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Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security (apnews.com)

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The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.

The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to halt the project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.

In its filing, the administration included a declaration from the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service saying more work on the site of the former White House East Wing is still needed to meet the agency’s “safety and security requirements.” The administration has offered to share classified details with the judge in an in-person setting without the plaintiffs present.

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[–] Anne@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (8 children)

What was that conspiracy theory that they're building an underground data center and the ballroom is just a cover?

Starting to sound a little less wacky...

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Or was it a Putin-esque apocalypse bunker?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Somewhere he can hide while the masses attempt to physically remove him, before he can call in the military to murder them all?

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

That's one of many things I find batshit insane about the US election process - the fact that there's a months-long period after the votes are counted and a winner declared that the losing president is STILL PRESIDENT and can just do whatever they want FOR NEARLY THREE MONTHS!

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