White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 16 2026 2:57AM EDT / Published May 16 2026 12:50AM EDT


The White House has unleashed a frantic new push to move ahead with construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which they now say is also needed to give the aging president a “state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered the latest startling revelation in a court filing late Thursday that sounded as if much of it had been pulled straight from one of the 79-year-old president’s Truth Social tirades. It hailed the planned $400 million ballroom as a “gift to the People of the United States” that is being hampered only by preservationists suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to halt construction of the project in December after the East Wing was demolished to make way for the 90,000-square-foot ballroom without first obtaining approval. A federal judge blocked above-ground construction, though that order was stayed while an appeals court panel reviews the case, with oral arguments now scheduled for June 5.

In the wake of suspected gunman Cole Tomas Allen’s attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April (which, as usual, was not held at the White House), Blanche publicly pressured the National Trust to dismiss its lawsuit. But the organization refused. Trump is apparently still smarting from that rejection, as Blanche repeatedly accused the D.C. nonprofit of failing to show an appropriate level of sympathy after the attempted assassination at the dinner.

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Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645.81.0_1.pdf

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Blanche preaching sympathy is a special form of evil

Recall that he labeled shootings in Minnesota as "humanely" dispatched.

[Onthefly]

2. Grumpy needs to be on life support

He plans on never leaving. Permanent resident for life. Next will be a Lenin preservation.

[sop]

7. They admit the "ballroom" won't be finished till September, 2028. (What construction project is ever completed on time?)

Why does Trump need a “state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities" unless he's planning on staying?

[RandomNumbers]

60. WTH is wrong with Walter Reed anyway?

It was good enough for past presidents and our military.

If it needs upgrades, fund THAT and support the troops who use it.

In other not-news, TSF is an asshole.

[sop]

67. Trump can build his "state of the art hospital and medical facility" inside the White House, but there's no way

they can staff such a facility. Doing so would require a full-time team of specialists, nurses, technicians and support staff on site. It would cost a fortune to have them just sitting around the White House doing nothing, waiting for the moment Trump suffers some life-threatening situation requiring immediate care.

Besides, each time there's been an attempted "assassination," Trump has been at a Bund rally, out on the golf course or some place other than the White House.

If Trump were to actually suffer a life-threatening event while at the residence (knock on wood), they'd have to first round up all the necessary specialists and staff, then rush them to his "state of the art hospital and medical facility." Hopefully, it would take hours. That's why hospitals like Walter Reed exist..

[Callie1979]

69. Nothing. But NOW he'd be able to get his "treatments" & we'd never know.

[jmowreader]

81. Trump doesn't like soldiers who got shot, and Walter Reed is full of them

Something they’re not considering: claiming Trump needs a state-of-the-art hospital on the White House grounds is admitting Trump isn’t physically able to carry out the duties of the presidency.

[Initech]

83. He thinks, and is convinced, that the world revolves around him.

It does not. Our constitution does not work that way.

[Cha]

93. Also sounds like he NEVER wants to Leave

the WH, and is making permanent plans to ensure that happens. Maybe entombed there?

[RandomNumbers]

95. Sadly, it appears that currently

our Constitution is NOT working.

[Initech]

96. Because Fox News and the Heritage Foundation killed it.

[avebury]

97. The purpose of adding it to the White House

is to be able to hide the actual medical condition of Trump from the public.

[RandomNumbers]

98. EXACTLY. But, it seems we should make the case that spending the money on Walter Reed

is a better ROI for the American People, because it enhances facilities for our military troops and veterans.

As in, you know, "Support the Troops!" which MAGATs and Repukes always say but seldom really mean. Call the fuckers on it.

[Dave Id]

13. "Grumpy needs to be on life support"

No, Grumpy needs to be removed from life support. Every new day he lives, he destroys more of what was once a great and respected nation.

[not fooled]

49. Perhaps they made a deal with the Chinese

for some advanced robotics. Is there a taxidermy wing in the plans?

[Grokenstein]

3. Preservation facilities INSIDE the bunker?

Does anyone still believe he intends to leave?

