Trump urges need for secure White House ballroom after dinner shooting, says hotel setting ‘tough’ to protect

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Donald Trump calls into 'The Sunday Briefing' to discuss the aftermath of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. He discusses the need for security as construction of his ballroom continues and more. President Donald Trump stressed the need for a high-security White House ballroom following Saturday night's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in D.C., warning to Fox News that the incident indicates the hotel setting is difficult to secure. "It's got every single bell and whistle you can possibly have for security and safety... It's really what you need..." Trump said on Fox News' "The Sunday Briefing." "You can't have a thousand rooms [above] or whatever. It is a very big hotel on top of the ballroom and people come down in the elevator, and they're right next to the ballroom… nobody's blaming them. They're g