President Donald J. Trump lashed out at the group that sued to halt construction of his opulent new White House ballroom, railing against the “TREASONISTS” in a mammoth Friday night screed posted to Truth Social.
Trump’s plans for the ballroom and the underground military facility and security complex have been thwarted after the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued over the renovation project, with two Democrat-appointed judges on a federal appeals court ordering that construction be halted last week because congressional approval is required.
The ballroom is a matter of immense personal pride and a national security necessity to the president who blew his stack in the lengthy blast on his social media platform.
“These are the TREASONISTS that brought the suit against the Military Complex. They revealed Top Military Secrets!” Trump began the post, which clocks in at nearly 600 words.
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“’The National Trust for Historic Preservation’ is a beautiful name, but even their name is fake because when they add the words ‘in the United States’ to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not. In fact, the United States refused to continue funding it in 2005 because they strongly disagreed with their mission and objectives,” the post continues. “They are very bad for our Country. They stop many projects that are worthy, and hurt many others. In this case, they are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members.”
The president proceeded to pummel Carol Quillen, the former Davidson College president who ran the National Trust for Historic Preservation at the time the lawsuit was brought, calling into question her credentials while also giving a hat tip to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a fixture on Fox News and potential future defector to the GOP side.
“They were asked by the United States Military not to bring this suit because of the Top Secret nature of the important facility being built. They were shown detailed plans and specifications of this knitted, unified, and cohesive structure by Top Officers and Leaders in both the Military and Secret Service. But this did not deter them because they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS, as noted by Democrat Senator John Fetterman, of Pennsylvania. The lower section does not work without the upper section and, likewise, the upper section does not work without the lower. It is all one highly integrated unit,” the commander in chief fumed.
The president also unloaded on the plaintiff in the case, a woman who walks her dog near the White House.
“This woman is not a ‘walker,’ she is an activist, or serial plaintiff, who is involved in much other frivolous litigation throughout the City. In fact, whenever the National Trust files a lawsuit, she seems to be involved,” the post read. “So, she walked at the site of the White House, where there was no Building, and it bothered her, but she also walks in front of all of those other places, where she must also be bothered, and hence, additional court cases?”
“She has no Clearances, or expertise whatsoever, in National Security, Defense, or required protections for the President. She has absolutely no standing to be involved in this case and, in fact, her name is not even mentioned as a plaintiff in the case! It is this kind of gross and flagrant abuse of our Courts that is exactly why Americans are losing faith in our System of Justice. It is so bad for our Country!” Trump’s post concluded.
“Two Judges, one appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, the other by Sleepy Joe Biden, said in a ruling on the desperately needed SECURE Ballroom/Military Complex, including a major DronePort on the roof, that ‘Each President is a temporary tenant…of the White House,’” Trump raged in an Aug. 7 Truth Social post after the latest delay in the project which he has insisted is vital for national security.
Trump’s branding of the privately funded nonprofit as “treasonists” comes after he requested that the Supreme Court intervene to allow the ballroom construction to continue while the administration prepares a full appeal.
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“This case involves an extraordinary and unlawful injunction that will halt the ongoing construction of the integrated military complex, including a totally secure ballroom space, at the East Wing of the White House, which is vitally required by national security,” the government’s lawyers wrote in their filing.
“The Administration brazenly asserted to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that even if Ballroom construction were unlawful, not even the Supreme Court had authority to stop it,” the “treasonists” at the National Trust said in a Friday statement urging the SCOTUS to stay out of the matter. “The Administration’s transparent efforts to evade the rule of law, frustrate judicial review, and limit the availability of meaningful relief in the courts must stop here.”
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