It was mostly a facade on that side of the building
tencentshill•10h ago
That's exactly what the East Wing already was. "...rebuilt in 1942 during the Franklin Roosevelt administration to create more office space and provide cover for a bunker during World War II."
esalman•1h ago
He's not demolishing and reconstructing just to leave after 3 years. Saying this as an immigrant who lived under full on military, and pseudo-autocratic democratic rulers.
rolph•10h ago
a non critical void space, provides a red herring for penetrating munitions, before they hit actual bunker structure.
germany was doing this with uboat gantries, and munitions factories back in the 40's
RandomBacon•10h ago
rolph•10h ago
jerlam•4h ago
During 911, the President who was not in Washington at the time was flown to a nuclear bunker:
https://www.wowt.com/2021/09/08/20-years-after-911-look-insi...
lovich•10h ago
tencentshill•10h ago