Trump planning to build helipad at White House for new Marine One: Reports [View all]

Source: The Hill

05/18/26 12:04 PM ET


President Trump is planning to build a helipad at the White House for the new Marine One helicopter, according to multiple reports.

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing sources familiar with the matter, that the president has discussed placing a helipad at the White House so the new helicopter, a VH-92A Patriot, does not destroy the South Lawn.

Three sources also told The Washington Post that Trump is looking to create a permanent helipad. The newspaper reported that the helipad concept has been floated for years and is seen as a way to prevent the helicopter, which is more likely to burn grass than previous Marine One aircraft, from damaging the South Lawn. The Hill has reached out to the White House about the reported helipad.

Trump has undertaken multiple renovation and construction projects at the White House and in Washington in his second term. Renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall recently emerged as a flash point in the president’s push to overhaul some of the most iconic landmarks in the District. The president announced plans to fix and renovate the reflecting pool last month, calling it “terrible” and “filthy.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5883247-trump-marine-one-helipad-white-house-reports/