A U.S. flag was later raised on the south lawn around 1 p.m. at a ceremony that included Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner. The couple was at the White House to watch the swearing in of Charles Kushner, Jared's father, as U.S. ambassador to France.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump had giant flagpoles installed on the North and South Lawns of the White House on Wednesday. The American flag has long flown from a pole on the White House roof, but Trump apparently wanted to switch things up, which is a common habit for him ever since he returned to the Oval Office.

The American flag has long flown from a pole on the White House roof, but that's always been too small for President Donald Trump, who wants everything to be bigger and more beautiful. On Wednesday, massive new flagpoles were erected on the North and South Lawns of the White House.