Trump unveils new White House helipad as networks skip ceremony

President Trump unveiled a granite White House helipad on the South Lawn, calling it a ‘work of art’ and noting it costs about $6 million, but major networks refused to televise the ribbon-cutting after the White House suspended the TV pool and barred CNN, leaving no national TV coverage while the White House streamed the event on social channels; Reuters, C-SPAN and others rely on pool footage for broader dissemination, highlighting a friction over media access ahead of Trump’s UN General Assembly schedule.