Trump Drops Wild Post About His ‘Militarily Imperative’ Ballroom: ‘No Judge Can Be Allowed to Stop’ It

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President Donald Trump dropped a wild post about his “Historic and Military Imperative” ballroom, declaring “no judge can be allowed to stop” its construction.

Trump’s fiery Truth Social post in defense of his ballroom comes after Judge Richard Leon issued a revised order Thursday that allows the president to proceed with construction of the underground “military complex” portion of his ballroom.

In addition to the underground work — reportedly set to include bunkers, bomb shelters, and medical and military installations — Leon ruled that the Trump administration could take measures to secure the above-ground construction site as “strictly necessary” for safety and security.

However, he ruled that the administration cannot “lock in the above-ground size and scale of the ballroom” and reinforced his prior ruling that Trump must obtain Congressional approval for his ballroom, funded via private donations and his own cash.

Trump slammed Leon’s latest decision Thursday afternoon, calling Leon a “man who has gone out of his way to undermine National Security” in one run-on sentence:

“The White House doesn’t have a Ballroom (No Taxpayer Money!), which Presidents have desperately wanted and desired for over 150 years, but a Trump Hating, Washington, D.C. District Court Judge, a man who has gone out of his way to undermine National Security, and to make sure that this Great Gift to America gets delayed, or doesn’t get built, is attempting to prevent future Presidents and World Leaders from having a safe and secure large scale Meeting Place, or Ballroom, one with Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital and Medical Facilities, Protective Partitioning, Top Secret Military Installations, Structures, and Equipment, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Columns, Roofs, and Beams, Drone Proof Ceilings and Roofs, Military Grade Venting, and Bullet, Ballistic, and Blast Proof Glass — which all means that no future President, living in the White House without this Ballroom, can ever be Safe and Secure at Events, Future Inaugurations, or Global Summits.”

Trump went on to slam Leon’s “illegal overreach,” declaring that “no Judge” could stop the “Historic and Military Imperative Project”:

“This Magnificent Space will allow them to carry out their vital duties as the Leader of our Nation. Furthermore, the Ballroom, which is being constructed on budget and ahead of schedule, is needed now. Almost all material necessary for its construction is being built and/or on its way to the site, ready for installation and erection. Much of it has already been paid for, costing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. If somebody, especially one with no standing, had a complaint — Why wasn’t it filed many months earlier, long before Construction was started? The Public Record was open for all to see. Everybody knew that it was planned, and going to be built. This highly political Judge, and his illegal overreach, is out of control, and costing our Nation greatly. This is a mockery to our Court System! The Ballroom is deeply important to our National Security, and no Judge can be allowed to stop this Historic and Militarily Imperative Project. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Shortly after his initial post, Trump returned to Truth Social to explain why the underground portion of the project can only be built in tandem with the above-ground portion, asserting that “it’s all tied together as one big, expensive, and very complex unit.”

The full post reads:

“The out of control Trump Hating, Washington, D.C. District Court Judge, who doesn’t want to accept a $400 Million Dollar GIFT of one of the most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, desperately needed by the White House and its future Presidents (Due to time constraints, I will barely get to use it!), wants me to build the “underground” portion of the Ballroom, without the “above ground” portion, but the underground doesn’t work, isn’t necessary, and would indeed be useless, without the above ground sections. The underground portion is wedded to, and serves, the upper portion, including the Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital and Medical Facilities, Protective Partitioning, Top Secret Military Installations, Structures, and Equipment, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Columns, Roofs, and Beams, Drone Proof Ceilings and Roofs, Military Grade Venting, and Bullet, Ballistic, and Blast Proof Glass. It’s all tied together as one big, expensive, and very complex unit, which is vital for National Security and Military Operations of the United States of America! The Judge’s decision, which doesn’t even discuss the vital subject of STANDING, of which the plaintiff has none, severely jeopardizes the lives and welfare of the people who work, and will be working, at the White House — including all future Presidents of the United States, and their families. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

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