https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reveals-jaw-dropping-truth-about-ballroom-project/ar-AA23CHTM (with embedded opening video)
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Donald Trump’s White House ballroom is merely a facade for what will actually be a six-story underground fortress featuring a military hospital, classified meeting rooms, and top secret research facilities.
The 79-year-old president made the startling revelation as he took reporters on a tour of the ballroom construction site and spilled previously unknown details about the ever-expanding project.
In a jaw-dropping disclosure, Trump told reporters that his $400 million White House ballroom was in fact just a “shield” for a massive multi-level subterranean bunker he was quietly building below.
“We went down six stories. It’s actually far more complex,” he said.
“They’re building a hospital—it’s a military hospital—they’re building all sorts of research facilities, they’re building meeting rooms.
A military hospital? Or a paramilitary thing, for the intended beneficiaries of the $1.776 billion thing Trump and Blanche and whoever else crooked up, all too recently.
I picture Robert Duvall, in Apocalypse Now, saying, "I love the smell of coup time in the morning."
Or was his wording a bit different?
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“The ballroom is really a shield and protecting all of the things that are being built here,” he added, pointing to the giant hole in the ground where construction was taking place behind him.
The comments are the first time the president has discussed how expansive his pet vanity project will be—far beyond the scope of the Mar-a-lago style event space that was initially pitched.
But the revelations have already drawn criticism, as well as conspiracy theories that he is building the facility to cling on to power.
“Trump is going to use the ballroom as a bunker. He’s not planning to leave the White House even after the 2028 presidential election,” Democrat and strategic consultant Sergio Grant wrote on X, echoing the fears of many others.
You think? That stable man, doing that? As if deranged or demented, or starting on that road.
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Other features of the project included titanium fencing so strong that “a bulldozer cannot knock it over”, Trump said, windows four inches thick and “9,000-pound concrete.”
There would also be a hardened roof made of “impenetrable steel” and enough space to accommodate what he described as a “drone empire.”
[IMAGE]“The entire roof is built for military," Trump said.
“They have a massive drone capacity. Not only is it drone-proof, if a drone hits it, it bounces off, it won’t have any impact. But it’s also meant as a drone port that would protect all of Washington.”
The president’s tour of the ballroom construction site was not initially part of his daily schedule. In a highly unusual move, Trump also provided reporters on the tour with breakfast sandwiches made by the White House chef.
What about let them eat ballroom? Fitting the theme of the day, "Look what I've gut, and guess what it's for." More -
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Trump initially argued that the ballroom was needed for large events of 1,000 people, which is far more than White House event spaces can currently accommodate.
The president also originally promised it would be privately funded through wealthy donors and corporate backers, with “not one dime” of taxpayer money.
But after a third assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month, Senate Republicans proposed a separate $1 billion federal funding package for Secret Service “security adjustments and upgrades”, suggesting that Americans ought to foot the bill.
That was an assassination attempt, not a staged show? A perp arrested, largely unharmed? Huh?
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump said he and his donors were financing the main ballroom, while the money Republicans were asking for centered on “surrounding areas and maybe enhancing some security aspects of it.”
Asked why the ballroom was so important to him, the former real estate mogul replied: “Number one: security; and number two, it’s needed just on a social basis for presidents.
Umpteen floors down, vs a top floor ugly-as-shit ballroom, and he keeps saying "Ballroom?" Business Times adds a bit more to the story:
Trump Says New $400M White House Ballroom Will Be ‘Drone-Proof’ With Sniper Positions and Military Complex
Donald Trump is pitching a planned $400 million White House ballroom as something far beyond a ceremonial venue, describing the proposed structure in Washington as a fortified complex equipped with missile resistance, drone defense systems and elevated sniper positions overlooking the nation's capital.
The remarks, delivered during a tour of the proposed site on Monday, immediately intensified debate surrounding the controversial project, which has already faced scrutiny in Congress over both its price tag and its use of taxpayer funding.
Trump told reporters the ballroom would be "drone-proof" and "missile-proof," while also functioning as a defensive hub with what he described as "great sniper capacity."
JD does have the 25th Amendment, if he's enough ball room to use it. So to speak. In a sense. More or less.
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If you want a context, I can give you a context:
Former MAGA congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is raising the alarm about Donald Trump attempting to cancel the 2028 presidential election.
The 51-year-old ex-Trump ally appeared on Alex Jones‘ new show and raised concern about a comment Trump made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last year. Ukraine’s election has been postponed on account of the country’s war with Russia.
“So you say, during the war, you can’t have elections,” Trump said. “So let me just see. Three and a half years from now, so you mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections? Oh, that’s good.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Ik3Q0Rxzo
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The Crabgrass read on this story is Vance is in calculation mode, and with distant possibilities unpromising, after this 2026 election JD may try the 25 Amendment putsch, win or lose. And, who for his VP, after a successful putsch, to go with into 2028, a term of his own? The Samoan lady?