It has always been the case, but after the tragic event of Saturday night, there is no doubt that construction of the East Wing Ballroom at the White House is needed, not only to accommodate a large number of guests, but for security, as essentially stated by the President of the United States in his impromptu press conference held thereafter at the White House.

It was a little over 45 years ago, in March 1981, that another attempted assassination took place at the Washington Hilton. History sadly tried to repeat itself on Saturday. In an incident that reeks of the film In The Line of Fire, a shooter attempted to assassinate — we assume — those at the highest levels of the U.S. government in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton. There are even rumors that the suspect stayed at the Washington Hilton, gaining him easier access to the event than a regular outsider would have had.

In that ballroom was the President of........

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