I'm getting They Saved Hitler's Brain vibes here, except...there no brain involved, just an empty noggin that won't shut up.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I'm getting (preserved) Lenin vibes

(but imagine a setup like that with gold filigree! )

[eppur_se_muova]

47. I'm getting "They Saved Hitler's Brain" vibes. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

53. But the cavity where 45's brain should be

is empty, so that would never work. The next best thing is a golden mausoleum where he is preserved for all time with an eternal flame and 24/7 guards on watch (that's how he would roll)...

[Attilatheblond]

38. Weekend At Bernie's Hospital

Corrupt, greedy Cabinet and other Regime Flunkies just not ready to give up the money making opportunities when the corpse-in-waiting finally taps out.

[Irish_Dem]

4. It will be an entirely self contained bunker.

He never has to leave for any reason.

[thesquanderer]

6. Next we'll find out that they're building a McDonald's into the basement. (n/t)

[gab13by13]

12. ...and one of those fancy computerized golf screens,

where one can play numerous courses. Pretty sure someone can rig all of his shots to go straight down the middle and all of his putts go in the hole.

[ananda]

29. Like virtual golf?

Sheesh

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

66. AI-driven virtual golf ...

... it will be impossible for him to put a ball in the water, the sand, or the woods. There will be gold-painted trophies. Really big gold-painted trophies.

[blue_jay]

85. Speaking of Mickey Ds

Did you ever notice how when Melanomia wears that Hamburglar hat, and walks with the orange oaf, it kind of makes an odd couple of Ronald Mc Donald and the Hamburglar? All she needs is a little black Zorro eyemask.

[Ilsa]

92. And a KFC for when he's tired of "hamburders." nt

[LymphocyteLover]

15. Cool as long as we never have to see him again... hopefully can ignore his stupid posts

[radical noodle]

30. THIS! A place to take and keep control

and 100% of his needs are met.

[Irish_Dem]

32. Yes even a special entrance for the hookers.

[radical noodle]

33. I'd guess there will just be special rooms for them

[lonely bird]

58. Easily cleaned

With drains for certain yellow fluids

[Attilatheblond]

39. The next cost addition will be for the underground golf course

[Irish_Dem]

80. Don't forget the illegal drug drop spot.

And hooker entrance.

[Hope22]

5. Out here in the world if plans of this magnitude were started

The building completion would be years away. Good luck cutting the ribbon before 2028…..To the curb with this monster.

[doc03]

8. I picture the "Dirty Dozen" running through

dropping grenades down the air intakes on his golden bunker.

[paleotn]

16. That's a good one!

[calimary]

44. Indeed!

[Roy Rolling]

9. Subtitle

“They could save his brain but he couldn’t save face”

Thanks you. I’ll show my way outside.

[Traildogbob]

46. A very

Abby Normal Brain. Igor (Gooliani) will be the caretaker of the brain in a jar.

[calimary]

65. That's another good one!

DOES he have a brain?

[Vinca]

10. Wait . . . what????? Are we suddenly going to house the felon in a gilded nursing home forever and ever and ever?????

[orleans]

72. yeah, fuck that. (makes me think of the movie Dave) nt

[LymphocyteLover]

14. Does it have "MedBeds"?

[paleotn]

17. Won't be finished in time for him to leave the White House vertical or horizontal

Come on horizontal!!!!!

The question the new admin will be what to do with several unfinished monstrosities. I vote demolition.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Even better was this

In the replay from a different angle at 0.32, the small tower in front of that closer to the beach that had been made a part of that complex, used to be a Holiday Inn that I remember staying in back in 1974 after my dad died... and the building to the left with the rounded roof, is the famous Boardwalk Hall. That is all located at the southern-most end of the boardwalk whereas his Taj Mahal (now a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino) was near the northern-most end.

[Dixiegrrrl]

55. Hope they preserve that pile of rubble. Fitting monument.

Just read that he enjoys seeing things blowing up.
Making a list now.😆

[BumRushDaShow]

59. That happened in 2021

According to Wikipedia, the site is still empty as of 2025.



Before that tower was built and demolished, the site looked like this -





The pier was the "Million Dollar Pier" with rides and arcades.

Then it got all incorporated into a complex with that 2nd tower.

[oasis]

90. And then there was none.

[IbogaProject]

18. "$ecret"

I knew that meanace was the front runner in June 2015 and tried to warn people.

