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rsdsharp

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3. If it wasn't for the flight crew, I'd have no problem

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 03:23 PM

Jun 20

with Trump’s ego taking out his helicopter.

I can’t believe even these clowns would place a flagpole where it would interfere with the rotor cone safety of Marine One. But did they tell the people with knowledge what size flag they intended using?

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So is it true that the flagpoles FUBARed the White House LZ? [View all] Girard442 Jun 20 OP

well that was actually Trump himself Skittles Jun 20 #1

At the risk of being astonishingly out of touch, what's LZ? Landing zone? Scrivener7 Jun 20 #2

Helicopter Landing Zone. malaise Jun 20 #6

Thank you! Scrivener7 Jun 20 #7

If it wasn't for the flight crew, I'd have no problem rsdsharp Jun 20 #3

I hope so dweller Jun 20 #4

Thom Hartmann said they are exactly 88' tall. ariadne0614 Jun 20 #5