The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that has blocked President Donald Trump’s White House plans, saying his opponents “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome” and that the alleged assassination attempt showed the project was necessary.
In a nine-page court filing, Justice Department officials said Saturday’s thwarted attack on the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner showed why the White House lobby is needed for national security.
“If any other President had the ability, foresight, or talent required to build this ballroom, which will be one of the largest, safest and most secure structures of its kind anywhere in the world, there would be no lawsuit,” Justice Department officials said in court filings. “But, because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a very successful real estate developer, who has the power that others do not have, especially those who occupy the Office of the President, this absurd and senseless case was opened.”
The filing said the conservation group in the case is “very bad for our Country,” suffers from “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME” and is “represented by Barack Hussein Obama’s attorney.”
