Project is suspended by court decision; on Saturday (April 25), a man tried to invade an event with the North American president held in a hotel
The President of the United States, (Republican Party), defended, this Sunday (April 26, 2026), the White House. According to him, what happened on Saturday night (April 25) during dinner with sectoral journalists from the North American government reinforces the need to implement the project.
Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. In addition to Trump, members of the first level of the US government, media professionals and guests were present. An armed man tried to invade the place, but was detained. The American president was hastily removed.
“What happened last night is exactly why our military, the Secret Service, law enforcement and, for different reasons, every president over the last 150 years, has been DEMANDING the construction of a large, secure Ballroom on the White House grounds.”Trump na Truth Social.
“In addition to being beautiful, it has all the highest level security features available, there are no rooms above that allow people to enter without authorization and it is located within the gates of the most secure building in the world, the White House”he declared.
Construction of the ballroom is at a standstill. At the end of March, the US Court declared that construction could not proceed without Congressional approval. With the decision, the project valued at US$400 million was suspended.
District Judge Richard Leon served one of the organization dedicated to preserving historic heritage in the USA. The organization said that Trump exceeded his authority by authorizing the demolition of the East Wing, a historic structure of the presidential complex, to make way for the new construction.
ATTACK ON TRUMP’S DINNER
Read below what is known so far:
- what there was – an armed man during an event with Trump, the Secret Service responded and shots were fired;
- what was the event – the traditional dinner with sector journalists at the White House, held on April 25, 2026 at the Washington Hilton Hotel, in the US capital, with the Republican, the 1st echelon of the Trump administration, media professionals and guests;
- Trump escorted – as soon as the shots were heard, the Secret Service;
- who is the suspect – He is 31 years old, an engineer graduated from Caltech and living in California. He was carrying two firearms and several knives at the time he was restrained by the Secret Service. He is in the custody of the authorities;
- “lone wolf” – after the attack, Trump spoke to journalists and said he believed Cole Allen – he also had a photo of the man on his social media profile;
- injured in the attack – Trump stated that he, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other members of the government who were at the dinner are fine, but that a Secret Service agent was . He said he spoke with the officer, who is fine and was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Association of journalists
Saturday’s dinner (April 25) between journalists and Trump was organized by the WHCA (“White House Correspondents Association”). The most correct way to translate the name of this private entity is “Association of Journalists who Cover the White House”.
The WHCA was created by journalists on February 25, 1914, in response to a statement by the then US president, Woodrow Wilson, who in 1913 said that he could put an end to the tradition of participating in interviews for journalists, as “certain afternoon newspapers” (without saying which ones) would be publishing phrases that he considered to have given in a confidential manner.
The 1st Annual WHCA Dinner was held on May 7, 1921 at the Arlington Hotel on the corner of Vermont Avenue and L Street in Washington. The then US president, Warren G. Harding, did not attend the event. The first North American president to attend the dinner was Calvin Coolidge, in 1924.
Over the years, the dinner has become a tradition in the North American political world, in the country’s capital. The location changes from time to time. It’s always an opportunity for the country’s president to speak in a more relaxed way, listen and tell jokes.
These opportunities are seen as a celebration of freedom of speech, one of the most popular rights in the country and enshrined in 1791 by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution, which prevents Congress from creating laws that limit freedoms of speech, press, assembly, religion and petitioning the government.
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