." tanyev Jun 2025 #19
You know what they say C_U_L8R Jun 2025 #22
Is he going to put those little flags that were hung around old gas stations up too? dem4decades Jun 2025 #23
Guess Flag decals or flag pins aren't samplegirl Jun 2025 #26
He is fixated with massive poles because his is soooo tiny. nt ImNotGod Jun 2025 #28
These will have to go, along with his phallicness himself...nt wcmagumba Jun 2025 #29
that needs to be written into the party platform rampartd Jun 2025 #34
I want to see proof he paid for them Ritabert Jun 2025 #30
"Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds Ping Tung Jun 2025 #31
Hmmm, yes indeed. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #32
He probably got the idea the day he handed out hamberders at McDonald's Tanuki Jun 2025 #33
I don't see why his flagpoles shouldn't be as big as those snot Jun 2025 #35
Probably for a Trump flag n/t Alice Kramden Jun 2025 #36
Used Car Dealership Deep State Witch Jun 2025 #37

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
2. The Melania Meadows Trailer Park Look
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:20 PM
Jun 2025

“Pay for myself” - The Comedic Taco?

He’s chickened out on TikTok. Again

Irish_Dem

(79,741 posts)
12. I was about to post the same thing.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:32 PM
Jun 2025

We can well imagine what Freud would say.
And TWO huge flagpoles.

Lovie777

(21,717 posts)
10. For show..............
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:30 PM
Jun 2025

non of them are patriotic, actually they hate the USA.

Will he create a new flag with his face on it?

GoCubsGo

(34,662 posts)
21. Yup. Fiddling while Rome burns.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:40 PM
Jun 2025

That demented asshole only cares about appearances. He's more concerned about these stupid-ass flags than he is about the mess in the Middle East, or anything else. I won't be surprised if one of those poles sports a fucking "Trump" flag.

tanyev

(48,658 posts)
19. "Since our beautiful First Lady is never here, I desperately need something that I can hump."
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:36 PM
Jun 2025
Not an actual quote. As far as I know.

dem4decades

(13,667 posts)
23. Is he going to put those little flags that were hung around old gas stations up too?
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:05 PM
Jun 2025

Or maybe an Uncle Sam Air things that dance on the lawn?

rampartd

(3,751 posts)
34. that needs to be written into the party platform
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:41 PM
Jun 2025

these are probably antennae for his hot line to putin.

Ping Tung

(4,137 posts)
31. "Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:24 PM
Jun 2025
“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.”

― Arundhati Roy

sheshe2

(95,843 posts)
32. Hmmm, yes indeed.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:28 PM
Jun 2025
Presidents have long put their own mark on how the White House is decorated, and Trump, who built his personal brand flipping commercial properties, is no exception.


Trump left his mark…by lifting his leg to piss on the grounds of our house, then squatted to take a massive dump. The stench will remain with us forever.
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