As warfare within the Center East rages, President Donald Trump discovered time to oversee the set up of a large flagpole on the White House grounds.
The president, on Wednesday, watched development employees increase the brand new construction on the South Garden and turned the occasion into an impromptu press convention.
Trump had announced on Truth Social on Tuesday that he could be “placing up two lovely Flag Poles on either side of the White Home,” and described it as “a GIFT from me.”
The erection of latest flagpoles comes because the president weighs up whether or not to send U.S. warplanes to bomb Iran in a transfer that may considerably escalate the battle with Israel.
In rambling feedback to reporters that essayed the tensions within the Center East, rates of interest and immigration, the president appeared happy with the brand new addition to the White Home.
“It’s such a good looking pole,” he stated of the primary pole to be put up, noting he has one at his Doral golf resort in Miami, Florida.
“These are the most effective poles anyplace within the nation, or on this planet, truly,” added Trump, earlier than saying to nobody specifically he needed to “want you a whole lot of luck with the brand new flagpole.”
The president additionally suggested he was barred from utilizing the phrase “erect” as he described the set up as a “lifting.”
“Additionally they use one other phrase, however I’m not gonna use that phrase,” he stated. “Are you aware what that phrase is? It begins with an E. Are you aware what the phrase is? If I ever used it, I’d be run out of city by you individuals.”
When requested about whether or not he would sanction air strikes on Iranian nuclear amenities, Trump replied: “I could do it. I could not do it. I imply, no person is aware of what I’m going to do.”
Watch a few of his remarks on the flagpole under.