{"id":45300,"date":"2026-01-30T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45300"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:18:18","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-inside-plans-to-rebuild-the-top-secret-bunker-beneath-the-white-house-east-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45300","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Inside plans to rebuild the \u2018top-secret\u2019 bunker beneath the White House East Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CNN looks at plans to rebuild the \u2018top-secret\u2019 bunker beneath the White House East Wing in preparation for President Donald Trump\u2019s sprawling new ballroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>CNN News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president of the United States ordered the secret construction of a secure underground facility at the White House\u2026 It was 1941\u2026 \u2018no public acknowledgment was made of there being a bomb shelter under construction\u2026\u2019 according to White House Historical Association historian Bill Seale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 80 years later, the East Wing is again under construction\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The space is now likely being reimagined and replaced with new technology\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u2018tomb-like\u2019 shelter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Roosevelt\u2019s construction was initially envisioned as a bomb shelter, underground facilities beneath the East Wing evolved over time to serve multiple functions\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/19\/politics\/east-wing-secret-bunker-construction-details\">Read more from CNN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN looks at plans to rebuild the \u2018top-secret\u2019 bunker beneath the White House East Wing in preparation for President Donald Trump\u2019s sprawling new ballroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,51,9,106],"class_list":["post-45300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-global","tag-government","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45302,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45300\/revisions\/45302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}