The president's comments came as workers erected two 88-foot-tall flagpoles, one on the North Lawn and one on the South Lawn, at the White House on Wednesday.

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 White House said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will make a decision on whether the U.S. will get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict in the next two weeks.