India, April 27 -- A shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner has now entered the political debate, with US President Donald Trump pointing to it as a fresh justification for his long-pending plan to build a $400 million ballroom at the White House.

Speaking a day after the incident, Trump framed the episode as proof that current event venues are not secure enough. "The one good thing is now everybody knows how badly needed it is," he said Sunday in an interview on Fox News.

The remarks come as Trump has repeatedly pushed for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on White House grounds - a project that has invited criticism from various political circles.

Again in subsequent interviews, including on CBS's 60 Minutes, the presi...