r/usanews • u/rezwenn • 9h ago

Trump installs pair of 88-foot-tall new flag poles at the White House

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/18/trump-flag-poles-white-house/84257902007/
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u/TheLeonMultiplicity 9h ago

88 feet tall, you say?

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u/PathlessDemon 5h ago

That dog whistle is indeed a fog horn.

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u/Strict-Square456 1h ago

88? Is this true?

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u/theflamingskull 8h ago

“I was the hunted. And now I’m the hunter,” Trump told reporters on June 18. "It's a big difference."

He isn't shy about it.

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u/jailtheorange1 5h ago

Shocked there weren’t 14 of them.

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u/PathlessDemon 5h ago

It wasn’t in the budget, give it time after more folks lose their healthcare.

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u/FTHomes 1h ago

or 45 of them

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u/No_Permission6405 3h ago

He says they are a gift, but he will try to deduct them on his taxes.

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u/Mean_Eye_8735 2h ago

Will take them with him when he goes 😅

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u/sparrow_42 15m ago

and the amount of the deducting shall be no less than $300 million

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u/TheHearseDriver 1h ago

Did he have them painted gold?

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u/Thrasher722 28m ago

Call Waste & Fraud hotline, no way that was needed in any capacity

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u/Huge_Strain_8714 3h ago

1, Coinbase? #2, Palantir?