Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 05/06/2026 07:32:56
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The White House Ballroom is going up rapidly on the East side of the White House. The only reason the cost has changed is because, after deep rooted studies, it is approximately twice the size, and a far higher quality, than the original proposal, which would not have been adequate to handle the necessary events, meetings, and even future Inaugurations. The original price was 200 Million Dollars, the double sized, highest quality completed project will be something less than 400 Million Dollars. It will be magnificent, safe, and secure! This was a necessary change, it was done long ago, but the Fake News failed to report it, trying to make it look like there was a cost overrun. Actually, it is coming in ahead of schedule, and under budget! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 05/06/2026 07:41:41
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Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran. If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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It's likely based off this:
Senate Republicans Unveil $70 Billion+ Giveaway for Ballroom, ICE and CBP
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans last night unveiled their spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security which includes more than $70 billion for the lawless Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and $1 billion for Trump’s ballroom. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement:
“The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress do not care about bringing down the cost of living. President Trump and Republicans’ priority is to spend billions and billions of dollars on foreign wars, Trump’s White House ballroom, and even more money for masked, armed federal agents to threaten our communities. There is more than $70 billion in the legislation Republicans unveiled last night. Not a penny of it will do anything to bring down the skyrocketing cost of gas, groceries, health care, and other everyday goods and services that Americans can no longer afford.
“Immigration agents have beaten, harassed, detained, and even killed law abiding American citizens with zero accountability. Now, instead of reforming those agencies to keep our communities safe from masked federal agents, Republicans are giving them tens of billions of dollars with no strings attached to continue threatening our communities.
“We have been told that the president’s ballroom would be privately funded, that it would not cost taxpayers a dime. Now it turns out that actually it is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion. The legislation allows the $1 billion to be spent on ‘security adjustments and upgrades’ for the East Wing Modernization Project. The National Capital Planning Commission, which Trump corruptly took over last year and oversees the project, refers to East Wing Modernization as ‘a permanent, secure event space,’ which means the entire ballroom could be interpreted as a security adjustment.
“Republicans have been lying to the public about the cost of this ballroom for over a year. It has always been about taking taxpayer money to build a lavish venue for billionaire mega-donors to rub elbows with the Trump officials they have bought and paid for.
“Democrats will not support a single taxpayer dollar for the ballroom vanity project, nor will we support any funding for ICE or Border Patrol without reining in these out-of-control agencies.”
The bill includes $38.2 billion for ICE; $26 billion for CBP; a $5 billion slush fund for the Secretary of Homeland Security; $1.5 billion for several Justice Department bureaus; and $1 billion to the Secret Service specifically for President Trump’s ballroom. For reference, the entire Secret Service budget for fiscal year 2026 is $3.3 billion.
https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/senate-republicans-unveil-70-billion-giveaway-ballroom-ice-and-cbp
Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 05/06/2026 08:28:57
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Trump’s new culture of government reform delivers more life-saving benefits to veterans:
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trumps-culture-government-reform-and-reduction-brings-life-saving-benefits
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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 05/06/2026 08:29:20
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Top DOJ official predicts Supreme Court will declare AR-15 rifles legal everywhere in America:
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/gun-rights/wedtop-doj-official-predicts-supreme-court-will-declare-ar-15-rifles
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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 05/06/2026 08:29:21
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Top DOJ official predicts Supreme Court will declare AR-15 rifles legal everywhere in America:
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/gun-rights/wedtop-doj-official-predicts-supreme-court-will-declare-ar-15-rifles
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Top DOJ official predicts Supreme Court will declare AR-15 rifles legal everywhere in America
"I think there is going to be a ruling eventually from the Supreme Court that AR-15s are legal for all law-abiding citizens to own and operate," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tells Just the News.
The Justice Department's top civil rights lawyer believes the Trump administration's lawsuit this week against the city of Denver's gun ban will one day soon lead to a Supreme Court decision legalizing the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle – revered by gun owners and reviled by liberals – in every jurisdiction in America.
"We intend to make sure they do that," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in an interview set to be aired Wednesday night on the Just the News, No Noise television show.
Dhillon spoke just hours after her office filed a lawsuit against the city of Denver over its ban on "assault rifles," arguing the ban violates residents' Second Amendment rights.
The ban covers AR-15-style rifles, which the complaint argues are owned by "tens of millions" of Americans,
The complaint also describes the use of the term "assault rifle" in the Denver law's language as a "rhetorically politically charged" term used by "anti-gun publicists."
In addition, the suit cites the 2008 Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which held that the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to possess weapons that are in common use for lawful purposes.
“The Constitution is not a suggestion, and the Second Amendment is not a second-class right. Denver's ban on commonly owned semi-automatic rifles directly violates the right to bear arms. This Department of Justice will vigorously defend the liberties of law-abiding citizens," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in praising the legal strike.
Dhillon credited her bosses for giving her the freedom to file lawsuits protecting Second Amendment rights.
"I want to thank the president for setting the tone at the beginning of his administration and having an executive order that made clear that the Second Amendment is a first class right in the United States, and Pam Bondi and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have fully backed that up," she said.
"We intend to make sure that citizens of Denver have the same rights as citizens of the rest of America. And we do have other cities like this," she added. "The District of Columbia also has a similar ban. We have sued them already, and we will be absolutely looking for other opportunities. And there are other types of issues as well.
Dhillon explained why she believes the AR-15 will be deemed legal nationwide soon.
"I think the AR-15 ban is one that really is a kind of low-hanging fruit, because the Supreme Court held in a 9-0 opinion in the Smith and Wesson case that the AR-15 is the most commonly owned and operated rifle in the United States. And so when you add that statistic to the ruling in the Bruen and Heller decisions, which talk about firearms that are in common use and for law-abiding citizens, that leads to the inexorable conclusion that the AR-15 is presumptively legal all over America.
"And denial of the right to own it and, in fact, criminalization of that in Denver, is something that is long overdue to be updated. And we intend to make sure they do that," she said.
Dhillon said differing case law in the federal judicial circuits makes it likely that the Supreme Court will take up the case.
"There is kind of a Circuit split on this issue. So the Fourth Circuit has some bad precedent on this issue, and we intend to create some good precedent in some other circuits in addition to what's already there. And then I think it would be right for the (Supreme) Court.
"And the court has really signaled in several opinions where it is going with this," she added. "And I think there is going to be a ruling eventually from the Supreme Court that AR-15s are legal for all law-abiding citizens to own and operate."
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/gun-rights/wedtop-doj-official-predicts-supreme-court-will-declare-ar-15-rifles