He sort of let this slip in the Cabinet meeting this week (or one of his gaggles) but evidently there had been a lawsuit filed East Wing construction that revealed the military involvement and the NYT pushed out an article.

NYT article. I am not giving them clicks or email address but I am sure it's another Pulitzer in the making. Just look at how unbiased the headline is!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html




Trump is not happy with NYT. Sorry if already posted and believe many of us would have assumed this was part of the plan, but Trump confirmed aboard AF1 over the weekend.


Skip to end for the brief military mention:

Presidential Emergency Operations Center

MyNameIsJeff said:

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Am I supposed to know what a PEOC is?

Nvm, googled it.

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It's been in enough movies that I thought it was well known.

But yes, the not so secret Presidential Emergency Operation Center. The old one was under the old East Wing so it would have been odd NOT to have this as part of the remodel.

He's mad that the military involvement came out because the NYT or affiliate sued over the design, resulting in a court related disclosure.

I don't think he gives ****s about the design criticism.

Watch Olympus Has Fallen for what I'm sure is a 100% accurate portrayal of the PEOC

Why does the design need to be scrutinized? It looks to be in line with everything else design wise.

dvldog said:

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Watch Olympus Has Fallen for what I'm sure is a 100% accurate portrayal of the PEOC

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seemed legit to me. The secret service performance during the takeover seems about the right level of competence. Just sayin…

Gigem314 said:

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So the NYT thinks the new ballroom hasn't been scrutinized enough…but when the found cocaine in the White House under Biden they didn't see that the big deal was. Sounds about right.

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Excellent point.

As if the White House did not already have a huge target painted on it.

Looks nice. Pretty cool he raised the funds to not cost the taxpayer. I am sure the military section was paid for by the military budget, that is probably expensive but needed

flown-the-coop said:

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He sort of let this slip in the Cabinet meeting this week (or one of his gaggles) but evidently there had been a lawsuit filed East Wing construction that revealed the military involvement and the NYT pushed out an article.

NYT article. I am not giving them clicks or email address but I am sure it's another Pulitzer in the making. Just look at how unbiased the headline is!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html




Trump is not happy with NYT. Sorry if already posted and believe many of us would have assumed this was part of the plan, but Trump confirmed aboard AF1 over the weekend.


Skip to end for the brief military mention:

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-claims-military-very-much-164647537.html
quote from the article
-Now it's no secret the military wanted it more than anybody," Trump said at the meeting. "It was supposed to be secret, but it became unsecret because of people that are really unpatriotic saying things

Joe Kent?

NYT front page: five articles per day on how Trump is destroying the universe.

JD and Tulsi will still have to stay in the old situation room under the West Wing.

Just hide it in the laundry room like Gus Fring

Hope it's bunkerbuster-proof.

The new East Wing Ballroon is larger than the West Wing, so it will look funny. But, that will just give some future president the excuse needed to enlarge the West Wing.

The White House has constantly changed over the years. Having the exterior look go unchanged for as long as it has recently is not the norm.

As Vanity Fair pointed out a long time ago, he's got small hands....no WAY his PEOC is that big.

POTUS PeePee Prominence is a matter of national security and should not be discussed in pubic forums.

Want to know who else had an underground bunker?
Hitler!

I'm sure in your head you thought that would be funny no?

Gunny456 said:

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I'm sure in your head you thought that would be funny no?

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Yeah I did. It's Monday.

YouBet said:

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Why does the design need to be scrutinized? It looks to be in line with everything else design wise.

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Because all great architecture is done by committee.

richardag said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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He sort of let this slip in the Cabinet meeting this week (or one of his gaggles) but evidently there had been a lawsuit filed East Wing construction that revealed the military involvement and the NYT pushed out an article.

NYT article. I am not giving them clicks or email address but I am sure it's another Pulitzer in the making. Just look at how unbiased the headline is!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html




Trump is not happy with NYT. Sorry if already posted and believe many of us would have assumed this was part of the plan, but Trump confirmed aboard AF1 over the weekend.


Skip to end for the brief military mention:

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-claims-military-very-much-164647537.html
quote from the article
-Now it's no secret the military wanted it more than anybody," Trump said at the meeting. "It was supposed to be secret, but it became unsecret because of people that are really unpatriotic saying things

Joe Kent?

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Yep, those unpatriotic people asking about where their tax dollars are going and what is happening to the buildings that belong to the people.

I'm sure every Dem President in the future would never use it under any circumstances.

EFR said:

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richardag said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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He sort of let this slip in the Cabinet meeting this week (or one of his gaggles) but evidently there had been a lawsuit filed East Wing construction that revealed the military involvement and the NYT pushed out an article.

NYT article. I am not giving them clicks or email address but I am sure it's another Pulitzer in the making. Just look at how unbiased the headline is!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html




Trump is not happy with NYT. Sorry if already posted and believe many of us would have assumed this was part of the plan, but Trump confirmed aboard AF1 over the weekend.


Skip to end for the brief military mention:

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-claims-military-very-much-164647537.html
quote from the article
-Now it's no secret the military wanted it more than anybody," Trump said at the meeting. "It was supposed to be secret, but it became unsecret because of people that are really unpatriotic saying things

Joe Kent?

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Yep, those unpatriotic people asking about where their tax dollars are going and what is happening to the buildings that belong to the people.

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Holy crap. This certainly hasn't been your best day.

I keep reading the Yahoo comments on the articles related to this and laughing. So many leftists think that:
A) Trump has let our enemies know that there is a bunker under the White House for the first time ever.
and
B) This suddenly turns the White House into a valid military target, because they had zero reason to attack the U.S. Commander in Chief's residence before now.

"Reeeeeeeeeeeeee"?