{"id":4838,"date":"2026-04-26T05:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:13:49","slug":"trump-says-shooting-by-would-be-assassin-points-to-need-for-white-house-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=4838","title":{"rendered":"Trump says shooting by ‘would-be assassin’ points to need for White House ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump faced the risk of yet another potential assassination attempt on Saturday after a gunmen fired shots outside a hotel ballroom he was in while attending the annual White House correspondents dinner.<\/p>\n

It followed two attempts in 2024 during his presidential campaign, including one that grazed his ear, inches away from a fatal shot.<\/p>\n

After Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and top administration officials were evacuated from the hotel, the president spoke to reporters at the White House briefing room. He soon pointed to the need for the controversial ballroom he is building on the White House grounds where the East Wing used to be.<\/p>\n

Lawsuits have challenged the project, claiming the ballroom\u2019s construction hasn\u2019t followed proper protocols, while the administration has cited national security for why it must continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we\u2019re planning at the White House,\u201d Trump said Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s actually a larger room, and it\u2019s much more secure. It\u2019s drone proof. It\u2019s bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police said the gunman, who was a guest at the hotel, appeared to be alone and charged a checkpoint at the hotel. He was armed with a shotgun, a hand gun, and multiple knives.<\/p>\n

He shot a Secret Service agent, who was wearing a bullet-proof vest, then was tacked to the ground. The agent was injured and taken to a hospital. Reports said the man in custody is Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif.<\/p>\n

Trump said \u201cthis is not the first time in the past couple of years that our republic has been attacked by a would-be assassin.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked why he has faced multiple assassination attempts, Trump replied he has studied assassinations in the past and said the \u201cmost impactful people\u201d like Abraham Lincoln have been targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people that do the most, the people that make the biggest impact\u2014they\u2019re the ones that they go after,\u201d Trump explained.<\/p>\n

He later added: \u201cIt\u2019s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don\u2019t know if that had anything to do with it. No, I don\u2019t think so, based on what we know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agents stand guard after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. <\/p>\n

Andrew Harnik\/Gettyimages<\/p>\n

Security at the event<\/p>\n

Questions were soon raised about the level of security at the hotel where the correspondents dinner was held.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was there this evening and there was no security to be admitted to the lobby of the hotel. Guests had to simply flash a ticket to a pre-event party or the dinner itself to be let into the premises, which in hindsight was alarming,\u201d Caty Payette, communications director for Sen. Martin Heinrich, posted on X.<\/p>\n

At a separate news conference, Secret Service Director Sean Curren said the gunman charged a checkpoint and was apprehended, showing that \u201cour multi-layered protection works.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the suspect is being is charged with using a firearm during crime of violence and assault on a federal officer using dangerous weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis individual was intent on doing as much harm and as much damage as he could and thankfully because of the checkpoint\u2014right outside the ballroom where thousands of people were situated to hear the president of the United States\u2014because that checkpoint worked there was no one who was injured,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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