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niyad

(134,016 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:16 PM Sep 2025

Question: Why would a professional contractor throw trash out an upper-level

window in OUR HOUSE??? I have never seen such a thing from professionals. In fact, the ONLY time I have seen things being thrown from an upper level window, or any window, is during a sheriff-supervised one-hour eviction.

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Question: Why would a professional contractor throw trash out an upper-level (Original Post) niyad Sep 2025 OP
They don't even bother to come up with good lies anymore. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #1
SMDH!!! niyad Sep 2025 #4
I guarantee the sheep will believe this. LoisB Sep 2025 #2
Sadly true. niyad Sep 2025 #3
Exactly, niyad. sheshe2 Sep 2025 #5
I would fire a contractor on the spot if I witnessed such a thing. niyad Sep 2025 #6
tRump just fires them and doesn't pay them BigmanPigman Sep 2025 #36
"a long, ugly gash" on his (our) expensive stone "rose garden". niyad Sep 2025 #48
There's are "long, ugly gashes" on his heart and brain BigmanPigman Sep 2025 #53
But he has neither a heart, nor a brain. niyad Sep 2025 #54
Or courage... BigmanPigman Sep 2025 #55
I wonder if his pay check bounced? multigraincracker Sep 2025 #7
If he got one at all. niyad Sep 2025 #9
Russian contractor? Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #8
Who gets paid in vodka? niyad Sep 2025 #11
Some contractors use a trash chute to move waste materials out of buildings but this doesn't pass ... Botany Sep 2025 #10
That I have seen, and of course that makes sense. What we saw, and the niyad Sep 2025 #13
Those chutes are used during demolition and major rebuilding projects if I was running that job it would.. Botany Sep 2025 #20
It would have hit flower beds and shrubs, so I don't think anyone would do that. jmbar2 Sep 2025 #31
Those trash chutes almost always empty into dumpsters. Botany Sep 2025 #43
Me neither jmbar2 Sep 2025 #44
Nor mine. calimary Sep 2025 #51
I've been out and about today and really don't know what happened. Can you fill me in? Hekate Sep 2025 #12
There was video the other day of something being thrown out of an niyad Sep 2025 #15
They lie as they breathe, to be sure, but it's all getting more clumsy Hekate Sep 2025 #16
One would think that they would be getting better at it, with all the niyad Sep 2025 #18
Here ya go Katcat Sep 2025 #28
Imagine if this mysterious defenestration incident had happened under Biden Blues Heron Sep 2025 #14
One could hear the screaming and yelling even on the moon! Demands niyad Sep 2025 #17
"There was a laptop in that trash bag." rubbersole Sep 2025 #39
Snicker niyad Sep 2025 #49
they wouldn't Skittles Sep 2025 #19
Chute To A Dumpster Deep State Witch Sep 2025 #21
Melaaaaaaniaaaaaaaah throwing out The Biggest Loser's stuff? twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #22
Sorry, but what is this about? nt LAS14 Sep 2025 #23
Someone captured a grainy video of an open window at the White House. LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #29
Thanks. nt LAS14 Sep 2025 #57
Carry the trash down two floors filled with security or toss it out the window? tinrobot Sep 2025 #24
My hunch is they didn't want to go up and down the stairs/elevator numerous times. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #33
He's was a Jan 6 rioter, pardoned, and ridding the President of those meddlesome Epstein files. surfered Sep 2025 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author surfered Sep 2025 #26
Somebody was stealing something very valuable KS Toronado Sep 2025 #27
Contractors did this at my place. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #30
I'm so damn sick of being told ridiculous lies about everything. Diamond_Dog Sep 2025 #32
Baron Von Shitsinpants Laha Sep 2025 #34
Two scenarios come to mind about this. taxi Sep 2025 #35
Maybe because he didn't get paid? nt Trueblue Texan Sep 2025 #37
It was a bag full of the Epstein files. hadEnuf Sep 2025 #38
Umm, diapers? tazcat Sep 2025 #40
Conservation of energy JoseBalow Sep 2025 #41
Probably bric-a-brac "gifts" from Putin? Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #42
Some intrepid reporter should be contacting the White House contractors to find out who did it, and why jmbar2 Sep 2025 #45
The WH itself (not Trump) said it was a maintenance crew. The odds are, the workers who did this were fired. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #47
I thought he said it was AI. Iggo Sep 2025 #46
"Depends" Heidi Sep 2025 #50
A Sure Way to Either Hide Evidence or... MrWowWow Sep 2025 #52
Good bet that Trump goes for the cheapest, most unprofessional contractors he can find. tanyev Sep 2025 #56

Irish_Dem

(82,310 posts)
1. They don't even bother to come up with good lies anymore.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:20 PM
Sep 2025

People will either believe their crappy lies or remain silent.

Right, professional routine maintenance staff with throw stuff out of out WH windows
which are supposed to be locked and sealed.

BigmanPigman

(55,521 posts)
36. tRump just fires them and doesn't pay them
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:29 PM
Sep 2025

Like that stupid crack in the ballroom marble or whatever nonsense he was bitching about. Senile old man's days are numbered.

BigmanPigman

(55,521 posts)
55. Or courage...
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 02:39 AM
Sep 2025

I think he needs to pay a visit to the Wizard of Oz. However, I bet the Wizard would have nothing in his bag to help tRump. His case is too extreme, even for a wizard.

