Donald Trump has ordered contractors to undo weeks of work on the new White House helipad after reportedly becoming unhappy with how the project looked and questioning whether the sloping South Lawn should be altered. The dramatic reversal comes after crews had been working around the clock to finish the landing pad ahead of a planned visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September.
The contractors have now dismantled part of the work, including a roughly 100-foot-wide granite presidential seal that had begun taking shape on the South Lawn. Trump reportedly wants the landing surface to appear level with the horizon, raising the possibility that workers may need to reshape part of the lawn before continuing construction.
