White House set to receive deep cleaning ahead of inauguration

[CountAllVotes]

Source: ABC

According to government contracts reviewed by ABC News, more than $200,000 has been spent for increased White House janitorial and housekeeping work, including $127,249 on "2021 Inaugural Cleaning" and another $44,038 on "Inaugural carpet cleaning." There was $29,523 spent for "Inaugural curtains cleaning."

While the White House is always deep-cleaned during the transition between presidents, that work is usually handled by White House staff, including butlers, ushers and maintenance crews. Contracting out additional cleaning services is unprecedented in modern times, according to Kate Brower Andersen, presidential historian and former White House reporter.

"We've never seen this before," Brower Andersen said on ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast. "The Government Services Administration has said they're going to do this very deep cleaning -- cleaning every surface of the 55,000 square foot mansion. There's always been a deep clean between administrations, but we've never seen anything like this."

In a statement, a GSA spokesperson said, "GSA will thoroughly clean and disinfect the building spaces between the administrations and ensure that everything is up to standard. Cleaning will include, but is not limited to, all furniture, flooring, window treatments, handrails, door knobs, light switches, countertops, elevator buttons, restroom fixtures and dispensers, door handles and push plates, and lighting fixtures."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-set-to-receive-deep-cleaning-ahead-of-inauguration/ar-BB1cLbVW?ocid=hplocalnews

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Must be quite the stink and what a load of bucks to make the White House clean again!

No "security deposit" it seems.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. They aren't wearing masks in there

And have been pretty reckless. I wouldn't want President Elect Biden walking in and having to touch things that haven't been sterilized.

[salin]

43. As much fun as it is to make fun of all the 'stench' etc. - your response is serous and spot on.

[Dale Neiburg]

2. Part of the deep cleaning probably involves getting rid of bugs.

Not the kind that go after hamberder debris -- the kind that report to the Kremlin.

[lagomorph777]

5. I would assume that any contractor hired by Trump's GSA is PLANTING the bugs.

This will all have to be re-done before Biden can move in.

[redstatebluegirl]

6. They have to sweep the place for listening devices and small hidden cameras.

The damn Russians had full run of the oval remember?

[Autumn]

3. I hope the Bidens will take a few days before moving in after the trash all leaves so that

nothing they have been in contact with isn't sanitized.

[lagomorph777]

7. Biden will have to repeat the whole operation with trusted staff.

I wouldn't trust anybody Trump hires.

What they are really doing is anybody's guess. Planting bugs and IEDs? Shredding documents? Shitting on the carpets?

[CountAllVotes]

11. Nightmare of a job!

[BigmanPigman]

24. Look at the objects in the illustration...

Orange spray tan with a silhouette of the moron, remote controls, broken TV, a bust of Putin, golf clubs, fast food container, broken phone, cell phone with twitter on it, his big sharpie signature on a paper, the American flag that he colored incorrectly while visiting a Kindergarten, empty soda cans, a bottle of bleach, a long red tie, and outside the window itRump is clawing at the ground as he is pulled away from the White House.

[LiberalArkie]

28. Body under carpet

[BigmanPigman]

30. Is that the bump?

Good catch.

[LiberalArkie]

32. It could be the Statue of Liberty, as her crown is beside the body.

[BigmanPigman]

35. You're right, it makes sense visually.

I think she was decapitated.

[LiberalArkie]

36. And a barrel of oil beside her leaking out.

[BigmanPigman]

38. I have to hand it to the artist.

He managed to get a lot in to that one drawing.

[LiberalArkie]

39. Probably like me, read Mad Magazine as a kid.

[iluvtennis]

31. My eyes hadn't caught the details - thak you BigmanPigman. nt

[thucythucy]

48. And the corner of a Confederate flag

in the lower right hand corner.

[MontanaMama]

49. I figured the orange/yellow stain on the wall

was pee....I now see the outline of the monster....still could be pee though.

[lagomorph777]

55. Wow! A work of art, and your inspection is very helpful in appreciating it!

[BigmanPigman]

62. I used to have to draw similar illustrations

so my eye is trained to observe the details. As a teacher I made up similar assignments where students had to find specific things on a page. They loved doing it, whether 1st grade or 6th.

[BainsBane]

42. Trump trashed the house

as well as the country.

[Livbaker]

53. so much detail!

what does the date say on the right side?

[mysteryowl]

12. I read the Biden's are staying in a hotel after inauguration because of the deep cleaning.

I agree, let it settle and air out after the cleaning.

[IronLionZion]

17. They could even stay with the Obamas.

I read in another post that the Obamas let secret service use their restrooms because Ivanka/Jared wouldn't allow it in their house.

