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Demovictory9

(32,468 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 09:49 PM Jan 2021

details of cleaning of the WH


The afternoon of Inauguration Day, then-President Biden will participate in a ceremonial wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery, joined by former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. It is during these hours the bulk of the Bidens' personal effects will be moved into the White House and unpacked, according to another source with knowledge of executive residence practices.

By that time, all Trump paraphernalia will be gone, and a thorough top-to-bottom cleaning of the entire White House campus will have been completed. Deeper cleaning protocols were arranged via the White House with outside contractors, on top of regular cleaning done by staff, including specialized attention to rugs, carpets, curtains and surfaces, to tackle any possibility of lingering germs, of the Covid-19 sort or otherwise.

"Moving furniture and vacuuming, cleaning baseboards, vacuuming drapes, wiping down shades, cleaning chandeliers, washing windows, high dusting," are areas all covered during the traditional move-in of a new president and his family, according to the residence source. "That cleaning will start as soon as Donald Trump and Melania Trump depart."

A particular focus of this move will be paid to the bedrooms in the residence, where new mattresses and box springs for the incoming first family are standard operating procedure, according to the source. Yet one part of the bedroom set-up will be markedly different with the Bidens than it was for the Trumps: the Bidens will be sharing a bedroom. Melania Trump spent the majority of her time in the White House in the large bedroom suite typically reserved for Presidents and their spouse, adjacent to the West Sitting Hall, according to a source with knowledge of the arrangement.

"Donald Trump slept in his own bedroom, which was previously a study or den during other administrations," the source said of the arrangement.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/politics/trump-biden-inauguration-snub/index.html

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details of cleaning of the WH (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jan 2021 OP
I hope they check for bedbugs nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #1
Crab lice too. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2021 #3
A UV light will show the urine stains RainCaster Jan 2021 #6
Someone needs to gin up a pic of the White House under a giant fumigation tent. That would brewens Jan 2021 #12
They'll be in full hazmat suits. lunatica Jan 2021 #21
I hope they check for Putin bugs. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #24
'the Bidens will be sharing a bedroom!' elleng Jan 2021 #2
I was wondering about that - as I understand it standard procedure is separate bedrooms rurallib Jan 2021 #7
hope they vet the outside contractors and check for electronic bugs as well! samnsara Jan 2021 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #9
Any contractor approved by Trump is automatically suspect. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #25
get all new toilets!!!!!! cuz ewwww samnsara Jan 2021 #5
So . . . Melania never shared her bed with him and for the Master Suite MagickMuffin Jan 2021 #8
Melania spent most of her time elsewhere.. HipChick Jan 2021 #13
So are her parents moving to Florida also? badhair77 Jan 2021 #15
Would think so..along with her sister.. HipChick Jan 2021 #16
She was his WINO....wife in name only Tanuki Jan 2021 #19
"to tackle any possibility of lingering germs" Yeah, right. Grokenstein Jan 2021 #10
Be sure to burn Chump's porn stash. Who knows what he's infected it with Hassler Jan 2021 #11
Even Pornhub banned him. roamer65 Jan 2021 #22
One thing that won't have to be cleaned Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #14
Might there be listening devices in them? Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #23
Should check for stashed shed skins of the lizard people. nt PufPuf23 Jan 2021 #17
What a Job.. TY Cleaners!!! Cha Jan 2021 #18
I personally feel that is not enough time to sufficiently remove tRump's diseases Blue Owl Jan 2021 #20
I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the HVAC systems. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2021 #26

brewens

(13,612 posts)
12. Someone needs to gin up a pic of the White House under a giant fumigation tent. That would
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 10:08 PM
Jan 2021

be fun.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
24. I hope they check for Putin bugs.
Tue Jan 19, 2021, 10:46 AM
Jan 2021

Also look for feces on the walls, improvised explosive devices, trap doors, and buckets of water perched over door sills.

rurallib

(62,433 posts)
7. I was wondering about that - as I understand it standard procedure is separate bedrooms
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 09:57 PM
Jan 2021

But I had a feeling that wouldn't hold for the new President.

Response to samnsara (Reply #4)

MagickMuffin

(15,950 posts)
8. So . . . Melania never shared her bed with him and for the Master Suite
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 09:58 PM
Jan 2021

Was that part of the Russian agreement on top of the tow of them wedding?


Inquiring minds.



Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)
10. "to tackle any possibility of lingering germs" Yeah, right.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 10:06 PM
Jan 2021

That's a very polite way of saying, "get the filthy pee stank outta there."

Cha

(297,475 posts)
18. What a Job.. TY Cleaners!!!
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 11:02 PM
Jan 2021

This is So EXCITING!

haha.. birther grifters required separate bedrooms.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
26. I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the HVAC systems.
Tue Jan 19, 2021, 10:54 AM
Jan 2021

That's where a lot of germs and bacteria can hide, including deplorable Rethug ones.

Looking forward to a return to a normal White House and sane Government.

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