Donald Trump says ballroom project is "big, expensive, and very complex unit" for national security

President Donald Trump is defending his proposed $400 million White House ballroom after a federal appeals court halted construction of its main structure while permitting some security-related work to continue. In a social media post responding to the ruling, Trump described the project as a costly, intricate whole that functions together and is crucial to the country’s defense and military activities. He says the roughly 90,000-square-foot venue would include bomb shelters, a hospital, protective barriers, top-secret military spaces, missile-resistant materials, and a rooftop drone port. The court ruled that national security does not let the president bypass Congress for major White House changes; one judge dissented. The administration plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.