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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLegit question. Is there a caretaker for the White House to keep these squatters
and grifters from stealing or destroying the art and silver and other historical valuables that belong to US?
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Caviar baths for all.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)taxpayers money...then upon his ouster he would replace real gold with gilt?
lastlib
(23,247 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)who's to stop them?
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)I'd guess the rest of the decor is cataloged by a docent or a historian on duty.
Did they ever reinstate WH tours?
anarch
(6,535 posts)just like they seem to be trying to do with every single American cultural and political norm. Who is going to stop them? They will figuratively (or perhaps literally) shit all over everything.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)The furnishings in the main rooms belong to and stay with the White House. Those in the residential rooms are usually brought with and leave with the family.
Read an article about it when Jackie Kennedy remodeled the House. Previous First Families would strip the place. So she got a bunch of stuff donated, and they passed a law to prevent any future problems.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)I just can't imagine handing over our entire history to a bunch of illiterate dumbfucks