‘Serious threats’: Secret Service sounds alarm on shutting down Trump’s ballroom project

There will be certain threats to the security of the White House complex in Washington should the courts refuse to allow the privately funded ballroom project organized by President Donald Trump to move forward.

It has been given approval for work this week while the Secret Service was asked to detail possible security threats from Democrats’ demands that it be halted.

A report in the Washington Examiner said senior Secret Service officials now have cited “numerous” security threats that would be present if the Democrats get their way.

It was Richard Leon, a federal judge in Washington, who insisted that the project be halted. But he included a provision allowing for work needed “to ensure the safety and security of the White House.”

The leftist National Trust for Historic Preservation had gone to court claiming that does not include the construction of the ballroom itself, even as an appeals court suspended Leon’s order and said the work would proceed for now.

Now the Department of Justice has explained that the project should go forward.

“A dormant excavation site adjacent to the exposed Executive Mansion itself poses serious safety and security threats,” the department said. “The court is not positioned to second-guess these determinations about what is needed to ensure presidential security, let alone to superintend the construction process. The court should therefore make clear that it does not intend to do either of those things.”

In the filing, Matthew Quinn, the deputy director of the Secret Service, said the “current unfinished construction site compromises the ability of Secret Service personnel” to protect the White House.

He continued, “Given these security risks, along with the vulnerabilities of the already-constructed below-ground structures, leaving nothing on top of the below-ground construction is not an option. The project is a single, coherent whole. An above-ground slab and topping structure is needed to ensure that key underground structures with a security purpose are properly protected and strengthened.”

Celebrities have pretended to know all about the project as they condemn it. Included in their wild allegations are mistakes, like that taxpayers are paying for it. Trump has promised that he’s recruited private donations to give the structure to Americans.

Joy Reid posted an unhinged rant, crying about the ballroom that Trump is building, and claims it’s taxpayer-funded.

The ballroom is 100% funded by Trump and private donors.

She’s either extremely dumb or a liar, or the more likely option: BOTH pic.twitter.com/cw9qFkOnQF

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 23, 2025

Quinn noted that even delays in construction work could allow adversaries “to view the elements of construction, identify vulnerabilities, and pose ongoing national security risks.

Critics of the project say they just want the project stopped because not having a ballroom at the White House is not a security risk. Previous presidents have made other changes to the White House complex without getting authorization from Congress, which is what Trump’s antagonists are demanding.