As war in the Middle East rages, President Donald Trump found time to supervise the installation of a giant flagpole on the White House grounds.

The president watched construction workers raise the new structure on the South Lawn and turned the event into an impromptu press conference.

Trump had announced on Truth Social on Tuesday that he would be “putting up two beautiful Flag Poles on both sides of the White House,” and described it as “a GIFT from me.”

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