Completion of the project comes as construction resumes on the White House Ballroom, a passion project for Trump that has faced legal scrutiny. The Supreme Court recently gave the green light for the administration to continue building.
Jen Psaki shares video of Donald Trump singing the praises of the multi-billion dollar agribusiness that donated grass to his new White House helipad project and also happens to a donor to Trump's campaign.
Trump led the press on an impromptu tour of the ongoing construction at the White House, including the new helipad he says could double as a place to drink cocktails.
President Donald Trump unveiled a new White House construction project Wednesday, issuing an impromptu invitation to reporters to join him on the South Lawn and tour the replacement of the White House driveway as well as progress made on his new helipad. During the tour, an animated Trump highlighted his personal investment in the projects with painstaking attention to details theoretically far below his pay grade: the placement of stanchions, the radial cut of granite, the elimination of potholes. The tour concluded with him signing a giant slab of granite that he said would be “flipped” and laid into the helipad. But first, he detailed another project — previously unannounced — that was already finished. 0:00 Trump announces…
President Trump signed a marble piece that will be part of the new White House helipad, he says will be operational this month. #trump #helipad #whitehouse
President Trump delivered remarks Wednesday as he took reporters on a tour of the construction site for a new helipad he ordered to be built on the White House grounds.