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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:18 PM Jun 18

Trump installs massive new flag poles at the White House [View all]

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