White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79
www.thedailybeast.com
The president’s much-talked-about ballroom now inexplicably could double as a hospital.

Looks like all that construction work distraction was to hide all the medical equipment they needed to bring into the White House.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    18·
    21 days ago

    Then the surprise: The “Military Top Secret Ballroom” will also feature special underground medical facilities for the aging president, Blanche noted.

    “The Project, which includes a state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities, Top Secret military installations, bomb shelters, structures, and equipment, protective partitioning, and other features—is fully designed to protect the President,” he wrote.

    https://archive.is/UU0Bz

    • Triumph@fedia.io
      27·
      21 days ago

      So here’s the thing: having something like that is probably a good idea. Having a modern one instead of whatever outdated one was already there is probably a good thing.

      Pulling down an entire wing to “build a ballroom” as cover, then revealing the bunker anyway is pure idiocy.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        16·
        21 days ago

        There must be a reason that they’re hiding that part and they didn’t want anyone to know about it. My guess is that they’re going to try and do the weekend at bernies thing, fr. Parade him in front of reporters every now and then, when he has a good day. The rest of the time, they pump him full of shit that keeps him alive. There’s no way they’re going to let his power and cash grab go away.

      • Brummbaer@pawb.socialEnglish
        11·
        21 days ago

        Normal countries don’t have a god-emperor president that needs to be protected at all costs. This is not even about Trump, they did that to all the presidents before.

        I never understood the “prepper” fetish the US has.

        In other countries the president might be your next door neighbour and you have 2-3 policemen around to keep the weirdos off.

        • phdepressed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          21 days ago

          Multiple presidents have been assassinated or attempted to be assassinated. Which put lightly is vexing to the notion of US democracy wherein only the people (not one person) should remove a president. Mix that with hyper -isms (national, patriot) and viola. The secret service legislation was literally on Lincoln’s desk when he was assassinated.

            • phdepressed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              21 days ago

              I mean I’m US educated so idk about assassination attempt rates of prime ministers and presidents of other democracies. The cold war fears were very real and amplified after Kennedy was shot. The wiki on assassination attempts for US presidents is pretty lengthy for the past few…

              • jdr@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                21 days ago

                Well Kennedy was an Irish Catholic, so I’m pretty sure Jesus shot him from the grassy knoll.