The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that has impeded President Donald Trump’s plans for a White House ballroom, saying its opponents “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome” and that an alleged assassination attempt on the president showed the project was necessary.
In a nine-page court filing, Justice Department leaders said Saturday’s foiled attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner demonstrated why a White House ballroom is required for national security.
“If any other President had the ability, foresight, or talents necessary, to build this ballroom, which will be one of the greatest, safest, and most secure structures of its kind anywhere in the World, there would never have been a lawsuit,” Justice Department leaders said in the court filing. “But, because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a highly successful real estate developer, who has abilities that others don’t, especially those who assume the Office of President, this frivolous and meritless lawsuit was filed.”
The filing said the preservationist group behind the lawsuit is “very bad for our Country,” suffers from “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME” and “is represented by the lawyer for Barack Hussein Obama.”
