Will Trump’s New Ballroom Improve Security?

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]President Trump says that this latest shooting incident is a clear and further justification for his ballroom.

[00:00:08]Um, because of course that will be drone proof. It'll have underground bunkers. I think it'll also have an underground military hospital. Do you Do you think that that will make a big difference to presidential safety?

[00:00:20]>> I don't want to speak to protective measures or architecture of the upcoming ballroom, but I do think it will make a difference. I have provided protective operations in a tent for a state dinner on the south grounds of the White House and felt incredibly exposed. Hundreds of people and some of the highest people in the in the political line of succession in the United States in a tent on the south grounds. That in itself can be made as secure as possible. Once again, I think as I as I talked to you before with Mar-a-Lago, there's no such thing as 100% security. Security is is designed by humans and can be can be circumvented by humans who want to commit extreme violence. A ballroom will certainly help that. All of the other protective measures that are mentioned may or may not already exist. Being additive to the security environment of the White House can only