Cole Thomas Allen
President Donald Trump has addressed the incident yet another assassination attempt targeting him and White House officials.
He said that the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner would never have happened “with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House”.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that “What happened last night is exactly the reason” that the military and every president for the last 150 years have been “DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE”.
He added that the ballroom has “every highest level security feature there is plus, there are no rooms sitting on top for unsecured people to pour in, and is inside the gates of the most secure building in the World, The White House”.
Trump said that nothing should be allowed to interfere with with its construction “which is on budget and substantially ahead of schedule!!!”
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the motive of the suspected shooter is still under investigation, but that “preliminary” findings suggest he was targeting administration officials, “likely” including the president.
He told NBC’s Meet the Press that investigators are looking at reports the alleged gunman assembled the weapon in the hotel, adding that the suspect “didn’t get very far”.
“He barely broke the perimeter,” Blanche said adding that the suspect likely travelled by train from LA to Chicago, and then to Washington DC.
He also confirmed that the suspect will be formally charged on Monday.
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