Donald Trump has claimed that the 'terrifying' shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington on Saturday 25 April shows he was right to demolish the East Wing and press ahead with a $400 million White House ballroom project, arguing the main keyword 'White House ballroom' would have prevented the attack.
Gunfire broke out at the Washington Hilton, where the annual dinner was being held with senior politicians, journalists and members of the US government's line of succession in attendance. The incident has reignited a months‑long fight in Washington over Trump's decision to tear down the White House's East Wing to build a vast, high‑security, 90,000‑square‑foot ballroom on the presidential grounds, a project already mired in legal challenges and historic preservation concerns.
