BREAKING: Trump gets ORDER HE FEARED on BALLROOM!!

Donald Trump just got handed the ruling. he feared regarding the construction of. the ballroom. The DC Circuit Court of. Appeals has just ruled on a two-to-one. basis that the ballroom is hereby. blocked. Let me repeat that. Donald. Trump's ballroom is hereby blocked. This. affirms a district court ruling also. blocking the construction of the. ballroom. Now, the decision by the DC. Circuit Court of Appeals has been stayed.

for 14 days, meaning it's been. temporarily paused for 14 days, so. Donald Trump can appeal to the Supreme. Court. But we've been waiting on this. decision by the DC Circuit Court of. Appeals to see if they would affirm what. the lower federal court ruled blocking. the construction of the ballroom. This. is Donald Trump's nightmare. Now, as we. always do here on the Midas Touch. Network in a very diligent way, I want. to go over with you the DC Circuit Court.

of Appeal ruling so you can understand. their reasoning for yourself and why. this decision is very, very strong. My. view is that it is possible the Supreme. Court will grant a stay and temporarily. allow construction to continue. That's. possible. Unclear if they'll do that. We. know the Supreme Court usually makes the. wrong decision, but ultimately, I. believe the Supreme Court will affirm. the decision that is made that has been.

made by the DC Circuit Court of Appeal. and they will block the construction or. what's left of the construction. And. that means you're just going to have. this like junkyard-looking thing that. will remain there for the next two years. or so and it will, I think, be symbolic. of the stain that is this Trump. presidency. So let's just go through. this order in a very methodical way. You. can see right here the case is the.

National Trust for Historic. Preservation. Um and it is against the National Park. Services et al. Against Trump and. against the Department of the Interior. You'll note that the decision was made. on a two-to-one basis. You have Judge. Millett and Judge Garcia. Uh Judge Rao was the dissenting uh vote. here in a two-to-one decision. And. here's here's the decision, very.

strongly worded. The White House is the. people's house and under the. Constitution's property clause, Congress. exercises plenary control over the. building and its surrounding land. The. White House is also the centerpiece of. President's Park, a national park. stewarded by the National Park Service. According to the government, as the. oldest public building in the District. of Columbia, the White House is the. crown jewel, not just of President's. Park, but also of Lafayette Square's.

National Historic Landmark District, a. site listed for preservation in the. National Register of Historic Places. It. goes on and talks about how this site. was selected for the White House. And. then it goes on and says, "Each. president is a temporary tenant, not the. owner of the White House and its. executive residence. The president has. no and claims no constitutionally. assigned authority over the property. which is designed and maintained for the.

use of all presidents, current and. future, and for the American people. As. the defendant National Park Service has. explained, the White House is owned by. the American people and stewarded by the. National Park Service. It is more than. the president's residence, as it it is a. site for protest and national discourse. about what it means to American. And it. says how. any additions, subtractions, alterations. of the White House has always been the.

role of Congress. Throughout history, Congress has appropriated funds both for. the White House maintenance and for. necessary physical improvements and. additions. Congress, for example, authorized the repair and reconstruction. of the White House after the British. attempted to burn it down during the War. of 1812. The court goes on to say, "We. are aware of no instance in American. history in which a president. unilaterally and using privately. collected funds demolished substantial.

portions of the White House that. Congress authorized to be built and. American taxpayers paid for until now.". And then it goes through the history of. what went down over just 3 days in. October 2025. without undertaking promised. consultation or obtaining Congress's. permission, Trump bulldozed the entire. East Wing in order to construct a. massive 90,000 square-foot ballroom paid.

for by private funds with no. congressional oversight. Pause there. We. now know a lot of this is actually being. paid for by taxpayer funds and that we. were all defrauded and they said it. would all be taken care of by private. funds. But the demolition, perhaps, was. all done by private funds. There was no factual dispute, the court. says, at this juncture. In fact, the. defendants admit that the erection of. this enormous ballroom will have. permanent adverse impacts on the. cultural landscape of Presidents Park.

Then it goes on to say how the National. Trust for Historic Preservation is the. plaintiff. They brought this suit. challenging the plan construction. The. district court preliminarily enjoined. the above-ground construction of the. ballroom. That means the lower court, which is a federal district court, blocked the construction of the. ballroom. At the same time, the. injunction expressly excepts from its. scope all below-ground construction,

including construction of bunkers, bomb. shelters, and military and medical. infrastructure, as well as above-ground. construction, quote, strictly necessary. to cover, secure, and protect such. facilities to provide for the personal. safety of the president and his staff, and to ensure the safety, security, and. structural integrity of the White House, the White House grounds, and the. below-ground construction site. You will. recall that there were actually two.

injunctions that were issued by the. district court. The first one was a. blanket injunction blocking all. construction in the East Wing. Then. Donald Trump ran to the Court of Appeals. and said, "My safety is being. threatened. This ballroom is actually. all about the bunker underneath and. medical facilities that I need. underneath and other top-secret. classified things that I'm building. underneath. And so, I need the ballroom. as a shield. I need it. I need it. And.

