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riversedge

(81,723 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 10:59 AM May 19

‪ "It's drone-proof" -- Trump is outside and ranting to reporters about his ballroom

So now the new talking point via Trump is that the ballroom is 'drone proof"



‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬
· 24m
"It's drone-proof" -- Trump is outside and ranting to reporters about his ballroom




‪Josh Chafetz‬
‪@joshchafetz.bsky.social‬
· 17m
this honestly sounds like an excited six-year-old showing off his crayon drawing of the cool new building he just thought up

"it has triangles!"
"drones bounce off it, but they also launch from it!"
"the soldier men can stand on the roof and protect us all!"
‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬
· 21m
Trump, ranting and raving about his ballroom: "This is Rome. They like the flat roof. Greece likes the the triangles, and you see that. This is a porch that looks out over the city. Also, it's developed in such a way that we can have military there. It's also a drone port."

this honestly sounds like an excited six-year-old showing off his crayon drawing of the cool new building he just thought up

"it has triangles!"
"drones bounce off it, but they also launch from it!"
"the soldier men can stand on the roof and protect us all!"

Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T14:37:29.563Z





Trump called it a "Drone port"

Fox News chyron five minutes from now:
PATRIOTIC SKY HARBOR TO DEFEND WESTERN CIVILIZATION BEING OPPOSED BY DEMOCRATS

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) 2026-05-19T14:39:12.505Z




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riversedge

(81,723 posts)
1. GRAND BALLROOM ANDREW MELLON AUDITORIUM 1 mile from the WH Seats up to 1000 guests THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT O
Tue May 19, 2026, 11:04 AM
May 19

Lots of folks have been posting about the Mellon Ballroom these last month or so.



Check this out …

GRAND BALLROOM

ANDREW MELLON AUDITORIUM

1 mile from the White House

Seats up to 1000 guests

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS IT

DO WE REALLY NEED 2 ?!!

sl.bing.net/bimR7scq6Ro

riversedge

(81,723 posts)
5. "It's a ballroom with a drone port! They're popular all over..., er... ah."..............
Tue May 19, 2026, 11:13 AM
May 19

Folks on blueskyy are having none of Trumpy's new talking poing!








Fiendish Thingy

(24,235 posts)
7. You know what isn't drone proof?
Tue May 19, 2026, 11:28 AM
May 19

Trump tower and Mar a Lago.

Just sayin’, retirement could get interesting for ol’ 47…

(And no, he’s not staying for a third term)

Moostache

(11,304 posts)
8. This entire epoch of ours makes me want to vomit and aspirate.
Tue May 19, 2026, 11:48 AM
May 19

Keith Moon? Show me the way to the Hall of the Mountain King!!!

I cannot believe just how fucked we truly are at this point. We have a senile bastard of worthless character looting everything in sight and handing out favors like its Halloween night and everyone is Trick-or-Treating. We have an entire generation of kids hopelessly addicted to anti-social media, screens, and phones; and susceptible to the worst kind of propaganda because they lack both critical thinking or basic reading comprehension skills. We have allowed billionaires to amass fortunes that make Idi Amin blanche and at the same time.

The national debt and the global debt bubble that is forming around AI and datacenter madness is also a ticking time bomb of economic ruin. And we have 40% of this country STILL saying that Trump is A-OK and this is normal and gerrymandering away minority rights and representation is perfectly fine too?

Susan Powder is about to burst out of my chest like an Alien screaming "STOP THE INSANITY!!!!" again.

Blues Heron

(9,078 posts)
9. Why is he allowed to be outside when the drones are out there. Shouldn't he be in a bunker at all times?
Tue May 19, 2026, 11:50 AM
May 19
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