[GreenWave]

20. State of the fart facility is more like it. Gas warfare at its deadliest.

We are supposed to feel sorry for this dictator and build it into a ballroom/hospital?

[MLWR]

21. If trump needs hospitalization, he can go to Walter Reed like every other POTUS.

He really is NOT as special as he appears to think* he is.

[Attilatheblond]

40. The noisy press keeps reporting on such trips and His Stinkiness doesn't like that

Also, the greedy cabinet are unable to hide Walter Reed visits; would be unable to hide a hearse. Can't be the profit taking Weekend at Bernie's regime if the press found out Bernie was DOA.

[melm00se]

22. I'd rather

see them have a presidential funeral parlor.

[tonekat]

31. His corpse should be thrown into a tank of acid

Do away with any remnants permanently.

[IronLionZion]

24. Fuhrerbunker. Make America Germany Again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuhrerbunker

[karynnj]

25. A state of the art hospital?

It is hard to even envision what this means. Would this serve everyone working at the White House? Otherwise, it is difficult to understand how many doctors, nurses, and other professional people would mostly be doing nothing.

Isn't there already some medical facility that has the equipment to do various tests?

[Onthefly]

27. Everyday, the idol worshippers want to preserve the dear leader fantasy

[COL Mustard]

26. In other words...

Our last 17 reasons didn't resonate, so let's keep throwing stuff at the wall and see what sticks.

[Onthefly]

28. Next, use DOD money for a drone factory.

Don’t finish the project then say because it is halfway built, it must be repurposed as a ballroom.

The lying liars keep on lying when they are standing up.

[Attilatheblond]

41. State of the art hospital for one

Medicare cuts for all

New motto of the USA

[Bayard]

57. That's the truth!

His own private hospital where he will not be under scrutiny like at Walter Reed.

[Sogo]

64. State-of-the-art hospital for me; Medicare and Medicaid cuts for thee.

nt.

[Turbineguy]

34. Like Berchtesgaden only no mountain to climb.

[TBF]

35. I thought this was an Onion article when I saw the title

they can't be serious. Where the hell is Vance? He needs to get the 25th in order and ship this guy down to Mar-a-lago. They can build their gilded hospital down in the Florida swamps.

[Escape]

36. Trump Underground Mall...

Ballroom, hospital, bunker, mausoleum.

Torture chamber?

Fox News studios?

Epstein Childcare Center?

Exciting possibilities.

[BigmanPigman]

88. I fantasize about a torture chamber

built under his "arc" so everyone can see him suffering in agonizing pain until he eventually dies from it. Dying right away is TOO EASY a way out. True justice would be making him suffer as he has made millions of people suffer. KARMA while he is still alive. I want the Spanish Inquisition tortures to look like a picnic compared to the unending torture he deserves and we deserve to see.

[twodogsbarking]

37. Funeral Parlor gets my vote.

[dalton99a]

42. NEXT: Trump demands new $200M White House parking garage for Trump's physicians/nurses/mausoleum staff

[Botany]

43. The White House already has doctor's office, a medical staff, an x-ray machine, and supplies

And close to the White House is N.I.H., Walter Reed, and Bethesda Naval Hospital so the White House doesn’t need its own Hospital. Although Trump does need an assisted living facility for his dementia.

[Diamond_Dog]

45. He is so vain

He doesn’t want nosy news media seeing him transported to a hospital like Walter Reed. He wants his own medical center in his underground bunker.

I wonder if it will contain a mausoleum. We may never be told when he dies. His grifting sycophants will just carry on business as usual.

[Justice matters.]

62. And that pedo wants Joe-and-Joette-Six-Pack to pay for it plus interests.

I bet that underage-thightness-rapist doesn't pay $750/year in federal taxes any longer.

[hunter]

48. Nah, it's a 21st century torture chamber and crematorium.

That's where he will deal with his enemies. There are many.

Once he declares himself Eternal POTUS he'll be fitted into his Darth Vader style life support suit and we'll never be rid of him.

[Sweet Rosie Red]

50. It's a cloning facility!

He wants to continuously generate new organs, bones and tissues for transplant until Musk, et all perfect brain transplants. Delusional? Oooooohhhhh Yeah! But they could sell it to him and he would be very eager to rule over the ashes in perpetuity.

