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The View Criticizes White House Ballroom Project Over New Bunker Plans

The on-air backlash followed lawsuit-driven reports that exposed plans for an updated secure facility beneath the proposed venue.

Overview

  • The View hosts on ABC criticized the planned White House ballroom on Tuesday, centering on a new military bunker beneath it.
  • The project would replace a 1940s-era “doomsday” shelter with an updated secure facility under the East Wing site.
  • Sunny Hostin called the plan disconcerting and floated unproven ideas about billionaires using the bunker, which have not been substantiated.
  • Guest Whitney Cummings warned that public talk about the site could aid enemies and contrasted it with the long-secret Greenbrier bunker built in the Eisenhower era.
  • Coverage notes the details surfaced through preservation lawsuits, and the White House press secretary has attacked The New York Times’ critical report.