Trump: New helipad ‘truly a work of art’

President Trump shared a picture Monday of the renovated White House helipad, calling it “a work of art” following months of construction over the summer.

“It is magnificently made of carved granite in shades of Black and White. It is truly a work of art and, even the Trump Haters are saying, ‘Wow, that’s really good,’” he wrote on Truth Social .

The president said in the post that the project was “ahead of schedule, under budget and, again, though expensive, was a Gift to America!”

Trump described how the renovators replaced asphalt at the Main Entrance to the White House with white granite, which he says will result in, “no cracks, or defacement, EVER!”

“It is an Honor, ‘in my spare time,’ to bring back the Beauty and Magnificence of the White House, to levels it has never seen before, not even after its construction in 1792,” the president said. “Like our Nation, under the Dumocrats, was in decline, the White House was a badly maintained ‘dump.’ Now, it is a Palace!”

His remarks appeared alongside a photo of the helipad featuring a black and white presidential seal — designed to be 100 feet wide and made from 4-inch-thick granite from a quarry in California.

The project began after crews removed the fighting arena from the White House’s South Lawn after the “Freedom 250 UFC” event to celebrate Trump’s 80th birthday in June.

The president said in July that Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin that manufactures Marine One helicopters, was “ paying the full cost ” for the project.

The project was estimated to cost $6 million though a Washington Post report alleged the costs could have increased throughout construction when Trump reportedly ordered contractors to redo their work because he was dissatisfied with the result.

While construction on the helipad was underway, Trump used the Ellipse, south of the White House lawn, to land Marine One which also faced issues when Trump’s helicopter came within a mile of a passenger jet.

A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report “determined that there was not adequate line-of-sight to ensure communications between the radio transmitter/receiver sight and The Ellipse.”

The helipad is the latest of Trump’s renovation projects across the nation’s capital and not the first at the White House during his second term. The demolition of the East Wing to allow for a massive ballroom has faced waves of scrutiny, including from employees who served past first ladies.