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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,032 posts) Sun May 24, 2026, 08:05 AM May 24

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 May 24 OP

What an asshole. Scrivener7 May 24 #1

The deceased gunman said he was Jesus Christ. GreenWave May 24 #2

Not the first time that a man claiming to be Jesus was killed. twodogsbarking May 24 #28

what ever did we do without a golden ballroom attached to the white house eShirl May 24 #3

Shootings vishnura May 24 #4

I believe it's a safe bet that the gunman, Nasire Best, was not operating rationally at the moment. mahatmakanejeeves May 24 #5

Oh, who didn't see that coming? MolecularDust May 24 #6

Trump can't stay in his Ballroom 24/7 and videohead5 May 24 #7

Paranoia has set in. Joinfortmill May 24 #11

We should call it a throne room as the as that's what he really is thinking about it as. cstanleytech May 24 #14

The White House is already equipped with an underground safe room FakeNoose May 24 #15

Trump thinks videohead5 May 24 #26

LOL buzzycrumbhunger May 24 #29

It could be argued that placing a ballroom in the vicinity taxi May 24 #8

No 'Versailles' ballroom, please. Joinfortmill May 24 #9

Fucking asshole dalton99a May 24 #10

He's a meglamaniac. Joinfortmill May 24 #12

Bullshit!! The President has adequate security in the Whitehouse already and doesn't need anything else. cstanleytech May 24 #13

If memory serves, "shots fired outside the White House" isn't all that uncommon. paleotn May 24 #16

Back in the Bunker! James48 May 24 #17

Maybe it would be better to give him the 1.8 billion he wants to steal HappyH May 24 #18

Besides all of the great comments above MolecularDust May 24 #19

There was a safe room under the East wing, Bayard May 24 #20

There's an emergency command bunker under the south lawn as well. chowder66 May 24 #21

That's a backhanded thanks then. They did their job! chowder66 May 24 #22

I fail to see how a room made for dancing will do "whatever"... LeftInTX May 24 #23

So Machiavelli's prediction is true Farmer-Rick May 24 #24

Safest place would be in a casket six feet underground. Talitha May 24 #25

so, does that mean THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS are not enough? Skittles May 24 #27

The only surprising thing about this is that he didn't call for funding Akakoji May 24 #30

Counter-offer pat_k May 24 #31