New court filing 'obviously written by Trump' tries to leverage shooting for ballroom

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I cannot believe that any real or ethical attorney would sign these pleadings. The lawyers who signed this pleading will be disbarred

New court filing 'obviously written by Trump' tries to leverage shooting for ballroom #AlterNet

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-05-25T14:16:23.000Z

https://www.alternet.org/trump-ballroom-secret-service

Early Saturday evening, May 23 during Memorial Day Weekend, U.S. Secret Service agents exchanged fire with a gunman who was approaching a White House security checkpoint in Washington, DC. The gunman was killed, and President Donald Trump is responding to the incident by arguing that it makes a case for his White House ballroom. And Trump's legal team makes that argument in a court filing posted online the day after the incident.

Politico legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein posted the six-page legal document on X, formerly Twitter, noting how decidedly Trumpian the language in the filing is.

Gerstein tweeted, "JUST IN: Another court filing obviously written by Trump, seeks to leverage shooting Saturday to end litigation over WH ballroom project. Calls latest episode 'assassination attempt.' Cites news reports, but no other proof/legal cases. Ends w/a '!"....

Many of Trump's critics are attacking the proposed ballroom as a vanity project that will cost taxpayers a fortune. But the court filing claims that the ballroom is necessary from a national security standpoint.

"This second attack on the President this month underscores the critical need for top level, state of the art security at the White House, including the Ballroom, a knitted, unified, cohesive part of the East Wing Project, which is vital for National Security, and is being constructed to ensure that the President can perform his constitutional duties in a safe and heavily secured facility," the filing states. "This court's unlawful injunction has wrongfully cast a cloud of uncertainty around the future of the entire East Wing Project, which is being constructed for the physical safety and security of all Presidents, their families, staff, Foreign Dignitaries, and guests. When completed, this highly knitted, integrated, and unified Project, which is a singular and vital National Security facility, will provide a 'SAFE HAVEN' from attackers such as the one last night, and on April 25th. It will provide a highly secure space for future Inaugurations, and other major events, such as the recent visit of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, and the coming visit in September of President Xi of China."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Trump's fingerprints are all over a new Justice Dept court filing defending the Trump Ballroom

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Trump's fingerprints are all over a new Justice Dept court filing defending the Trump Ballroom

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Claims that Trump is providing America an "invaulable gift"

Claims the project is "underbudget" despite Senate request for $1 billion in taxpayer money

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[MineralMan]

4. Yes, that appears to be Trump's child-like writing style.

My question is: Where does he get of filing anything in court cases? He's not an attorney. He has not been admitted to the SCOTUS Bar. He has no business writing any pleadings at all in any case having anything to do with himself.

Completely out of line, it seems to me.

[Totally Tunsie]

8. How did all the other presidents function?

"without the construction of this great Project, the President cannot safely conduct the business of the United States"

Seems this should be stated as "...THIS President cannot safely conduct the business of the United States."

In his case, the ballroom won't make a damn bit of difference in how he leads this nation. They'd be better off spending a lot less to build a "Popemobile style" of vehicle to transport his mighty ass around the fairways.

[Initech]

11. I want the fucking asshole out of the White House and in prison!

[magicarpet]

2. Are the presidential assassinations and White House gun fire being staged to,...

.... to advance Trump's building of his testicle room and Nazi Meeting Hall ?

[CincyDem]

3. This "attempt" posed no greater risk to Trump than a guy standing in a Nebraska cornfield with a .22 pointing east.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. It's grift, not gift.

Trump – the most dishonest, corrupt ‘president’ in US history.

[Mz Pip]

6. What's Trump planning to do?

Live in the ballroom?
No golf? No rallies? No travel?

How does the ballroom help when he’s not in it?

[Maeve]

7. Someone cleaned it up a bit, but he dictated it, no doubt

But then, he's wanted to be a dictator for some time now....

[Initech]

9. Yeah well who's going to stop him?

The man is fucking deranged, psychotic and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Fuck Trump.

[ultralite001]

10. The "Strolling Woman"...

should sue Krasnov...

The final paragraph of this filing... Priceless...

"In light of the recent attacks against President Trump’s life—including two attempts in less
than a month—the injunction entered by this Court for the benefit of a strolling woman, who filed
suit against the East Wing Project long before she knew what was going to be built (This is a
woman who is a known serial plaintiff throughout Washington, D.C.), and who has absolutely no
standing, must be immediately vacated, and this suit, which is a complete embarrassment to our
Country, must be dismissed. This is a terrible, tremendously harmful case to the United States of
America, and all it stands for!"

[struggle4progress]

12. Sure sounds like some attorneys need to be disbarred