Trump says Sikorsky, a ​Lockheed Martin subsidiary, to fund White House helicopter landing pad

Trump said Sikorsky would spend about $5 million to $6 million on a granite landing ​pad on the White House South Lawn, saying the more ​powerful helicopters have damaged the lawn during landings.

"They didn't ⁠tell us how powerful these helicopters were and they felt ​a little bit guilty," Trump told reporters in the Oval ​Office.

Marine One, the call sign for Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president, commonly refers to the fleet of presidential helicopters.

The president said that after learning ​Sikorsky was paying, he asked for the helipad to have ​a carved seal of the White House.