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BumRushDaShow

(172,109 posts)
Sat May 16, 2026, 05:54 AM 5 hrs ago

White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79

Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 16 2026 2:57AM EDT / Published May 16 2026 12:50AM EDT


The White House has unleashed a frantic new push to move ahead with construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which they now say is also needed to give the aging president a “state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered the latest startling revelation in a court filing late Thursday that sounded as if much of it had been pulled straight from one of the 79-year-old president’s Truth Social tirades. It hailed the planned $400 million ballroom as a “gift to the People of the United States” that is being hampered only by preservationists suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to halt construction of the project in December after the East Wing was demolished to make way for the 90,000-square-foot ballroom without first obtaining approval. A federal judge blocked above-ground construction, though that order was stayed while an appeals court panel reviews the case, with oral arguments now scheduled for June 5.

In the wake of suspected gunman Cole Tomas Allen’s attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April (which, as usual, was not held at the White House), Blanche publicly pressured the National Trust to dismiss its lawsuit. But the organization refused. Trump is apparently still smarting from that rejection, as Blanche repeatedly accused the D.C. nonprofit of failing to show an appropriate level of sympathy after the attempted assassination at the dinner.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-reveals-secret-new-hospital-for-donald-trump-79/



Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645.81.0_1.pdf
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White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago OP
Blanche preaching sympathy is a special form of evil bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #1
Grumpy needs to be on life support Onthefly 5 hrs ago #2
They admit the "ballroom" won't be finished till September, 2028. (What construction project is ever completed on time?) sop 4 hrs ago #7
"Grumpy needs to be on life support" Dave Id 3 hrs ago #13
Preservation facilities INSIDE the bunker? Grokenstein 5 hrs ago #3
I'm getting (preserved) Lenin vibes BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #19
I'm getting "They Saved Hitler's Brain" vibes. nt eppur_se_muova 6 min ago #47
Weekend At Bernie's Hospital Attilatheblond 1 hr ago #38
It will be an entirely self contained bunker. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #4
Next we'll find out that they're building a McDonald's into the basement. (n/t) thesquanderer 4 hrs ago #6
...and one of those fancy computerized golf screens, gab13by13 3 hrs ago #12
Like virtual golf? ananda 1 hr ago #29
Cool as long as we never have to see him again... hopefully can ignore his stupid posts LymphocyteLover 3 hrs ago #15
THIS! A place to take and keep control radical noodle 1 hr ago #30
Yes even a special entrance for the hookers. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #32
I'd guess there will just be special rooms for them radical noodle 1 hr ago #33
The next cost addition will be for the underground golf course Attilatheblond 1 hr ago #39
Out here in the world if plans of this magnitude were started Hope22 4 hrs ago #5
I picture the "Dirty Dozen" running through doc03 4 hrs ago #8
That's a good one! paleotn 3 hrs ago #16
Indeed! calimary 53 min ago #44
Subtitle Roy Rolling 4 hrs ago #9
A very Traildogbob 32 min ago #46
Wait . . . what????? Are we suddenly going to house the felon in a gilded nursing home forever and ever and ever????? Vinca 4 hrs ago #10
This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue 3 hrs ago #11
Does it have "MedBeds"? LymphocyteLover 3 hrs ago #14
Won't be finished in time for him to leave the White House vertical or horizontal paleotn 3 hrs ago #17
Even better was this BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #23
"$ecret" IbogaProject 3 hrs ago #18
State of the fart facility is more like it. Gas warfare at its deadliest. GreenWave 2 hrs ago #20
If trump needs hospitalization, he can go to Walter Reed like every other POTUS. MLWR 2 hrs ago #21
The noisy press keeps reporting on such trips and His Stinkiness doesn't like that Attilatheblond 1 hr ago #40
I'd rather melm00se 2 hrs ago #22
His corpse should be thrown into a tank of acid tonekat 1 hr ago #31
Fuhrerbunker. Make America Germany Again IronLionZion 2 hrs ago #24
A state of the art hospital? karynnj 2 hrs ago #25
Everyday, the idol worshippers want to preserve the dear leader fantasy Onthefly 2 hrs ago #27
In other words... COL Mustard 2 hrs ago #26
Next, use DOD money for a drone factory. Onthefly 1 hr ago #28
State of the art hospital for one Attilatheblond 1 hr ago #41
Like Berchtesgaden only no mountain to climb. Turbineguy 1 hr ago #34
I thought this was an Onion article when I saw the title TBF 1 hr ago #35
Trump Underground Mall... Escape 1 hr ago #36
Funeral Parlor gets my vote. twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #37
NEXT: Trump demands new $200M White House parking garage for Trump's physicians/nurses/mausoleum staff dalton99a 1 hr ago #42
The White House already has doctor's office, a medical staff, an x-ray machine, and supplies Botany 58 min ago #43
He is so vain Diamond_Dog 50 min ago #45

bucolic_frolic

(55,770 posts)
1. Blanche preaching sympathy is a special form of evil
Sat May 16, 2026, 05:58 AM
5 hrs ago

Recall that he labeled shootings in Minnesota as "humanely" dispatched.

Onthefly

(1,373 posts)
2. Grumpy needs to be on life support
Sat May 16, 2026, 06:00 AM
5 hrs ago

He plans on never leaving. Permanent resident for life. Next will be a Lenin preservation.

sop

(19,253 posts)
7. They admit the "ballroom" won't be finished till September, 2028. (What construction project is ever completed on time?)
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:15 AM
4 hrs ago

Why does Trump need a “state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities" unless he's planning on staying?

