President Donald J. Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One Sunday night on his return trip to Washington, D.C. from a working weekend in Florida. One subject Trump spoke about was the White House ballroom, apparently in response to a hit piece by the New York Times attacking the ballroom’s design. Trump held up several large photo representations of the updated ballroom design while also telling reporters that the military is building a “massive complex” under the ballroom.
The East Wing of the White House, which Trump had demolished last year to make way for the ballroom, sat atop the underground Presidential Emergency Operations Center, also referred to as the bunker, that was built in the 1940s during World War II and has been periodically upgraded.
Trump said the new military construction was revealed as a result of a lawsuit opposing the construction of the ballroom, something Trump spoke about earlier in a Truth Social post on January 25. At that time, Trump blamed the lawsuit for forcing the revelation that the military was involved, but did not get into details (excerpt):
I’m building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots’ money, and working closely with, right from the beginning, the United States Military and Secret Service.
…Additionally, in this instance, it is being done with the design, consent, and approval of the highest levels of the United States Military and Secret Service. The mere bringing of this ridiculous lawsuit has already, unfortunately, exposed this heretofore Top Secret fact. Stoppage of construction, at this late date, when so much has already been ordered and done, would be devastating to the White House, our Country, and all concerned. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Reuters White House reporter Steve Holland posted a photo from Air Force One:
President Trump on AF1 displays drawings of ballroom pic.twitter.com/I2MUuvsl8T
— Steve Holland (@steveholland1) March 30, 2026
Video queued to ballroom discussion:
Transcript excerpt:
“Now, the military is building a a big complex under the ballroom, which has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed, but the military is building a massive complex under the ballroom and that’s under construction and we’re doing very well. So, we’re ahead of schedule. It’s part of it. And the ballroom essentially becomes a shed for what’s being built under the military, including from drones and including from any other thing. the glass uh on the windows, you see the big windows, the glass is uh extremely thick. It’s high grade bulletproof glass. So, all of the windows are bulletproof. Uh I think the Times wrote to you some of the windows are fake. We have no fake windows. They said they talked about a stairway in the south. We don’t have a stairway in the south. That was replaced a long time ago. But this is a a view of it from the north. And that’s if you see it, it fits in with the White House. It’s almost a twin to the White House. It’s uh something we just wanted to pay tribute to the White House. And so that fits in beautifully…”
In an acknowledgment of the new era of warfare, Trump also told reporters that in addition to being bulletproof, the ballroom is designed to be drone proof.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped the New York Times earlier Sunday about the hit piece on the ballroom, “The New York Times had three random people who have “studied fine arts,” “long written about urban planning,” and never built anything to write an article criticizing the new White House ballroom. President Trump and his lead architect have built world-class buildings around the world, and they are ensuring the People’s House finally has a beautiful ballroom that’s been needed for decades — at no expense to the taxpayer.”
The New York Times had three random people who have “studied fine arts,” “long written about urban planning,” and never built anything to write an article criticizing the new White House ballroom.
President Trump and his lead architect have built world-class buildings around… https://t.co/qAl2gk6hDA pic.twitter.com/vRH9U6mes0
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 29, 2026
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