Trump Plans New White House Helipad – Full List of His DC Makeovers

Photo: President Donald J. Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday, April 11, 2026, en route Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Miami, Florida. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian via Flickr. US government work. Article by Hannah Parry. Newsweek – July 6, 2026.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that a new granite helipad will be built on the White House South Lawn, the latest in an ambitious and sometimes controversial series of construction projects aimed at giving the White House and Washington, D.C., a fresh makeover. Trump told reporters at the White House that the landing pad was necessary because the next generation of Marine One helicopters damages the lawn every time they land. “It’s not that the grass gets discolored—it gets ripped out,” he said, adding that the pad would feature a 100-foot-wide White House seal carved into granite. […]

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