The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to halt the project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
In its filing, the administration included a declaration from the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service saying more work on the site of the former White House East Wing is still needed to meet the agency’s “safety and security requirements.” The administration has offered to share classified details with the judge in an in-person setting without the plaintiffs present.
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Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 267d
Here are the top 10 corporate donors who gave money to tear down the Whitehouse for this monstrosity. Keep that in mind when picking who you buy from.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/26/37-white-house-ballroom-donors-funding-300-million-build-tech-ceos-trump/
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 23 pts · 267d
"National Security" sounds like it's actually a bunker he's gonna hide in after he starts a major war, and ponders taking the easy way out when it's finally surrounded by the Allies.
(Maybe I'm mixing up my history, it all sounds so similar...)
wakko@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 266d
when he refuses to leave office in January, 2029 FTFY.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
Oh, he's got his sights set on Venezuela
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 266d
There's already a bunker in the white house. Maybe he wants one with more gaudy gold trim.
ZetaLightning94@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 266d
Wouldnt be a national security risk if he didnt put a giant hole in the fucking wall...
vegeta@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 267d
If Trump can't schmooze in a gaudy gilded hall and get bribes, he just might not make the nation secure.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 266d
solrize@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 267d
The security feature is the underground bunker. I saw some reports (apparently now regarded as rumors) that they were going to spend a lot on upgrading it. Who knows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Emergency_Operations_Center
n0respect@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 266d
Says we should test nuclear weapons, upgrades his nuclear bunker...
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 266d
A New data center underneath the white house to spy on citizens isn’t a national security threat the way they think it is
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 266d
Of course the Epstein-Trump Friendship Ballroom is a matter of national security. Where else are they going to host their underage drinking parties?
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 265d
Yeah, sure it's about national security, and so's fucking around with fonts.
troglodytis@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
In what way...?
/genX
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 264d
Well, it kinda is. Because if it isn't built, Trump will be angry and is probably going to bomb a US city or something.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 266d
~~national security ~~ penile insecurity