88 Feet or 100 Feet
How tall are the new flag poles
Donald Trump had two large flag poles installed at the White House on June 18, 2025. There is some discrepancy on how tall they are. One estimate is 88 feet tall, as reported by ABC News. Newsweek says they are approaching 100 feet tall.
Is this important? I don’t know. Yet the ambiguity seems to be … criminal minds seem to be masters at using ambiguity to make statements. Make a fact difficult to find and you can accuse people of pointing out ridiculous things. You are paranoid, or ridiculous if you even ask a question about a fact.
Senator Elisa Slotkin asked Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, at a congressional committee hearing recently if he had given an order that would allow military personnel to arrest and detain protesters in Los Angeles. He basically laughed at the question, saying that it was ridiculous that she would even ask the question. Slotkin retorted that his predecessor, Mike Espy, has reported that Trump wanted to use the troops against the Black Lives Matter protestors, and asked if they could shoot them in the legs. Hegseth again laughed. Espy fought this Trumpian desire to use U.S. troops against American citizens. It did not happen in Trump’s first term. It is happening in this term. Hegseth told Senator Slotkin that she had to be careful what she believed when she read. Interesting. So he was basically saying that she should not believe the Secretary of Defense Mike Esper. Maybe his assertion really means we should think 10 times before believing what the current Secretary of Defense says.
So perhaps a Trump supporter would laugh at the assertion that the flag poles height is even an important fact at all. That it even has relevance.
So what if they are 88 feet tall? That doesn’t mean anything. Or does it? Even the rumor that they are 88 feet tall, that does indeed seem to be important.
The number 88 is a white supremacist symbol. The number 8 is the eighth letter of the English alphabet - the letter H. White supremacists use 88 to mean Heil Hitler apparently.
So if they are 88 feet tall, or even if this information is simply a rumor spread by Trump supporters, there seems to be an intended audience. Are things like this important at all? Perhaps not, but when there are hundreds of such ‘little things’ adding up over time, it leads to a darker future for us all. And these ‘little things’ are definitely increasing in number. Things like Senator Padilla getting handcuffed for asking a question of Kristi Noem. Arrests of New Jersey democrats for trying to inspect an ICE detention facility. Arrest of the comptroller of New York City and New York City Mayoral candidate for confronting ICE agents in the court house. They go on and on.
From Artificial Intelligence Chat GPT:
The two new flagpoles have indeed been installed on June 18, 2025. Their reported heights vary slightly across sources:
Height Details
88 feet (27 m):
ABC News reports the crew installed “two 88‑foot‑tall flagpoles” .
A similar height (“88‑foot”) is mentioned by USA Today, and Wikipedia confirms “an 88‑foot flagpole on each of the White House lawns” .
100 feet (30.5 m):
Some outlets—like Newsweek—describe them as “nearly 100‑foot‑tall” .
Other media, including the New York Post and Daily Beast, also reference them as 100‑foot‑tall .
Summary
The most reliable and consistent measurements indicate that each pole is 88 feet tall (≈27 m). The 100-foot figures appear to be rounded-up or promotional estimates.
So, installed and standing tall: the new flagpoles are best considered 88 feet high.
I asked Chat GPT ‘Is 88 a white supremacist symbol?
Yes, “88” is a known white supremacist symbol.
In this context, “88” is code for “Heil Hitler,” because “H” is the 8th letter of the alphabet — so 88 = HH. This code is commonly used by neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups, often in combination with other symbols (like “14” for the “14 Words” slogan).
It’s important to note that not every use of the number 88 is hateful — it can appear innocently in contexts like sports jerseys, years, or ages — so the meaning depends heavily on context and intention.
Organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) include it on their hate symbol database due to its use by hate groups.
Are these flagpoles a nod to Mr. Trump’s white supremacists supporters? I think they are. But isn’t it a perfect situation for a mobster that could simply laugh at such an assertion. Silly. Conspiracy theory. Trump Derangement Syndrome. These flagpoles are a symbol of our love of country you fool. That is what the many Mr Trump supporters would assert as they would walk away laughing at such a thought.
And you can’t trust Chat GPT. Question the information. Make it ambiguous. You have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Just love your country. Stay cool. Don’t worry. Trump has it all under control. Our country is better off. God saved Mr. Trump to do His will in America.
Oh my gosh. When will this trip end. If at all. If Mr. Huckabee has his way, …. Well. I need to cease. I was about to bring up his advice to Mr. Trump to listen to God in his decision about Iran. He mentioned Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic weapons on Japan in WW II. Does Huckabee want Trump to start an apocalypse by dropping atomic weapons on Iran? So we can hasten when Jesus comes back to save human kind that believes in Jesus as their savior and condemn all those that don’t believe?
Mr. Huckabee - are you planting 88 foot flag poles of your own when you speak this way?
God help us. Pray for peace. Be peaceful. Be loving. Pray. Just pray. And don’t plant anything that is 88 feet tall again.