What began as Donald Trump’s plan for an ornate White House ballroom stuffed with gold finishes and marble floors is increasingly looking like a highly fortified military installation.
After Trump unilaterally decided to demolish the East Wing to make room for the sprawling addition to the executive mansion, the White House has revealed in court filings in recent months that the ballroom is not the primary purpose for the facility. Instead, the government is building a massive underground bunker and a rooftop military complex with a bulletproof, hermetically sealed ballroom sandwiched in between.
