cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40254758

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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[–] 50 points 11 months ago

More like, a matter of securing bribe money for his bank account

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  • [–] 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It's convenient how you can say anything is a matter of national security and that makes it ok.

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  • [–] 79 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    So here's the deal:

    trump considers himself the nation.

    Without a ballroom, trump is insecure.

    trump is insecure.

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    What was that conspiracy theory that they're building an underground data center and the ballroom is just a cover?

    Starting to sound a little less wacky...

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Or was it a Putin-esque apocalypse bunker?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Somewhere he can hide while the masses attempt to physically remove him, before he can call in the military to murder them all?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    That's one of many things I find batshit insane about the US election process - the fact that there's a months-long period after the votes are counted and a winner declared that the losing president is STILL PRESIDENT and can just do whatever they want FOR NEARLY THREE MONTHS!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Imagine he does run down there after losing the next election. He screams, "you can't make me leave!"

    And then they just leave him there, power on, data cords cut, so he can still push the buttons that make the screens blink

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It's going to feature a dentist chair and a bunch of weird heads on the walls, isn't it?

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I’ve seen better ballroom in a pair of Hanes.

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago

    With the amount of listening/recording devices that'll be fitted during construction then I'll have to agree that it will be a national security issue...

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    But I NEEED it! If you don't give it to me, I'll probably die! Or kill you. National security!

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    [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Like, a major security hole?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Fundraising/holding bribery lineups cannot be national security, no matter how he decides in his head. That is only purpose of a ballroom: Holding such events.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Time to put on a tin foil hat.

    I think they're also doing something else with the ballroom, but they're not just building a ballroom, they are building a bunker of some description.

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    [–] 50 points 11 months ago

    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.

    1. Meta Platforms
    2. Apple
    3. Amazon 
    4. Google
    5. Lockheed Martin 
    6. Microsoft
    7. Comcast 
    8. Altria
    9. Coinbase 
    10. Palantir Technologies

    https://fortune.com/2025/10/26/37-white-house-ballroom-donors-funding-300-million-build-tech-ceos-trump/

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    "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...)

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago

    Wouldnt be a national security risk if he didnt put a giant hole in the fucking wall...

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    If Trump can't schmooze in a gaudy gilded hall and get bribes, he just might not make the nation secure.

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    A New data center underneath the white house to spy on citizens isn’t a national security threat the way they think it is

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Of course the Epstein-Trump Friendship Ballroom is a matter of national security. Where else are they going to host their underage drinking parties?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago*

    Yeah, sure it's about national security, and so's fucking around with fonts.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    In what way...?

    /genX

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    ~~national security ~~ penile insecurity

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    [–] 16 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    'National security' is everything now with this government. It's become a meaningless word and should be treated that way in the courts.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    ‘This corvette is definitely a business expense because I plan to have a business meeting in it’ vibes

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Maybe Trump could see the writing on the wall and thought he would be the next person to burn down the White House not a bunch of drunk Canadians.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Of which nation?

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