The series of photos that the White House published on its X account Saturday gives the public a rare glimpse inside the Situation Room — again stirring the intrigue that occurs any time pictures from the highly secret complex are released. ( Recall the photo of then-president Barack Obama watching the raid that killed Osama bin Laden?)

Ex-White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney — who served in Donald Trump ’s first term — warned Wednesday that at least one of the massive, newly-installed flagpoles at the White House could prove to be “problem.”