President Trump on Monday released the first photo of the Heliport Landing Zone on the South Lawn of the White House.
Trump said the black and white granite helicopter landing pad was completed ahead of schedule and under budget.
For decades Marine One landed and departed on the South Lawn grass.
President Trump said the powerful downwash from Marine One helicopters ruin the grass on the South Lawn.
Full statement from President Trump:
This is the first picture taken of the new Heliport Landing Zone on the South Lawn of the White House!
It is magnificently made of carved granite in shades of Black and White. It is truly a work of art and, even the Trump Haters are saying, “Wow, that’s really good!” It was completed ahead of schedule, under budget and, again, though expensive, was a Gift to America!
As part of the Project, the poorly conditioned asphalt at the Main Entrance was replaced with Highest Grade, 4 and 5 inch thick, White Granite! At a strength of 35,000 pounds per square inch, and rated “1 Million Years, PLUS, the Highest Rating there is for stone, aside from being beautiful, it is essentially indestructible. There will be no cracks, or defacement, EVER!
The Heliport path travels directly into the Main Entrance where the green entrance doors, from what was years ago a maintenance area, were changed to White House White with new, highest level hardware, locks, and hinges.
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! President DONALD J. TRUMP
