“Sorry, I have to go to the ‘Situation Room’ for another matter.” This is the reason given by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, for abruptly ending a press conference this Wednesday. But, What is the ‘Situation Room’?

In reality, it is an enclosure -not a room- where the most reserved meetings are heldconfidential and fortified of the White House, about military, emergency, security and intelligence operations. The Biden Administration recently exhibited it in a very exceptional and brief ‘inaugural tour’, which can be seen in the video that illustrates these lines, after spending about $50 million on its renovation.

It is made up of 140 square meters in the basement, with several rooms full of the latest technology. It is not strictly a bunker, because it has some windows, but it is always It is guarded and access is very restricted. From there, the greatest specialists of the US forces monitor the most sensitive operations for their country and global conflicts 24 hours a day.

Since John F. Kennedy created it in 1961after the Bay of Pigs landing in Cuba, the presidents and commanders in chief of the United States have followed different wars or the capture of Bin Laden, with an attentive Barack Obama and a shocked Hillary Clinton, as can be seen in the image of the moment. Donald Trump, true to his style, had a twin built in his Mar-A-Lago mansion so he could fulfill his obligations from there.

The truth is that in the rooms of the ‘Situation Room’ they have taken crucial decisions that have determined history modern.