Dave Id

(326 posts)
13. "Grumpy needs to be on life support"
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:59 AM
3 hrs ago

No, Grumpy needs to be removed from life support. Every new day he lives, he destroys more of what was once a great and respected nation.

Grokenstein

(6,423 posts)
3. Preservation facilities INSIDE the bunker?
Sat May 16, 2026, 06:03 AM
5 hrs ago

Does anyone still believe he intends to leave?

I'm getting They Saved Hitler's Brain vibes here, except...there no brain involved, just an empty noggin that won't shut up.

BumRushDaShow

(172,109 posts)
19. I'm getting (preserved) Lenin vibes
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:41 AM
3 hrs ago




(but imagine a setup like that with gold filigree! )

Attilatheblond

(9,214 posts)
38. Weekend At Bernie's Hospital
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:16 AM
1 hr ago

Corrupt, greedy Cabinet and other Regime Flunkies just not ready to give up the money making opportunities when the corpse-in-waiting finally taps out.

gab13by13

(32,745 posts)
12. ...and one of those fancy computerized golf screens,
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:46 AM
3 hrs ago

where one can play numerous courses. Pretty sure someone can rig all of his shots to go straight down the middle and all of his putts go in the hole.

Hope22

(4,870 posts)
5. Out here in the world if plans of this magnitude were started
Sat May 16, 2026, 06:56 AM
4 hrs ago

The building completion would be years away. Good luck cutting the ribbon before 2028…..To the curb with this monster.

doc03

(39,160 posts)
8. I picture the "Dirty Dozen" running through
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:20 AM
4 hrs ago

dropping grenades down the air intakes on his golden bunker.

Roy Rolling

(7,706 posts)
9. Subtitle
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:24 AM
4 hrs ago
“They could save his brain but he couldn’t save face”

Thanks you. I’ll show my way outside.

Vinca

(54,316 posts)
10. Wait . . . what????? Are we suddenly going to house the felon in a gilded nursing home forever and ever and ever?????
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:32 AM
4 hrs ago

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

paleotn

(22,669 posts)
17. Won't be finished in time for him to leave the White House vertical or horizontal
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:12 AM
3 hrs ago

Come on horizontal!!!!!

The question the new admin will be what to do with several unfinished monstrosities. I vote demolition.

BumRushDaShow

(172,109 posts)
23. Even better was this
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:09 AM
2 hrs ago




In the replay from a different angle at 0.32, the small tower in front of that closer to the beach that had been made a part of that complex, used to be a Holiday Inn that I remember staying in back in 1974 after my dad died... and the building to the left with the rounded roof, is the famous Boardwalk Hall. That is all located at the southern-most end of the boardwalk whereas his Taj Mahal (now a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino) was near the northern-most end.

GreenWave

(12,791 posts)
20. State of the fart facility is more like it. Gas warfare at its deadliest.
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:43 AM
2 hrs ago

We are supposed to feel sorry for this dictator and build it into a ballroom/hospital?

MLWR

(1,073 posts)
21. If trump needs hospitalization, he can go to Walter Reed like every other POTUS.
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:07 AM
2 hrs ago

He really is NOT as special as he appears to think* he is.

Attilatheblond

(9,214 posts)
40. The noisy press keeps reporting on such trips and His Stinkiness doesn't like that
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:22 AM
1 hr ago

Also, the greedy cabinet are unable to hide Walter Reed visits; would be unable to hide a hearse. Can't be the profit taking Weekend at Bernie's regime if the press found out Bernie was DOA.

tonekat

(2,566 posts)
31. His corpse should be thrown into a tank of acid
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:55 AM
1 hr ago

Do away with any remnants permanently.

karynnj

(61,087 posts)
25. A state of the art hospital?
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:32 AM
2 hrs ago

It is hard to even envision what this means. Would this serve everyone working at the White House? Otherwise, it is difficult to understand how many doctors, nurses, and other professional people would mostly be doing nothing.

Isn't there already some medical facility that has the equipment to do various tests?

COL Mustard

(8,381 posts)
26. In other words...
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:39 AM
2 hrs ago

Our last 17 reasons didn't resonate, so let's keep throwing stuff at the wall and see what sticks.

Onthefly

(1,373 posts)
28. Next, use DOD money for a drone factory.
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:44 AM
1 hr ago

Don’t finish the project then say because it is halfway built, it must be repurposed as a ballroom.

The lying liars keep on lying when they are standing up.

TBF

(37,127 posts)
35. I thought this was an Onion article when I saw the title
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:04 AM
1 hr ago

they can't be serious. Where the hell is Vance? He needs to get the 25th in order and ship this guy down to Mar-a-lago. They can build their gilded hospital down in the Florida swamps.

Escape

(513 posts)
36. Trump Underground Mall...
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:06 AM
1 hr ago

Ballroom, hospital, bunker, mausoleum.

Torture chamber?

Fox News studios?

Epstein Childcare Center?

Exciting possibilities.

dalton99a

(95,200 posts)
42. NEXT: Trump demands new $200M White House parking garage for Trump's physicians/nurses/mausoleum staff
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:33 AM
1 hr ago

Botany

(77,830 posts)
43. The White House already has doctor's office, a medical staff, an x-ray machine, and supplies
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:44 AM
58 min ago

And close to the White House is N.I.H., Walter Reed, and Bethesda Naval Hospital so the White House doesn’t need its own Hospital. Although Trump does need an assisted living facility for his dementia.

Diamond_Dog

(41,012 posts)
45. He is so vain
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:51 AM
50 min ago

He doesn’t want nosy news media seeing him transported to a hospital like Walter Reed. He wants his own medical center in his underground bunker.

I wonder if it will contain a mausoleum. We may never be told when he dies. His grifting sycophants will just carry on business as usual.

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