Mulvaney warns of safety concerns over White House's new flagpoles

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Mulvaney warns of safety concerns over White House’s new flagpoles

BY SARAH FORTINSKY 06/18/25 09:16 PM ET

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday raised safety concerns about President Trump’s newly installed flagpoles at the White House.

In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” the former Trump official questioned how the president’s helicopter would continue to land safely on the South Lawn, where a flagpole now stands.

“I see a problem for where they’re supposed to land the helicopter — because this is right on the South Lawn, and I’m not really sure,” Mulvaney said in the interview when asked about the flagpoles.

“I imagine they considered this, they’d be landing someplace else, but I’m looking at this going, as the chief of staff, who’s in charge of military operations at the White House, ‘Where are we landing the helicopter without creating an increased risk for the president of the United States?’ I don’t know the answer to that yet,” he added. … The Hill reached out to the White House for comment.

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[JustAnotherGen]

1. wouldn't it be funny

If the heli blades caught one, it flipped the copter over and everyone onboard survived but the traitor?

[harumph]

7. ...and a free round of drinks for everyone!

[JustAnotherGen]

11. Anyone who tells me to 'be nice'

When that thing drops dead is immediately going to be told to fuck off!

I can't wait for the day! Orrex speaks for me!

[Martin Eden]

8. Is he dead yet?

The answer may have been erected yesterday.

[tavernier]

32. That would be tragic.

I would hardly be able to swallow my champagne.

[mjvpi]

35. But....but....but......Vance...... butt.

[JustAnotherGen]

38. He's a cry baby wimp

We can break him spiritually!

[JI7]

53. Even more funny if Vance, Miller, hegseth, noem were also on board

and didn't survive.

[JustAnotherGen]

54. And

Mike Johnson and Chuck Grassley

[newdeal2]

2. They can strap Trump to a harness and lower him down

Must see TV.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Something like this?

(from https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250327-the-vietnam-war-helicopters-riddled-with-bullet-holes-airlifting-rhinos-to-safety )

[newdeal2]

27. Yes exactly

Other options could include a little basket or a big military guy holding on to him.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. Or attach the line to his undershorts and give him a really big wedgy.

[erronis]

44. You don't want to be under his diapers when they explode....

[cab67]

30. somehow,

the rhinoceros looks more dignified during this procedure than Old Colostomy would.

[Girard442]

3. Eejits.

[sop]

4. Paging Orrex...cleanup on the South Lawn...

[malaise]

6. THIS

Bwaaaaaah😂😂😂

[tanyev]

5. *snort* Donald J. Trump, the J stands for jeenyus.

[Ocelot II]

9. It would be terrible if something were to go wrong. Just terrible.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

10. Imagine, Trump accidently falling from the chopper and the flagpole impaling his hiney...

Kinda like that Seinfeld episode, Fusilli Jerry.

[Srkdqltr]

12. Ok , so, the flagpole is installed, and now he has a question about it? Someone did not say something sooner?

[chowder66]

20. FWIW: That's a former Chief of Staff. Not the current one.

[Srkdqltr]

25. Of course

[louis-t]

13. He never thinks about the consequences of his actions.

Only about what his tattered brain wants at the moment.

[flashman13]

17. The problem here is that there are never any real consequences for the Donald.

Remember the 5th Avenue quote? It's true.

[Trueblue Texan]

14. I'm startin' to have great hope for those flag poles! nt

[AKwannabe]

15. The Chief of Staff says...

Who’s in charge of military operations????


Hahahaha!
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!

Fuck me! So. Fucking. Incompetent!

[chowder66]

19. FWIW: He's saying the Chief of Staff (who is in charge of military operations at the white house). No question mark.

He says it that way in the video also.

[usedtobedemgurl]

40. It was a former chief if staff saying this.

[Dem2theMax]

16. Shhhhhhh!

Nobody tell him. Let's just wait and see what happens.

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[pandr32]

21. It seems nobody tells him anything on purpose.

The Felon/Rapist/Traitor surrounds himself with 'yes' people who don't dare tell him he's wrong about anything. He can't handle being corrected or cautioned and flies off in a rage.

[littlemissmartypants]

46. Exactly...

His "charm" is what got him into military school.

[TommyT139]

18. Slingshot uprights!

So when it's time to boot his ass, no one has to get their boot dirty.

Instead, take a tennis net and some bungee cords, and rig up a slingshot. Aim for the Washington Monument!

(Do I have my map right?)

[littlemissmartypants]

45. Or the Pentagon.

[TommyT139]

50. Oooh, even better!!

"INCOMINGGGGG!!!"

[Maninacan]

23. Flagpoles

Hospital nearby had flagpoles near helipad. Made me nervous every morning i drove by. They moved the helipad to another area.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. Poles will attract lightning too

yes i know they're grounded, but still, electricity can do anything. It could topple a pole, create sparks between them, even if the energy is supposed to dissipate in the ground. It can move to other underground conductors.

[BidenRocks]

29. Like Caddyshack.

A hole in one!
ZZZAAAPPP!!
Next admin removes this vandalism and restores the Rose Garden.

[C_U_L8R]

28. Taco Trump Kabob

[littlemissmartypants]

43. Snort

[cab67]

31. Hopefully, the next president will take them down.

If they're a safety hazard, I don't care how patriotic they may appear.

The entire White House must be detrumpified.

[Sogo]

33. Ha, struck down by his own towering ego!

nt

[Puppyjive]

36. Hope they checked them for surveillance devices

Would not be surprised.

[Prairie Gates]

37. "I imagine they considered this..."

Sir, you worked for this numbskull. You know damn well they didn't consider anything but the Toddler's most recent demand.

[KitFox]

39. He is remaking the White House in his tacky and garish image. The iconic

view of the White House now looks like any of those businesses you see with those gigantic stadium sized flags. This fits perfectly with his fake gold embellishments all over the Oval Office, the Qatari jet, the fake tan, the strange hair, the absurdly long ties, lifts in his shoes, and the ill fitting suits among countless other examples. I am remembering that he sued the city of Palm Beach for 25 million to keep his 80 foot flag pole at Mar-a-Lago which violated city ordinance. The depths of his sociopathic narcissism are staggering.

[littlemissmartypants]

41. ETT...

[Bettie]

42. 88 Feet tall

just to tell the Nazis how much he loves them.

[Wicked Blue]

47. tRumpsicle

[Blue Owl]

48. Safety last

Let tRump perish as a result of his own stupidity… please Lord….

[Runningdawg]

49. Anybody but Pence think they aren't really flagpoles? The wooden gallows seem to draw too much attention.

[D. Spaulding]

51. Did anyone read the transcript of his interview when he explained the flagpoles. Bizarre, it reminded me

of Capt Queeg and the strawberries.

[Sea A Chell]

52. I think the flag poles are just too weird not to be something else

I agree with the post wondering out loud if there are surveillance devices in the flag poles!