Trump Installs Massive New American Flags At The White House - And They Don't Cost Taxpayers A Penny

President Donald Trump installed 2 monolithic 88-foot-tall American flags connected either broadside of nan White House this summertime successful a patriotic endeavor that did not costs U.S. taxpayers a cent. 

"President Trump personally paid to instal 2 big, beautiful American Flags to activity proudly complete nan White House for years to come. This is conscionable 1 of galore projects President Trump selflessly paid for to make nan White House moreover much patriotic and beautiful," White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital connected Thursday. 

The flagpoles were estimated to costs $50,000 each. 

An American emblem has flown connected nan White House tile stretching backmost decades, pinch Trump first announcing successful April that he planned to instal further flags connected nan North and South lawns. 

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"They needed flagpoles for 200 years," Trump told nan media backmost successful April erstwhile he first announced plans for nan emblem installations. "It was thing I’ve often said, you know, they don’t person a flagpole per se. So we’re putting 1 correct wherever you saw us, and we’re putting different 1 connected nan different side, connected apical of nan mounds. It’s going to beryllium 2 beautiful poles."

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"Paid for by Trump," he added. 

President Donald Trump first announced he would person 2 monolithic emblem poles installed connected nan White House. (Getty Images)

The flagpoles were installed past period up of nan 4th of July vacation and now framework nan White House connected either lawn.

Trump held a flag-raising ceremonial connected June 18, erstwhile he remarked that these are nan "best poles anyplace successful nan state aliases successful nan world," while reveling successful nan manual installation of nan poles. 

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"Only if you’re successful building is this exciting," Trump said during nan ceremonial past month. "See, you person to get it perfectly consecutive and erstwhile it’s perfect, they move successful nan sand, and it’s location for 100 years."

President Donald Trump has hugged nan American emblem astatine various points crossed his governmental career, including successful 2019 during CPAC. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The installation of nan emblem poles is Trump's latest revamp to nan White House nether his 2nd administration. The White House Rose Garden, for example, is presently nether building aft Trump announced successful March that he planned to renovate nan historical plot pinch pavers, citing nan writer "doesn’t work," citing really nan soft writer terrain was difficult for immoderate visitors, notably women successful high-heels, to navigate.