While President Donald Trump weighs the single most consequential decision of his time in office so far — the possibility of US military intervention in Iran — he’s also completing a personal project years in the making.

The placement of the two 88-foot-tall flagpoles — one on the north lawn and one on the south lawn — began early in the morning of June 18. A U.S. flag was later raised on the

Ex-White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney — who served in Donald Trump’s first term — warned Wednesday that at least one of the massive, newly-installed flagpoles at the White House could prove to be “problem.