President Trump confirmed Sunday that a “massive” military complex is being built under his vaunted White House ballroom, providing new details about the secret project exposed in a recent lawsuit.
The White House ballroom is set to sit over the “doomsday” nuclear bunker that was built in the 1940s to keep presidents safe in times of war.
“Now, the military is building a big complex under the ballroom, which has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed,” Trump groused to reporters aboard Air Force One.
“But the military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well,” Trump went on. “We have all bullet-proof glass, we have drone-proof roofs, ceilings.”
“Unfortunately, we’re living in an age when that’s a good thing.”
Renovations on the White House nuclear bunker, formally known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, had been an open secret, though many specific details of the work have been kept hidden.
The nuclear bunker had been placed under the East Wing, which Trump demolished last year to make way for his vaunted $400 million ballroom. The bunker has been modernized numerous times in the decades since.
Last year, the Secret Service had warned in court documents that efforts to halt construction of the White House ballroom would pose national security concerns, something that was widely interpreted as referencing construction on the nuclear bunker. --->READ MORE HERE
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President Donald Trump in new remarks alluded to a “massive complex” being constructed by the U.S. military underneath the ballroom being built in the spot of the White House’s former East Wing.
Trump made the comments on Sunday evening aboard Air Force One, telling members of the press that efforts are being undertaken beneath the controversial ballroom that started construction in October and has an approximate $400 million price tag.
“The military is building a big complex under the ballroom, which has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed,” Trump told reporters on Sunday. “But the military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well.”
The president even showed journalists a large rendering of the ballroom plans, claiming that “for 150 years” other presidents have wanted a similar ballroom to host dignitaries from other nations. It will be the same height as the White House, Trump added, and will supposedly be capable of hosting large events like the inauguration and other galas involving world leaders or otherwise.
“We have all bullet-proof glass, we have drone-proof roofs, ceilings…and, unfortunately, we’re living in an age where that’s a good thing,” he added while interchanging different renderings, including views from the U.S. Treasury building and from an angle to the south of the White House. Renderings also showed staircases and columns.
The president claimed “it’s all donors” subsidizing the hefty ballroom cost, and that “not one dime of government money” is going towards the project.
He also described the underground construction as a “shed” shielding individuals “from drones, and including from any other thing.”
“The glass, or the windows—you see the big windows—the glass is extremely thick,” Trump said. “It’s high-grade bulletproof glass, so all of the windows are bulletproof.” --->READ MORE HERE
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