In the wake of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) shooting Saturday night, President Donald Trump doubled down on his calls to fast-track his White House ballroom project Sunday morning, demanding that the lawsuit currently holding the project up be “dropped immediately.”
“What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“The ridiculous Ballroom lawsuit, brought by a woman walking her dog, who has absolutely No Standing to bring such a suit, must be dropped, immediately. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with its construction, which is on budget and substantially ahead of schedule!!!”
Within hours of the shooting, Trump said the shooting proved why his ballroom project was needed, sparking scorn from critics over the president’s use of the potentially deadly incident to “hype his ballroom.” Trump appeared unfazed by the scrutiny, however, alleging Sunday morning that Saturday’s shooting incident “would have never happened” had his ballroom been operational.
“This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House,” Trump wrote.
“It cannot be built fast enough! While beautiful, it has every highest level security feature there is plus, there are no rooms sitting on top for unsecured people to pour in, and is inside the gates of the most secure building in the World, The White House.”