India, July 4 -- During his appearance at the Salute to America event in Iowa on Thursday, Donald Trump couldn't help but gush over his newest additions to the White House lawn: two massive flagpoles, both standing at 88 feet tall.

"Did anybody see the beautiful flag I put up in front of the White House?" Trump asked the cheering crowd. "Everyone's liking it. Everyone's liking it. I actually put two up. I put one in the front and one in the back. I didn't want to go too crazy. I thought that would be enough."

The POTUS revealed that he personally paid for the installations, which reportedly cost around $100,000. "You know, they're big. They're about as big as you can get. We're proud of it," he said, drawing applause. He had also posted...