[Lasher]

20. What about Blair House?

The President's Guest House has traditionally been made available by the outgoing president of the United States to the president-elect in the five days prior to his inauguration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Guest_House#Lee_House

[mysteryowl]

21. We will need to watch for any updated information on what they decide to do.

My guess is, for security reasons, they won't tell us.

[lagomorph777]

56. Blair House will need the same treatment.

So will the Capitol, and pretty much every Federal building.

Putin has bugs in all of them, and Trump's maskholes have spewed COVID everywhere.

[Lasher]

60. Blair House could be deep cleaned right now

OTOH, I don’t trust Trump.

[lagomorph777]

61. No, Trump-run "deep cleaning" is more like planting bombs and shredding documents.

[CanonRay]

4. New toilets for sure...

[Initech]

46. I would really hate to be the janitor who has that job!

[Mabel]

8. Good Greif

Is there enough Clorox in the world to accomplish clean up after Trump?

[GeorgeGist]

9. I wanna see the...

Fumigation ⛺.

[Chainfire]

10. They probably need to soak the White House in the Potomac for a few days, then run it through the

ultrasonic cleaner before beginning the deep cleaning. If I were President Biden, I would feel a little creepy sleeping where Trump had slept. I might have to spend the first few nights in the tool shed out back until the suite cooled off.

I hope they change the toilet seat....

[Blue Owl]

13. Can they completely gut the interior and start over?

Seriously, that fat piece of shit has soaked into the place at a level normal cleaning can't remove...

[ChazInAz]

51. It's been done before.

If I recall correctly, Truman had the entire building gutted and refurbished. (That's where that balcony on the portico came from, so he could sit up there and watch baseball games in a nearby stadium.)

[marybourg]

52. The building was rotting and falling apart. I think he and Bess

spent about 3 years living in Blair House while the work was being done.

[lagomorph777]

57. Yup - a piano fell through the floor and could have killed somebody.

The place was in terrible condition.

Now, it's been deliberately contaminated, and is most likely full of Putin's bugs.

[IronLionZion]

14. Eww. I hope the air in there is purified

The Trumps must have all sorts of nasty germs everywhere. It must have been a dangerous year for the cleaning staff considering how many white house staffers caught and spread COVID.

[mysteryowl]

15. Yep, I am sure they will clean the duct system as well

I would recommend after cleaning the duct system to run Ozone through it to purify it.

[marlakay]

16. How can they do it ahead of inauguration

If Trump and his people still there?

[lagomorph777]

58. This is Trump's team doing the work. Have to assume they are up to no good.

It will have to be done by real workers after the inauguration.

[cstanleytech]

18. Those brown stains in the oval office are going to take a ton of bleach and and multiple levels of

paint to cover over.
Might be best to strip the whole thing to the studs and remodel the entire office just to be sure.

[C Moon]

19. Thank god the vaccine came about before the transition.

[pnwmom]

22. They also need to do a top-to-bottom search for hidden listening devices and bombs.

I hope they are, and they're just not announcing this.

[Layzeebeaver]

25. Now we're getting it...

The Ruskies have planted listening devices or at least made attempts.

I'm sure it will be swept, but there will be no mention of it.

[marble falls]

23. It can some time remove feces from antique wall treatments, evidently.

[Swamp Country Po Boy]

26. It'll take a billion $ just to get the Stench of Stupidity out

And I don't even wanna think about the Aura of Incompetence! $$$$$$$

[rpannier]

27. I thought by cleaning it was going to be about listening devices

That's what it should be spent on

[NellieStarbuck]

29. Trump Steaks may be bankrupt, but Trump Stank is forever!

[Malmsy]

33. I'll bet that the "deep cleaning" will also include a sweep for listening devices, especially

Russian ones.

[twodogsbarking]

34. I am more than a little grossed out

by just the thought of the smell.

[NellieStarbuck]

45. I hadn't even thought of that.

I figured it had only to do with fetid air, disease and bad juju.

[twodogsbarking]

54. Male and female bo that is covered up

with cologne that smells like Lysol; four years buildup.

[Sancho]

37. call in the experts!

[Major Nikon]

40. Gonna take at least a month to get the shit smell out

[BainsBane]

41. We can't have the Biden White House dying

Because they are moving into a COVID hotspot.

[Initech]

44. Probably a good idea. Trump and his goons turned that whole place into a biohazard.

[Marcuse]

47. It's the only way to be sure.

[MustLoveBeagles]

50. +1

[lagomorph777]

59. LOL!