Sure, just like every construction site is a shithole. 9_9
The White House isn't quite as massive as it appears on TV; it measures about 55,000 square feet with 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 floors. By comparison, the sprawling Buckingham Palace is roughly 828,000 square feet, and many luxury mansions exceed 100,000 square feet.
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So going by your pic, it looks like the cleaning was being done during the Biden Administration.
I will never visit the White House. The stench of Trump has tainted it forever.
The point there is that if people hadn't of defaced it, it would get the clean up. So in some respect Trumps doing a great job at getting people to deface things to get cleaned up.
The Rest of the Story
While the initial text-based graffiti from the protest was cleared within days during the Biden administration, the political meme relies on a distinction between a quick surface cleaning and a full, long-term rehabilitation:
Initial Graffiti Clean-up (2024): Specialized conservators utilized specialized chemical treatments and power-washers to pull the spray paint out of the porous white marble. The physical graffiti shown in your image was removed that week.
The "Today" Photo Context: The lower, pristine photo depicts a broader infrastructure restoration. The fountain had been plagued by mechanical issues, leaks, and structural weathering for well over a decade. The deep structural repairs, infrastructure overhaul, and restoration of the running water system were finalized later as part of a multi-million dollar federal initiative to revitalize D.C. landmarks.
The infrastructure restoration that got the fountain working again was ordered and completed under the Trump administration
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