Repulsive git! I hate this timeline!

[AZLD4Candidate]

51. He is turning the white house into a compound to keep him completely away from the rabble

A quasi Forbidden City where the ruler is completely separated from the ruled.

[Klarkashton]

52. Trump enjoys foisting these miserable construction

Projects on the public. That ballroom could only happen if billions are spent on it.

[Kid Berwyn]

54. Leave it to Elon.

[flamingdem]

56. So this is where he'll be in January of 2029?

Along with his "forces" of paid off Jan 6ers?

Hard not to see that something is cooking.

And / or that he's cooked and will need round the clock care soon!

[J_William_Ryan]

61. 'Why does Trump need a "state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities" unless he's planning on staying?'

He doesn’t.

And he doesn’t plan on using it.

This is about the Trump ‘legacy’ – where future presidents and the American people will be forced to remember Trump whether they want to or not; where Trump’s name will be mentioned in reference to the ‘ballroom’ and everything else he leaves behind.

[bluestarone]

63. I say give him his own IV room, with

The dullest IV needle we have, and maybe a nurse from high school, because he say the nurses do NOT need to go to college classes.

[Kid Berwyn]

70. Bleach!

Plus a light to shine on his wherever.

[niyad]

68. WTAF??? That would be Walter Reed, you grifting fuckers! And OUR HOUSE

already HAS a medical facility.

AND HOW IN THE ABSOLUTE FUCKING HELL is that fucking phallic extension "ballroom" a "gift to the people of the United States" when WE ARE PAYING FOR IT??????

todd, you worthless, thieving, lying scum, you really need to quit wasting our patience, and our resources.

[Sweet Rosie Red]

71. A bunker buster will fix this just fine

once he’s inside it! Some paatriotic american has to hide one from Kegsbreath, please!

[Lemon Lyman]

73. -

Yet another insanity that's already forgotten. Worse, probably not covered by mainstream news in the first place.

If an official had said they were building a special medical center for President Biden, the media would've been barking about PJB's age & health. There would've been 24/7/365 hearings

[orleans]

74. holy shit! how perfect -- now they'll never have to tell us he's dead. nt

[WestMichRad]

75. They're finally gonna put him in a mental hospital!

[RandySF]

76. A POTUS has access to several world class medical centers in DC.

[Katcat]

82. Yeah

But commoners can see him going to the doctor all the time! He is really afraid people are going to find out everything that is wrong with him. Medically anyway, everyone already knows he’s so stupid that if breathing wasn’t involuntary he’d die from lack of oxygen.

[Hope22]

77. This is ludicrous!

Invest the money over at the VA hospital where it will be used 365 days a year. Quite frankly if the president needs to live in a hospital that person needs to retire from office. Like on the streets out here. You practically get kicked to the curb if a health issue arises.

[Rebl2]

78. I agree

He should just leave the presidency if he’s that ill. Why would he need a private hospital anyway. Oh, so prying eyes don’t find out he’s going to the hospital all the time?

[Karasu]

79. It's the fucking Fuhrerbunker. They're one and the same. Everything about this regime''s behavior since January of last

year strongly suggests he has no intention of leaving.

[blue_jay]

84. So, no money for the hospitals for the rest of us

particularly in rural areas but it's imperative to have a multimillion dollar ballroom hospital for the vacuum of greed in the whitehouse.
Got it.

[eggplant]

86. Walter Reed isn't good enough?

[Aussie105]

87. The ball room is Trump's 'good day - bad day' project.

On good days, he will be upstairs in the ballroom.

On bad days, he will be downstairs getting his blood dialysis, meds rebalanced, etc.

How can we tell?

Easy enough, watch who helicopters in and out.

Party goers denote a good day.

Medical staff denotes a bad day.

Final act will be when the cement trucks show up and start filling the underground bunker.

Trump plans to never leave the White House!

In short, it is both a vanity project and a 'I am never leaving the White House!' project.

[colorado_ufo]

89. What's next? A state of the art taxidermy studio?

So they can go full "Weekend at Bernie's?"

[Figarosmom]

91. The hell with that

He can fund it hi.self at Mar a Lago. Why would we want to keep him alive? Until he funds medical care for every American f*ck him.

[purr-rat beauty]

94. He should shove light where it won't shine