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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

White House Workers Forced To Tear Down $5M Helipad Construction After Trump Decides He Dislikes the Appearance

President Donald Trump ordered crews to dismantle and regrade the unfinished White House South Lawn helipad after rejecting its slope and newly installed granite presidential seal (Credit: The White House via Wikimedia Commons)

Weeks of round-the-clock labour on the White House South Lawn are being undone by hand, after President Donald Trump looked at his half-finished helipad and decided he did not like what he saw.

Construction crews have begun dismantling parts of the landing pad, including a freshly installed 100-foot-wide granite presidential seal, on the president's orders after he grew dissatisfied with its appearance and its slight slope.

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