Botany

(77,851 posts)
10. Some contractors use a trash chute to move waste materials out of buildings but this doesn't pass ...
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:36 PM
Sep 2025

…. my smell test @ all.

niyad

(134,016 posts)
13. That I have seen, and of course that makes sense. What we saw, and the
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:38 PM
Sep 2025

"explanation", do not.

Botany

(77,851 posts)
20. Those chutes are used during demolition and major rebuilding projects if I was running that job it would..
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:56 PM
Sep 2025

… have been to carry the bags out with you not throw it out the window a window that
I think should be sealed shut and with an alarm on it 24/7. Epstein files???

This does not pass my smell test @ all.

Botany

(77,851 posts)
43. Those trash chutes almost always empty into dumpsters.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:30 PM
Sep 2025

Opening White House windows and throwing stuff out of second or third story windows does
not pass my smell test.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
12. I've been out and about today and really don't know what happened. Can you fill me in?
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:38 PM
Sep 2025

What got tossed?

I recently read that first the WH (or somebody) admitted something was tossed, but then said it didn’t, and finally told a clumsy lie. Or… what?

niyad

(134,016 posts)
15. There was video the other day of something being thrown out of an
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:42 PM
Sep 2025

upper-level window in OUR HOUSE. First, a denial, then a WH flunkie says it was simply "routine maintenance" being done while krasnov was away.

niyad

(134,016 posts)
18. One would think that they would be getting better at it, with all the
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:48 PM
Sep 2025

practice that they get. Instead, they are getting worse. Thank goodness.

niyad

(134,016 posts)
17. One could hear the screaming and yelling even on the moon! Demands
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:45 PM
Sep 2025

for investigations, hangings, etc.

Deep State Witch

(12,755 posts)
21. Chute To A Dumpster
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:19 PM
Sep 2025

I've seen many old Federal buildings that were being renovated or having maintenance done. Usually when they're cleaning out old stuff like carpeting, ceiling tile, etc. from a second story window a contractor would tend to have opened the window, installed some kind of chute or other system, and have a dumpster below it.

LuckyCharms

(23,061 posts)
29. Someone captured a grainy video of an open window at the White House.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:37 PM
Sep 2025

On the second or 3rd floor?

Someone was heaving something out of the opened window, more than once.

It is difficult to determine what was being thrown out the window, but it may be dark colored garbage bags.

The White House responded that it was from a contractor doing normal maintenance, but that sounds like a bunch of shit.

Those windows are likely always closed and locked and sealed.

There was no dumpster under the window...whatever that stuff was landed on the ground.

tinrobot

(12,114 posts)
24. Carry the trash down two floors filled with security or toss it out the window?
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:32 PM
Sep 2025

They probably took the easier route.

LeftInTX

(34,852 posts)
33. My hunch is they didn't want to go up and down the stairs/elevator numerous times.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:47 PM
Sep 2025

Toss things on the ground and pick them up later. Sometimes it isn't garbage either. Could be plastic sheeting, drop cloths, paint brushes, tools etc.

surfered

(14,267 posts)
25. He's was a Jan 6 rioter, pardoned, and ridding the President of those meddlesome Epstein files.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:32 PM
Sep 2025

Response to niyad (Original post)

KS Toronado

(23,862 posts)
27. Somebody was stealing something very valuable
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:36 PM
Sep 2025

that they couldn't just walk out the front or back door with.

Laha

(435 posts)
34. Baron Von Shitsinpants
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:51 PM
Sep 2025

Living up to his name. To avoid the odorous embarrassment of hauling the soiled garments through the building they opted for defenestration.

Just speculation.

taxi

(2,753 posts)
35. Two scenarios come to mind about this.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:04 PM
Sep 2025

The first is JD may have been taking naps on the sofa in that room. No contractor in the world would want to be carrying those cushions any longer than possible. The second is that Elon may have left some things behind during his happier days there and has refused to return and get it. Trump, like the landlord he is, would not want to simply dispose of them but instead make a big show about it.

hadEnuf

(3,657 posts)
38. It was a bag full of the Epstein files.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:43 PM
Sep 2025

Trying to smuggle them out of the White House to Mar-A-Shithole.

Maru Kitteh

(32,009 posts)
42. Probably bric-a-brac "gifts" from Putin?
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:26 PM
Sep 2025

It might explain why they did not want to take whatever it was out through the house . . . and why they had to wait until he wasn’t home to throw it out. I’m sure like all toddlers, he’s learned to hide the "special treasures" given to him by Putin from the few remaining competent persons in the intelligence agencies who know, like clockwork, they’re probably going to be there.

jmbar2

(8,171 posts)
45. Some intrepid reporter should be contacting the White House contractors to find out who did it, and why
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:23 PM
Sep 2025

That information is readily available for the ballroom construction.

LeftInTX

(34,852 posts)
47. The WH itself (not Trump) said it was a maintenance crew. The odds are, the workers who did this were fired.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 12:01 AM
Sep 2025

Apparently, it occurred at a bathroom that was being remodeled.

Why? They were being lazy and didn't want to go up and down the steps. Especially if they were going to make multiple trips. By throwing stuff down on the ground, it would all be in one spot. It could have been more than trash. It could have also been supplies, such as drop clothes, paint brushes, small tools etc.

Contractors do this alot. But at the WH? No bueno!

tanyev

(49,678 posts)
56. Good bet that Trump goes for the cheapest, most unprofessional contractors he can find.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 08:06 AM
Sep 2025

And they’ve probably got connections to someone in Trump’s circle.

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