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Did Trump Dance While Quipping About 'Missiles' From White House Rooftop. Here's the Truth

WASHINGTON, D.C., AUG 5 – Donald Trump joked about installing nuclear missiles on the White House roof while inspecting plans for a $200 million privately funded ballroom amid rising US-Russia tensions.

  • On Monday, August 5, 2025, President Donald Trump appeared on the White House rooftop and joked 'nuclear missiles,' amid rising U.S.-Russia tensions.
  • Last week, President Donald Trump ordered two nuclear submarines near Russia, four days after his Truth Social announcement.
  • Trump spent about 20 minutes surveying the future ballroom project with architect Jim McCrery, flanked by Secret Service agents, and pledged to fund it himself with $200 million.
  • Supporters saw Trump's rooftop act as classic showmanship, while critics called it reckless amid nuclear tensions from Tuesday.
  • Scheduled to start in September 2025, the White House massive ballroom will be finished before early 2029, representing one of the most significant recent White House changes.
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The US president suddenly ran over the roof of the White House and reviewed it. Only recently had he announced the construction of a new ballroom, and then he talks about nuclear missiles.

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US President Donald Trump walked on the White House roof on Tuesday and joked that he wants to put nuclear missiles there. US media speculated that he was either looking at areas he could expand, as he is already doing with the new ballroom, or the newly paved Rose Garden.

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Spiegel broke the news in Germany on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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