[CNN] Thwarted attack on UFC fight is another reason to build White House ba

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📌 标题:Thwarted attack on UFC fight is another reason to build White House ballroom, Trump DOJ argues

📅 发布时间:Updated Jun 17, 2026, 2:44 PM ET

📝 英文原文:
SummaryTrump's Justice Department is citing a thwarted attack on a UFC fight at the White House as justification for the White House ballroom project.Officials say the planned ballroom would shield the grounds from drones and bullets with sophisticated security features atop the structure.Critics argue Trump is using recent violence to justify a project that requires congressional approval he has not obtained.AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.As federal courts have looked skeptically at President Donald Trump’s assertion that he can construct a massive new ballroom at the White House without approval from lawmakers, he’s increasingly pointed to alleged attempts to harm him as a reason why the project should continue apace.The latest iteration of that argument came late Tuesday when a top political appointee at the Justice Department said athwarted possible attackon the outdoor UFC fight held at the White House last weekend “demonstrates the compelling need” for the nearly 90,000-square foot event space.The ballroom’s “mass and height will shield the White House grounds from attack, and give the Secret Service the visibility needed to identify attackers,” Brett Shumate, the head of DOJ’s civil division, told a federal appeals court ina brief letter.“It will protect the president and guests at major events that are currently held in ‘plastic tents that cannot even protect highly esteemed guests from inclement weather, let alone high caliber bullets or kamikaze drones,’ – exactly the attack that this Sunday’s would-be assassins plotted to launch,” he wrote, referring to temporary structures that have historically been used for large events held on the White House’s South Lawn.The missive represents the department’s latest bid to use violence in Washington, DC, to buttress its arguments in defense of the project. Earlier this year, a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and a separate shooting incident near the White House wereinvoked by th

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
摘要特朗普的司法部以在白宫举行的 UFC 比赛遭到挫败为由,作为白宫宴会厅项目的理由。官员们表示,计划中的宴会厅将在结构顶部配备先进的安全功能,以保护场地免受无人机和子弹的袭击。批评者认为,特朗普正在利用最近的暴力事件来证明他尚未获得国会批准的项目的合理性。人工智能生成的摘要已由 CNN 编辑审核。联邦法院对此表示怀疑



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