{"id":3403,"date":"2026-09-02T21:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:39:46","slug":"trump-says-white-house-helipad-is-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3403","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says White House Helipad Is Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a new helipad on the White House grounds is complete, touting the project as both safer and more visually striking than the previous landing area.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3401\">Trump\u2019s Super PAC Is Running Midterm Ads \u2014 But They\u2019re All About Trump<\/a><\/p><p>Helicopters had been landing on grass at the White House \u201cfor many years,\u201d Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. \u201cIt\u2019s not good and very unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contractors were asked in early August to redo <span><u>weeks of construction work<\/u><\/span> after the president reportedly took issue with the landing surface\u2019s appearance and slope. The helipad is estimated to have cost up to $6 million, with defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin covering a majority of the construction cost due to the damage caused by their aircraft.<\/p><div>\n<div><div>\n<blockquote><p>Trump says the new White House helipad is ready \u2014 and here it is pic.twitter.com\/hZRWEpY6wq<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3398\">Thune Distances Himself from Trump on Data Centers and Beef Imports<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Danny Kemp (@dannyctkemp) September 2, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Johnson House GOP 9\/1\/26\" class=\"wp-image-3355\" height=\"512\" 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src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Interior Department Staff Fear a Major Agency Shake-Up\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Workers remove the sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-3375\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/145ed2c2289709a4fdd88d62df76fc2c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/145ed2c2289709a4fdd88d62df76fc2c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/145ed2c2289709a4fdd88d62df76fc2c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/145ed2c2289709a4fdd88d62df76fc2c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Kennedy Center Removes \u2018Beloved\u2019 Sculpture From Its Grounds\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Trump praised the work on the new heliport, which he says was finished ahead of schedule and came out \u201cmore beautiful than I would have thought.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIncredible the job they\u2019ve done,\u201d Trump said. \u201cCarved granite with the seal of the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3396\">Rubio Downplays CIA Director\u2019s Surprise Trip to Russia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project is estimated to have cost up to $6 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-white-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Says White House Helipad Is Complete - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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