The President of the United States, Donald Trump, revealed that the country's Armed Forces are building a huge military “complex” under his controversial dance hall project in the East Wing of the White House.
“The Armed Forces are building a large complex under the dance hall; this has come to light recently due to a stupid lawsuit that was filed,” Trump declared this Sunday to reporters aboard Air Force One.
“The work is under construction and we are doing very well,” added the Republican.
Trump explained that the dance hall will be converted into a “deck” for the complex being built underneath.
“We have fully bulletproof glass; we have drone-proof roofs and covers,” he detailed while showing the architectural plans.
“Unfortunately, we live in an era where that is a good thing,” added Trump, amid the war the United States and Israel launched against Iran.
Last week, Trump pointed out that the construction of the dance hall at the White House included a national security component that was “supposed to remain secret.”
“Now it is no secret; the military wanted it more than anyone,” Trump said on Thursday during a cabinet meeting.
Since Trump began demolishing the entire East Wing to carry out the project, historians and preservation organizations have denounced the rushed work in an area of significant historical and symbolic value for not having been addressed with sufficient notice, nor with the approval of legislators.
A lawsuit filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation—which seeks to halt the construction of the hall until the president has obtained Congressional approval—continues under consideration by a federal judge.
The renovations at the White House have become one of the American president's obsessions, who takes any opportunity to boast about the changes and the legacy he will leave in the presidential complex, including the Oval Office, which he has covered with filigree and golden frames.
The construction of Trump's new dance hall, designed to host between 650 and 1,000 guests for dinners and state events, began with a cost of about $200 million, but has been rising in design revisions to around $400 million.
This past January, CNN already reported that the president would be “rebuilding a secret bunker under the East Wing”.
