The key facts
- Trump suggested that receptions attended by Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping could be held in the hall
- According to him, the project includes a bomb shelter, a hospital, top-secret military facilities, and drone protection
- The hall is being built on the site of the partially demolished East Wing of the White House
Trump on future guests and the ballroom's security
US President Donald Trump has suggested that formal receptions attended by Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping could one day be held in the new White House ballroom. This is reported by Life.ru. According to the American leader, special attention is being paid to the safety of guests, including heads of state, during construction: “If he hosts a dinner for the president of China, Russia, or any other country, all the guests — whether there are two of them or two and a half thousand — will be completely safe.”
What the project includes
Trump described the hall as an especially sturdy structure with modern protective technologies: armored elements, special glazing for the side walls, and bulletproof windows. According to him, the complex will include not only the hall itself, but also a bomb shelter, a modern hospital with medical facilities, top-secret military facilities, structures resistant to missile strikes, as well as roofs and ceilings protected from drone attacks. He called the building one of the sturdiest ever built.
Context of the renovation
The construction is part of a large-scale renovation of the White House that Trump began after returning to the presidency: for the sake of the new hall, he ordered the partial demolition of the East Wing, and earlier he changed the decor of the residence, adding gold trim and antique items. Earlier, as the outlet notes, Trump also said the hall would be practically impossible to dismantle after construction is completed, explaining this by the use of especially strong concrete which, according to him, should withstand even a nuclear attack. The claims about the composition of the protected facilities and the durability of the structures remain the president's own words — no independent technical verification is provided in the publication.
