The White House has disclosed that the controversial new $1 billion 'Military Top Secret Ballroom' planned for the presidential complex will include a secret underground hospital for Donald Trump, 79, according to a late-night court filing submitted in Washington on Thursday.
For context, the vast ballroom scheme has been bogged down in legal and political wrangling for months. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued in December after the East Wing was demolished to clear space for a 90,000-square-foot structure without first securing the necessary approvals. A federal judge ordered a halt to above-ground construction, but that ruling has been temporarily stayed while an appeals court panel weighs the case, with oral arguments now pencilled in for 5 June.
