Just days after a federal judge put the kibosh on President Donald Trump’s $400 million plan to renovate the White House with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the administration filed an emergency motion to undo the ruling. On Friday, the Trump Administration filed a motion in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia arguing that US District Judge Richard Leon’s decision to halt the project has left the White House “open and exposed” and “threaten[s] grave national security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President’s staff,” according to Reuters. Related Articles Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that construction must halt while a lawsuit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States progresses through the courts. Leon did suspend enforcement of his order was for 14 days, to allow the Trump Administration to appeal the decision. He also reviewed the administration’s national security argument and exempted any construction work necessary for the safety and security of the White House. In the motion, filed …