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Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats (arstechnica.com)
13 points by dan-bailey 26 days ago
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More money to put into his pocket the Griff continues.
This is beginning to look less and less like a ballroom.
Apparently there is supposed to be a bunch of "bunker stuff" underneath it, either new or upgrades to existing ones.

https://www.twz.com/news-features/the-white-house-ballroom-i...

There is bunker stuff beneath it, but of what value is that?

Giving away your location is a sure way to collect missiles from foreign nations.

The president has a "Doomsday Plane" to escape when the country is nuked.

It can only be a "panic room" to defend against Americans, which he expects by the "every accusation is a confession" mirror rule, to storm the White House, having set his Jan 6 militia against congress.

It is only another diversion, as is every action taken since his second term began, from the Epstein matter, the biggest illicit sex, blackmail and money-laundering operation in history. All the grift stands to be lost when his true involvement is exposed.

> The president has a "Doomsday Plane" to escape when the country is nuked.

But does the plane have a ballroom? No? Well, then.

> It is only another diversion, as is every action taken since his second term began, from the Epstein matter

Eh, I'm not sure I buy that for the ballroom thing. I suspect that it is more the Ceaușescu thing; for a certain type of weird dictator, the temptation to build some sort of stupid self-aggrandising building is just irresistible (see this absurd object: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament).