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Bayard

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20. There was a safe room under the East wing,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 11:13 AM

Yesterday

Equipped as an operations center as well. No doubt full of rubble now.

Expect to see continuing, "assassination attempts," until trump gets what he wants.

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

What an asshole. Scrivener7 Yesterday #1

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

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

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

Shootings vishnura Yesterday #4

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

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

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

Paranoia has set in. Joinfortmill Yesterday #11

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

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

Trump thinks videohead5 Yesterday #26

LOL buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #29

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

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

Fucking asshole dalton99a Yesterday #10

He's a meglamaniac. Joinfortmill Yesterday #12

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

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

Back in the Bunker! James48 Yesterday #17

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

Besides all of the great comments above MolecularDust Yesterday #19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Counter-offer pat_k 20 hrs ago #31