By The Opinion
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, took advantage this Sunday of the shooting that occurred on Saturday in front of the White House to demand the ongoing construction of a large ballroom in the presidential residencewhich would include a security complex.
“Thank you to our excellent Secret Service and law enforcement for tonight’s swift and professional action against a gunman near the White House.who had a violent history and a possible obsession with the most precious building in our country,” Trump declared on his Truth Social network.
The president recalled that this event takes place a month after the assassination attempt he suffered at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and stated that it “demonstrates the importance of all future presidents having what will be the safest space of its kind ever built in Washington.”
“The national security of our country demands it.“, he stressed.
Trump thus referred to the controversial construction of a large ballroom in the White House, intended to host large social events, but which would also have a room for drones, a military sanatorium and research facilities.
The construction of the building, annex to the presidential residence, will have a budget of 400 million dollarsdouble what was initially estimated, which according to Trump will be financed by himself and donors, although Republicans in Congress are debating a budget of 1 billion to provide security for the complex.
On Saturday, a gunman opened fire at the White House security perimeter, triggering a shootout with authorities in which the suspect was killed and a bystander was wounded.
Trump was at the time in the White House, which was placed under security lockdown as a preventive measure while police investigated what happened. EFE
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