"President Trump This is a much more important thing to do. So, this is the ballroom right here. It's beautiful. People love it. It'll hold - it's being designed with bulletproof glass, 4 to 5 inches thick. Can take just about any weapon that we know of. I wish I was in it about a little while ago. [Mr. Trump laughs.] [Mr. Trump speaks briefly off the record.]"
"President Trump I may do an upper West Wing. This area. Cover it with one floor because it needs more space. It would be - David E. Sanger Including the Oval? Or Oval would be separate? President Trump No, less. Short of the Oval. If you take the L [shape] - David E. Sanger So you'd put it up - there's a second floor. It's sort of in the attic."
Trump described a ballroom being designed with 4 to 5 inches of bulletproof glass capable of stopping almost any known weapon. He expressed that the ballroom holds people and that he wished he had been inside during a recent threatening moment. The conversation briefly went off the record before returning to renovations. Trump proposed adding an upper West Wing floor to gain space while avoiding placement at the level of the Oval. He cited vulnerability to long-range rifles as a reason the current roof area is not used as a park.
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