{"id":2498,"date":"2026-06-30T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:08:54","slug":"defense-contractor-is-quietly-paying-for-trumps-latest-unannounced-white-house-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2498","title":{"rendered":"Defense contractor is quietly paying for Trump\u2019s latest &#8216;unannounced&#8217; White House project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump, without prior congressional approval, has demolished the East Wing of the White House to construct a multimillion-dollar ballroom, remade the Rose Garden (twice), constructed an ultimate fighting cage, installed a Presidential Walk of Fame mocking his Democratic predecessors, changed the walkway to granite, refurbished the Oval Office with gold decorations, renovated the Lincoln bathroom, and now is constructing a helipad on the White House South Lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2496\">Massive blow to Trump as Supreme Court rejects birthright citizenship executive order<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president has often boasted that his renovations will cost the taxpayers nothing \u2014 while their true cost, such as the security enhancements of his ballroom project, will reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars, and possibly $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>His latest project, the \u201cunannounced\u201d helipad, is being funded in part by a $5 million donation from top defense contractor Lockheed Martin, according to a report by The Washington Post. It is \u201cintended to resolve a years-long problem with the new Marine One helicopters: They run the risk of scorching the White House\u2019s grass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The total cost of the project was not disclosed, nor was the construction before it began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConstruction crews worked into the night Monday on the White House\u2019s South Lawn, with the project blocked off by a large fence,\u201d the Post reported. \u201cThe helipad will be located near the South Portico, the traditional landingsite for Marine One, the call sign for whichever helicopter is transporting the president, the people said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retired Marine Corps Colonel Ray L\u2019Heureux \u201csaid it appears the installation of the White House helipad was determined to be operationally necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2494\">\u2018Is our president mad?\u2019 Prosecutor sounds the alarm on Trump\u2019s \u2018bloodthirsty\u2019 aspirations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new [Marine One] program is a costly one and not using the capability is bad optics all around for many reasons,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes that altering the aesthetics of the White House grounds can be mitigated by painting the helipad green.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast reported that Trump was \u201csecretly breaking ground on the latest desecration at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s many construction and renovation projects have drawn a loud, unrelenting backlash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservationists, lawmakers, government watchdogs, transparency advocates, and much of the public at large have balked as he charges ahead with building a glitzy new ballroom at the site where the building\u2019s historic East Wing once stood,\u201d The Daily Beast added.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2493\">Metadata reveals Trump post about \u2018golden gift\u2019 to US is just an AI-generated image<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump, without prior congressional approval, has demolished the East Wing of the White House to construct a multimillion-dollar ballroom, remade the Rose Garden (twice), constructed an ultimate fighting cage, installed a Presidential Walk of Fame mocking his Democratic predecessors,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defense contractor is quietly paying for Trump\u2019s latest &#039;unannounced&#039; 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