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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,865 posts)
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:05 AM 5 hrs ago

Trump thanks Secret Service, renews call for ballroom after White House shooting

Source: The Hill

Administration
Trump thanks Secret Service, renews call for ballroom after White House shooting

by Max Rego 05/24/26 07:45 AM ET

President Trump early Sunday thanked the Secret Service for their actions in neutralizing an armed man who exchanged shots with officers outside the White House on Saturday and argued that the incident shows the importance of the under-construction White House ballroom.

{snip}

The latest shooting on Saturday “goes to show how important it is, for all future Presidents, to get, what will be, the most safe and secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, D.C.,” Trump said.

“The National Security of our Country demands it!” Trump added, referring to the ballroom.

{snip}

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5893184-trump-thanks-secret-service/amp/

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Trump thanks Secret Service, renews call for ballroom after White House shooting (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago OP
What an asshole. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #1
The deceased gunman said he was Jesus Christ. GreenWave 5 hrs ago #2
what ever did we do without a golden ballroom attached to the white house eShirl 5 hrs ago #3
Shootings vishnura 5 hrs ago #4
I believe it's a safe bet that the gunman, Nasire Best, was not operating rationally at the moment. mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago #5
Oh, who didn't see that coming? MolecularDust 5 hrs ago #6
Trump can't stay in his Ballroom 24/7 and videohead5 5 hrs ago #7
Paranoia has set in. Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #11
We should call it a throne room as the as that's what he really is thinking about it as. cstanleytech 4 hrs ago #14
The White House is already equipped with an underground safe room FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #15
It could be argued that placing a ballroom in the vicinity taxi 5 hrs ago #8
No 'Versailles' ballroom, please. Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #9
Fucking asshole dalton99a 5 hrs ago #10
He's a meglamaniac. Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #12
Bullshit!! The President has adequate security in the Whitehouse already and doesn't need anything else. cstanleytech 4 hrs ago #13
If memory serves, "shots fired outside the White House" isn't all that uncommon. paleotn 4 hrs ago #16
Back in the Bunker! James48 4 hrs ago #17
Maybe it would be better to give him the 1.8 billion he wants to steal HappyH 3 hrs ago #18
Besides all of the great comments above MolecularDust 2 hrs ago #19
There was a safe room under the East wing, Bayard 2 hrs ago #20
There's an emergency command bunker under the south lawn as well. chowder66 2 hrs ago #21
That's a backhanded thanks then. They did their job! chowder66 2 hrs ago #22
I fail to see how a room made for dancing will do "whatever"... LeftInTX 1 hr ago #23
So Machiavelli's prediction is true Farmer-Rick 1 hr ago #24

vishnura

(362 posts)
4. Shootings
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:15 AM
5 hrs ago

Are we too stipid to realize that the maggots are firing randomly to get support for.the ballroom?

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,865 posts)
5. I believe it's a safe bet that the gunman, Nasire Best, was not operating rationally at the moment.
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:20 AM
5 hrs ago

I don' t think he gave much thought to politics.

And good morning.

MolecularDust

(46 posts)
6. Oh, who didn't see that coming?
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:35 AM
5 hrs ago

Besides, just about everybody.

In other news, so what about those Epstein files…

videohead5

(3,001 posts)
7. Trump can't stay in his Ballroom 24/7 and
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:39 AM
5 hrs ago

What about Mar-a-Lago? Are we going to have to build him a Ballroom with a bunker at Mar-a-Lago and maybe even at his other golf resorts. This is how stupid this whole Ballroom thing is.

cstanleytech

(28,611 posts)
14. We should call it a throne room as the as that's what he really is thinking about it as.
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:54 AM
4 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(42,480 posts)
15. The White House is already equipped with an underground safe room
Sun May 24, 2026, 09:07 AM
4 hrs ago

... for the President and his family plus many of the top administration officials. There's no need to build another one, certainly not at taxpayer expense. Chump is free to use his own money to build one, if he so chooses.

However, he DOES OWE US for the East Wing and the Rose Garden which were perfectly fine for all of our previous Presidents. They now must be restored because Chump destroyed them for no good reason ... except that he's an asshole.

taxi

(2,760 posts)
8. It could be argued that placing a ballroom in the vicinity
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:46 AM
5 hrs ago

of a magnet for malcontented shooters is not a good idea. A resorts clubhouse would be much safer and much less costly. The ballroom as planned is a bad idea.

cstanleytech

(28,611 posts)
13. Bullshit!! The President has adequate security in the Whitehouse already and doesn't need anything else.
Sun May 24, 2026, 08:53 AM
4 hrs ago

Plus there's the Presidential helicopter that can do a evac as well should it be needed.

paleotn

(22,773 posts)
16. If memory serves, "shots fired outside the White House" isn't all that uncommon.
Sun May 24, 2026, 09:26 AM
4 hrs ago

Or even shots fired AT the White House. Yet a string of presidents got along just fine with the East Wing as it was.

James48

(5,258 posts)
17. Back in the Bunker!
Sun May 24, 2026, 09:49 AM
4 hrs ago

I wish he would just stay down there- in his “ Das Bunker” new place.

HappyH

(260 posts)
18. Maybe it would be better to give him the 1.8 billion he wants to steal
Sun May 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
3 hrs ago

On the condition that he loads himself, his entire family, his administration and all the criminals he has pardoned into that big assed bribe airplane and flies to somewhere far far away where we would never have to see or hear from him ever again. I think it would be money well spent.

MolecularDust

(46 posts)
19. Besides all of the great comments above
Sun May 24, 2026, 11:08 AM
2 hrs ago

regarding the great protection already in place.

The donOLD doesn’t realize that most people in the US and around the world aren’t ~ how do I put this delicately? ~ aren’t worried too much about his safety. The only person who cares is the Donald himself.

Bayard

(30,345 posts)
20. There was a safe room under the East wing,
Sun May 24, 2026, 11:13 AM
2 hrs ago

Equipped as an operations center as well. No doubt full of rubble now.

Expect to see continuing, "assassination attempts," until trump gets what he wants.

LeftInTX

(34,857 posts)
23. I fail to see how a room made for dancing will do "whatever"...
Sun May 24, 2026, 12:19 PM
1 hr ago

Now: Guy shoots at WH. President evacs to safe room.

After ballroom: Guy shoots at WH. President goes to dancing

Farmer-Rick

(12,788 posts)
24. So Machiavelli's prediction is true
Sun May 24, 2026, 12:29 PM
1 hr ago

Niccolò Machiavelli’s quote that's frequently repeated.

“And one of the most efficacious remedies that a prince can have against conspiracies is not to be hated and despised by the people, for he who conspires against a prince always expects to please them by his removal.”

He also said,

“Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.”

And pedo Trump is the most hated US president in history of this country.

Everyone is plotting against him. Even the average mentally unstable person, kicked out of a psychiatric facility, who admired and loved the East Wing of the old White House wants to attack the pedo.

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