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Miles Archer

(23,231 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 07:42 AM 14 hrs ago

Trump: "Ballroom" is a "shield" for "a big Military complex" being built underneath it. WOW! Hitler had one of those!

Trump has complained that a “stupid” lawsuit forced him to reveal plans to build a top-secret military base underneath his White House ballroom.

The 79-year-old president was defending his $400 million vanity project while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday night, after a New York Times article over the weekend exposed the shoddy nature of its construction and design.

While holding comically large placards detailing how the completed ballroom might look, Trump also gave updates on what is being built beneath the area where the White House East Wing once stood.

“The military is building a big complex under the ballroom, which has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed,” he said.

“The ballroom essentially becomes a shed [shield] for what’s being built under the military, including from drones, and including from any other thing,” Trump added. “The glass, or the windows, you see the big windows, the glass is extremely thick. It’s high-grade bulletproof glass, so all of the windows are bulletproof.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admits-plan-to-build-secret-lair-under-ballroom-got-busted/

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Trump: "Ballroom" is a "shield" for "a big Military complex" being built underneath it. WOW! Hitler had one of those! (Original Post) Miles Archer 14 hrs ago OP
So now everyone knows it will be there JBTaurus83 14 hrs ago #1
I'm sure he already bragged about it to Putin newdeal2 13 hrs ago #2
Yeah...helping the world "set coordinates" is never a good idea Miles Archer 13 hrs ago #3
Lol, it was already assumed that was the reason for the demo... haele 13 hrs ago #7
It is not even secret, not now anyway. nt doc03 13 hrs ago #4
It will be an enticing target for our enemies spanone 13 hrs ago #5
Now WmChris 13 hrs ago #6
Bunker with a ballroom on top. Blue Full Moon 13 hrs ago #8
And we all know what happened in Hitler's bunker. Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #9
And everybody in the US was going to get a piece of cake and a tour. You've ruint it for everybody. marble falls 12 hrs ago #10
if he was only building a million sf underground bunker, few would even bat an eye. uncle ray 12 hrs ago #11
He's not gonna leave office. He's going to his bunker and going to refuse the results of the election. Wait and see. ratchiweenie 11 hrs ago #12

newdeal2

(5,400 posts)
2. I'm sure he already bragged about it to Putin
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 07:59 AM
13 hrs ago

Showed him exactly where everything goes.

Miles Archer

(23,231 posts)
3. Yeah...helping the world "set coordinates" is never a good idea
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:05 AM
13 hrs ago

...and I'd assume "building a Military complex on White House grounds" requires more prior approval than was sought by Trump.

haele

(15,392 posts)
7. Lol, it was already assumed that was the reason for the demo...
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:46 AM
13 hrs ago

Either a larger Situation/War room/Bunker setup like they have in the movies, or an AI based population monitoring center.
Whatever it was going to be, there was too much space required just to be a throne room, err, ball room.

WmChris

(734 posts)
6. Now
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:39 AM
13 hrs ago

He's got the bunker where he can end his and our agony with his own final solution just like his mentor Adolf.

Blue Full Moon

(3,479 posts)
8. Bunker with a ballroom on top.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:49 AM
13 hrs ago

This was pointed out months ago.

Can we skip to the end where he unalives himself in the bunker? He's doing everything Hitler did.

marble falls

(71,910 posts)
10. And everybody in the US was going to get a piece of cake and a tour. You've ruint it for everybody.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:18 AM
12 hrs ago

uncle ray

(3,358 posts)
11. if he was only building a million sf underground bunker, few would even bat an eye.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:28 AM
12 hrs ago

most would understand a legitimate need. it's the ballroom, dipshit.

ratchiweenie

(8,214 posts)
12. He's not gonna leave office. He's going to his bunker and going to refuse the results of the election. Wait and see.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 10:39 AM
11 hrs ago
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