Of all the things the Trump administration could have asked for in response a gunman trying to gain entry to the White House Correspondents Dinner, what the Trump administration and their supporters have agreed to as a solution to possible mass shootings and assassination attempts is a ballroom deal.
It’s weird, right?
The Trump administration’s rallying cry, however, is “build the ballroom.”
Acting AG Todd Blanche posted on X in response to the lawsuit blocking construction of Trump’s ballroom:
This lawsuit is on behalf of one person who walks near the White House once a month and expects to hate the new design of the East Wing. One person’s passing aesthetic criticism cannot possibly justify delaying construction of a secure facility where the president can do his work.
It’s not the president’s job to hang out in ballrooms. It’s not the president’s job to build ballrooms. In fact, ballrooms have nothing to do with the presidency.
There is a whole list of problems with Blanche’s statement. The first is that the president already has a safe place to do his job. It’s called the Oval Office.
The reason why there is a lawsuit is that Trump has not received permission from Congress and that his ballroom construction appears to be illegal.
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