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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,908 posts) Sun May 24, 2026, 08:05 AM Sunday

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 Sunday OP

What an asshole. Scrivener7 Sunday #1

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

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

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

Shootings vishnura Sunday #4

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

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

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

Paranoia has set in. Joinfortmill Sunday #11

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

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

Trump thinks videohead5 Sunday #26

LOL buzzycrumbhunger Sunday #29

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

No 'Versailles' ballroom, please. Joinfortmill Sunday #9

Fucking asshole dalton99a Sunday #10

He's a meglamaniac. Joinfortmill Sunday #12

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

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

Back in the Bunker! James48 Sunday #17

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

Besides all of the great comments above MolecularDust Sunday #19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Counter-offer pat_k Sunday #31