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Secret Service drone port revelation could undercut Trump’s claim ballroom is needed ‘to protect the White House’
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President Donald Trump says his new White House ballroom will include a rooftop drone port to defend the complex. Exactly what it will look like remains unclear, but several hundred feet away, the Secret Service is operating a new drone port that offers a possible glimpse.
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Secret Service drone port revelation could undercut Trump’s claim ballroom is needed ‘to protect the White House’
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Trump's ballroom will have a drone port. The Secret Service already has one nearby
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