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BumRushDaShow

(165,386 posts)
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:50 AM 9 hrs ago

Trump Assures Public the New White House Ballroom Will Have a 'Drone-Free Roof'

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 29th, 2025, 11:59 pm


President Donald Trump informed the public that the massive new ballroom he is constructing will be impervious to drone attacks.

Since his inauguration in January, Trump has personally overseen the remodeling of several government buildings. He paved over the Rose Garden, demolished the East Wing of the White House to make way for a gigantic ballroom, added his name to the Kennedy Center, and created a “Presidential Walk of Fame” in the White House, among other redesigns.

The president is in the process of building a ballroom where the East Wing stood. This month, he fired the previous ballroom architect, who warned that a 90,000-square-foot ballroom would dwarf the 55,000-square-foot White House.

On Monday, Trump made a joint press appearance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited the president at Mar-a-Lago. Trump reiterated his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May. While scolding Powell for alleged cost overruns in the remodeling of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters, Trump boasted of his grand plans for the ballroom, which he said will host inaugurations while also being “drone-free”:

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/trump-assures-public-the-new-white-house-ballroom-will-have-a-drone-free-roof/

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Trump Assures Public the New White House Ballroom Will Have a 'Drone-Free Roof' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Can't have billionaire donors facing the same kinds of violence the rest of the world deals with. Attilatheblond 9 hrs ago #1
Damn spot on. Traildogbob 9 hrs ago #4
What's he gonna do to stop the threat of justifiably pissed off wait staff and kitchen staff taking action? Attilatheblond 9 hrs ago #2
So what are we up to now? Half a billion dollars? Ray Bruns 9 hrs ago #3
Oh, that's nice to know. But the WH is already in a prohibited area, Ocelot II 9 hrs ago #5
He just thinks it makes it him sound smart. Harker 8 hrs ago #9
Drone free roof. That's all well and good. taxi 9 hrs ago #6
There will be gofundme's to tear it down and rebuild the old White House bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #7
His brain is beginning to resemble a sea sponge with gaping voids where neurons once lived Blues Heron 8 hrs ago #8
"Full Spectrum Dominance" - S. Cheung maxsolomon 8 hrs ago #10
He Feels Vulnerable 2na fisherman 7 hrs ago #11
What's he afraid of? Is he building an underground bunker too? QueerDuck 7 hrs ago #12
I'm hoping it will have a tomb. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #13
The next Miss Teen USA Beauty Pageant can be held there... IcyPeas 5 hrs ago #14
I don't care if the roof is "drone proof." In fact, that would save the cost of tearing it down. Vinca 5 hrs ago #15
I'd pay good money tonekat 4 hrs ago #16
So what's that add to the current $400 million price tag? EarthFirst 3 hrs ago #17

Attilatheblond

(8,225 posts)
1. Can't have billionaire donors facing the same kinds of violence the rest of the world deals with.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:52 AM
9 hrs ago

Wish they understood that abusing society is what make society dangerous.

Traildogbob

(12,491 posts)
4. Damn spot on.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:58 AM
9 hrs ago

If there were ever a sticker that needed be posted everywhere.
“abusing society is what makes society dangerous”.
Profoundly factual.

Attilatheblond

(8,225 posts)
2. What's he gonna do to stop the threat of justifiably pissed off wait staff and kitchen staff taking action?
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:54 AM
9 hrs ago

Hey Bogus Potus, the calls are coming from inside the house.

Ocelot II

(128,920 posts)
5. Oh, that's nice to know. But the WH is already in a prohibited area,
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 12:02 PM
9 hrs ago

where it's illegal to fly any kind of aircraft, so, no drones anyhow. WTF are the noises he makes with his face supposed to mean this time?

taxi

(2,676 posts)
6. Drone free roof. That's all well and good.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 12:03 PM
9 hrs ago

What about the missiles that some drones launch?

bucolic_frolic

(53,899 posts)
7. There will be gofundme's to tear it down and rebuild the old White House
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 12:05 PM
9 hrs ago

This is an abomination

2na fisherman

(228 posts)
11. He Feels Vulnerable
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:07 PM
7 hrs ago

Why would he mention such security measures if he wasn't painfully aware of his fear of being attacked? He reveals his subconscious awareness that his increasingly insane behavior makes most people hate him and want to attack him. And since he was already shot at, he is in full paranoia mode and feels justified in building up the white house into his personal fortress. But he fails to realize that his own Maga people may also wish to harm him in another version of the January 6th attack, but one which comes from inside the White House when they feel betrayed by him.

QueerDuck

(932 posts)
12. What's he afraid of? Is he building an underground bunker too?
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:52 PM
7 hrs ago

We'll have our very own Reich Chancellery Air-Raid Shelter (Luftschutzbunker der Reichskanzlei) and Führerbunker.

IcyPeas

(24,802 posts)
14. The next Miss Teen USA Beauty Pageant can be held there...
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 03:51 PM
5 hrs ago

and the girls won't have to fear a drone strike.

Vinca

(53,279 posts)
15. I don't care if the roof is "drone proof." In fact, that would save the cost of tearing it down.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 03:54 PM
5 hrs ago

EarthFirst

(3,934 posts)
17. So what's that add to the current $400 million price tag?
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:17 PM
3 hrs ago

Another $600 million under the guise of ‘national security’ billed to the taxpayer?

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