you can't block the hospitals that I. need for myself and the bunker that I. need for myself and the data centers and. everything else we're building. underneath. We need that." So, then the. Court of Appeals said to the district. court, "Can you clarify your order?" The. district court then clarified its. preliminary injunction and said, "We are. enjoining everything above ground, the. ballroom, anything where you think. you're going to be throwing like parties. or whatever the hell you think you're. doing there. That needs congressional.

approval. All the below-ground stuff, um. you can still continue to build. You can. build your bunker. You can build your. hospital. And if If above ground, you. have to show. that it is strictly necessary for. basically your safety in the White. House. And the court made clear, the. ballroom, as it's been described, is not. that. The ballroom is not a shield. I. I'm not buying the ballroom as a drone. port. That needs to stop. So, this.

District Court opinion is blocking. pretty much everything aboveground. Now, Trump, of course, is going to argue, "No, no, no. It's all part of one uh you. know, cohesive structure." But the But. the Circuit Court of Appeal here. basically isn't buying that, either. They're affirming the District Court, which didn't buy that it's all needed. for the underground stuff. Um that the. ballroom is something that requires. congressional approval. >> If you've been thinking about upgrading.

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Meaning there's nothing that we need to. stay. We are affirming what the District. Court did. We agree with the District. Court and we will be blocking the. construction of the ballroom as well. You can build your hospital underneath. and your bunker underneath." And then. the court goes on to say, "Absent the. injunction that's being ordered here, construction of the ballroom will. inflict permanent and irreversible harm. to the historic, architectural, and. aesthetic interest of the National Trust.

members, as well as the design of the. President's Park. It goes on to say, "And the White House. in the surrounding area. The defendants. themselves agree those irreversible. harms will occur. As for defendant's. safety and security concerns, the. District Court modified the preliminary. injunction to protect them during the. pendency of the litigation. In addition, the Constitution assigns Congress, not. the executive, the responsibility to. decide whether proposed changes to the. physical design of the White House may.

proceed, even where those changes are. said to serve security interests. The. defendants have not shown that Congress. delegated that authority to either the. President or the National Park Service. Whether or not a massive ballroom should. be constructed is for Congress to decide. and is not a matter for executive. self-help. This holding has nothing at. all to do with whether the proposed. ballroom is desirable or not. As a. matter of policy, this ruling does not.

even necessarily mean that defendants. may not ultimately construct the. ballroom. What it does mean is that. defendants may not do so during the. District Court's expeditious litigation. without securing Congress's. authorization as the Constitution and. laws require. At this preliminary stage, the National Trust has shown. compellingly that Congress has not ceded. unfettered authority to the executive. branch to dramatically redesign,

reshape, and reconstruct the White. House, the people's house, to fit a. particular president's desires. Accordingly, we affirm the District. Court's judgment issuing the modified. preliminary injunction and vacate the. court's administrative stay entered. April 17th, 2026. We will stay this decision for 14 days. to allow the defendants, if they choose, to seek Supreme Court review. Undoubtedly, they will seek Supreme. Court review. Now, this is a 136-page.

order. I'm not going to read all 136. pages. Let me just point out a few more. highlights to arm you with the knowledge. that you need about this order. The constitutional property clause, as. it's called, which requires. congressional approval, is described as. such. Congress has exclusive authority. to regulate the construction and. demolition of White House structures. The Constitution's property clause vests. Congress with plenary control over all.

real property that belongs to the United. States. And it cites the United States. Constitution. The Congress shall have. the power to dispose of and make all. needful rules and regulations respecting. the territory or other property. belonging to the United States. It goes. through the procedural background, and. it talks about how the Park Service, under Trump, under the Department of. Interior, chose, without any explanation. not to publish environmental assessments.

or findings showing that this would be. incredibly harmful to the environment. It would be incredibly harmful to the. landscape in Washington, D.C. And. Trump's Department of Interior National. Park Service literally hid the. environmental impact reports and. environmental surveys which their own. report said this is should not be built. I think that's an important fact also. That came out in the discovery phase.

of the preliminary injunctions that were. taking place. And. one other kind of point that you know if. you're worried well will Trump still try. to argue that the ballroom is part of. one coherent design and that he needs. the ballroom in order for there to be. because the bunker and the hospital. require the ballroom as its shield. The the the circuit court of appeal.

addresses that. The district court. strongly disagreed. The court first. pointed out through all previous stages. that defendants had repeatedly. represented that the project's. underground elements not anything above. ground impacted national security and. that construction of the security bunker. below ground and the ballroom above were. independent of each other. Defendants. current claim that the ballroom and. below ground bunker construction have. been an inseparable and integral whole.

all along is in direct conflict with. defendants prior representations to the. court. In other words, they lie. They are liars. Okay. I thought it was important that we go. through. in short a 136-page. ruling like that versus. hearing me very emotionally describe the. outcome of this. I want you to be armed. with the ruling, so you understand.

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