Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in Trump boasts that he’s turning the White House into a ‘palace’ as he gushes over his new helipad In an effort to put his mark on Washington, Trump has worked on renovating the White House by paving over the Rose Garden for a new patio and covering the Oval Office in gold Rachel Dobkinin New York Tuesday 15 September 2026 Trump says new multi-million dollar White House helipad will be used ‘like a table, for cocktail parties’ Trump says new multi-million dollar White House helipad will be used ‘like a table, for cocktail parties’ From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
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We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. President Donald Trump has boasted about turning the White House into a “palace” as he gushed over his new helipadright in the backyard. Trump shared a photo of the newly constructed black and white granite “heliport landing zone” on the South Lawn of the White House Monday, calling it a “work of art.” “It is an Honor, ‘in my spare time,’ to bring back the Beauty and Magnificence of the White House, to levels it has never seen before, not even after its construction in 1792.
Like our Nation, under the Dumocrats, was in decline, the White House was a badly maintained ‘dump.’ Now, it is a Palace!” the presidentwrote on Truth Social. Trump showed off the progress on the project last month, signing his name on one of the slabs of granite that would make up the helipad, which is designed to look like the presidential seal. In an effort to put his mark on Washington, Trump has worked on renovating both the inside and outside of the White House, along with his other construction projects around the D.C. area, such as the restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the proposed 250-foot Triumphal Arch.
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Anti-Trump protesters have held several waves of “No Kings” protests across the country for more than a year, starting with demonstrations against what they saw as an authoritarian administration during the president’s birthday military parade in June 2025, which was compared to the festivities of strongmen in countries like North Korea. Power belongs to the people, but only if we use it.” Members of the movement have protested against issues plaguing the Trump administration such as the rising cost of everyday essentials like groceries and gas and the president’s massive immigration crackdown, which has been criticized as too aggressive. Trump blamed vandals for the damage, ranting on Truth Social that the pool “has been given a 300 foot long gash” and that “chemicals have been illegally placed in the water.” The Justice Department initially filed charges against four of these alleged vandals, but later dropped them after finding that the damage to the pool was due to a botched job from a contractor rather than sabotage.
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