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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,870 posts) Sun May 24, 2026, 08:05 AM 21 hrs ago

Trump thanks Secret Service, renews call for ballroom after White House shooting [View all]

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.

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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.

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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 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago OP

What an asshole. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #1

The deceased gunman said he was Jesus Christ. GreenWave 21 hrs ago #2

Not the first time that a man claiming to be Jesus was killed. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #28

what ever did we do without a golden ballroom attached to the white house eShirl 21 hrs ago #3

Shootings vishnura 21 hrs ago #4

I believe it's a safe bet that the gunman, Nasire Best, was not operating rationally at the moment. mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago #5

Oh, who didn't see that coming? MolecularDust 21 hrs ago #6

Trump can't stay in his Ballroom 24/7 and videohead5 21 hrs ago #7

Paranoia has set in. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #11

We should call it a throne room as the as that's what he really is thinking about it as. cstanleytech 21 hrs ago #14

The White House is already equipped with an underground safe room FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #15

Trump thinks videohead5 12 hrs ago #26

LOL buzzycrumbhunger 11 hrs ago #29

It could be argued that placing a ballroom in the vicinity taxi 21 hrs ago #8

No 'Versailles' ballroom, please. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #9

Fucking asshole dalton99a 21 hrs ago #10

He's a meglamaniac. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #12

Bullshit!! The President has adequate security in the Whitehouse already and doesn't need anything else. cstanleytech 21 hrs ago #13

If memory serves, "shots fired outside the White House" isn't all that uncommon. paleotn 20 hrs ago #16

Back in the Bunker! James48 20 hrs ago #17

Maybe it would be better to give him the 1.8 billion he wants to steal HappyH 19 hrs ago #18

Besides all of the great comments above MolecularDust 18 hrs ago #19

There was a safe room under the East wing, Bayard 18 hrs ago #20

There's an emergency command bunker under the south lawn as well. chowder66 18 hrs ago #21

That's a backhanded thanks then. They did their job! chowder66 18 hrs ago #22

I fail to see how a room made for dancing will do "whatever"... LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #23

So Machiavelli's prediction is true Farmer-Rick 17 hrs ago #24

Safest place would be in a casket six feet underground. Talitha 14 hrs ago #25

so, does that mean THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS are not enough? Skittles 12 hrs ago #27

The only surprising thing about this is that he didn't call for funding Akakoji 11 hrs ago #30

Counter-offer pat_k 6 hrs ago #31