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Trump cuts ribbon on latest White House construction project — but major TV networks refuse to show it (granite helipad)
NY Post ^ | 9/21/26 | Emily Goodin

Posted on 09/21/2026 5:22:11 PM PDT by Libloather

President Trump unveiled his new granite helipad on Monday, but none of the major TV networks carried the event as tensions between the media and the White House escalated.

Trump used a pair of golden scissors to cut the red, white and blue ribbon on the project he dubbed “a work of art” while surrounded by construction workers who built the White House pad, which features the seal of the United States and is estimated to cost $6 million.

The White House aired the event on its social media channels, but Marine One, sitting on the helipad behind the president with its engine on, was so loud that Trump’s remarks could not be heard.

There was no national media TV camera — and its powerful boom mic — to record the event and pick up his comments.

The TV networks, earlier Monday, announced the suspension of the TV pool, the dedicated camera that distributes footage of the president’s events with the wider press corps and outlets around the world, after the White House barred CNN from participating.

The White House shot back, saying in a statement: “Access changes are nothing new. What is new, however, is the sudden claim that it becomes sacred only when the outlets are friendly to the Radical Left. The rule was never ‘every outlet gets in.’ It was always ‘our side stays in.’”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: awolpress; britishtroll; construction; granite; helipad; networks; ribbon; ribboncutting; tv; whitehouse

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1 posted on 09/21/2026 5:22:11 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

VERY cool!


2 posted on 09/21/2026 5:23:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Libloather

Never take your helipad for granite.


3 posted on 09/21/2026 5:26:47 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Libloather
Thank Donald the commie media was not there to turn a majestic occasion into a disrespectful snide fest.

We’re better off without any of them.

The tail must stop wagging the dog.

4 posted on 09/21/2026 5:26:59 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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5 posted on 09/21/2026 5:31:25 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Libloather

Sweet, but I’m thinking slippery in the rain.


6 posted on 09/21/2026 5:32:12 PM PDT by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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To: chajin; SunkenCiv; Rennes Templar
Never take your helipad for granite.

Everyone has been waiting for a lawn time!

7 posted on 09/21/2026 5:33:41 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Libloather

They aren’t “networks”. They are Trump and America hating baboons.


8 posted on 09/21/2026 5:33:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop the genocide of the Jews by the pork chop munching Nazi DSA Muzzie Terrorists!!! NOW! )
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To: Libloather

KcuF the Enemedia.

We have OANN, Newsmax, Brietbart and probably 100 sites that streamed this


9 posted on 09/21/2026 5:33:51 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: chajin; Ezekiel
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10 posted on 09/21/2026 5:35:53 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: Libloather

The President knows how to stage the beginning of an important construction project. He probably told each man in the ribbon line where to stand, what to hold and where to face looking.


11 posted on 09/21/2026 5:36:02 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: AloneInMass

They have different surfaces...and I’d bet it is NOT slippery when wet...AND it’s not like they don’t know when the copter is coming and going.


12 posted on 09/21/2026 5:40:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

It’s gorgeous...Once in a lifetime President that is so well rounded.


13 posted on 09/21/2026 5:42:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

Great, that’s what’s my kitchen.


14 posted on 09/21/2026 5:47:12 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: AloneInMass

re: Slippery when wet

If it were highly polished, but this installation likely has a rough textured surface.

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<<>> Melania Trump Trips On White House Lawn {Donald catches her]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goocy60sKGQ


15 posted on 09/21/2026 5:50:59 PM PDT by deks (America cannot be made great in complete isolation from the adversaries that are harming Americans)
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To: Sacajaweau

“They have different surfaces...and I’d bet it is NOT slippery when wet...AND it’s not like they don’t know when the copter is coming and going.”

The new Marine One was blasting the turf away so 47 installed this new granite pad. Plus he put down 6 acres of new sod.


16 posted on 09/21/2026 5:54:38 PM PDT by KingLudd
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To: AloneInMass

You think Trump doesn’t know what he is doing? One of the best builders in the world.


17 posted on 09/21/2026 6:01:06 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: Ezekiel

Shades of igneous gray. Appropriate for the cold, stony silence of a thankfully AWOL press.

Looks sharp.


18 posted on 09/21/2026 6:03:42 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Libloather

My son had an opportunity to see and meet the president and Melania in his first term prior to them leaving on the helicopter. He had pics and the day my son was there, the grass was dewy so it doesn’t surprise me Trump did this.


19 posted on 09/21/2026 6:08:19 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Who will do the Democrat voting that Americans won’t do? - rightwingcrazy)
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To: Libloather

I think Trump is telling us to download White House app for a reason.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759938088


20 posted on 09/21/2026 6:16:02 PM PDT by stanne
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