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.

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney raised safety concerns Wednesday about President Trump’s newly installed flagpoles at the White House. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,”

President Donald Trump paid the cost to place two flagpoles at the White House and raised two flags late Wednesday morning.