Ex-White Home chief of workers Mick Mulvaney — who served in Donald Trump’s first time period — warned Wednesday that at the least one of many large, newly-installed flagpoles on the White House might show to be “downside.”
Mulvaney told NewsNation’s “The Hill” that the 88-foot flagpole on the South Garden might intrude with the president’s Marine One helicopter, which departs from and lands on the identical garden.
“I think about they thought of this, they’d be touchdown someplace else however I’m this going — because the chief of workers, who’s answerable for army operations on the White Home — ‘The place are we touchdown the helicopter with out creating an elevated threat for the president of the USA?’” he stated.
“I don’t know the reply to that but.”
Each of the flagpoles together with one on the North Garden have been praised as “beautiful” by the president who — amid a rambling press conference — was requested whether or not any “changes” wanted to occur to ensure that Marine One to proceed to securely use the South Garden.
Trump dismissed such considerations, claiming that the set up is “very far away” from the designated space for the helicopter’s departures and landings.
“We did it together with the Air Drive, with all people, all people signed off on it,” he declared.
“We now have to have it far-off … you must have a sure distance, we’re about 3 times that distance.”
It’s unclear what the space is between the South Garden flagpole and the Marine One touchdown space, or whether or not the helicopter has been cleared to proceed utilizing the garden.
Trump has described each flagpoles as a private “GIFT,” telling reporters Wednesday that they price about $50,000 a piece.
HuffPost has reached out to the White Home, which was not instantly obtainable for remark.
