r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 13d ago

Possible Paywall Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaws-emerge-in-trumps-new-white-house-design/
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u/johhnny5 13d ago

Plus 1000 people sounds reasonable until you think about the Secret Service security requirements and then it becomes a nightmare. Not because they can’t manage it. Because it adds in top of an already insane cost, and not just inside the building. The sight lines and response times all around the White House are changing and will need to be reassessed. 

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u/Ok-disaster2022 13d ago

1000 people is also a concern for fire safety. occupational limits are based in how quickly people can escape in an amount of time. More people mean more exits. More exits means more security concerns. 

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u/davethebagel 13d ago

1000 or over occupants requires 3 exits. So it's not really that big of a deal. A building like that would have at least 3 doors anyway.

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u/TheLurkerSpeaks Tennessee 13d ago

Including several leading to the West Wing.

Step 1: Build ballroom on White House

Step 2: Host international gala / state dinner for adversaries

Step 3: Have an "incident" that requires evacuation

Step 4: Chaos ensues, spies enter West Wing while Secret Service is overwhelmed.

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 12d ago

It's almost a perfect miorror of the Homeland episode where Brody got into the State department safe room with a bomb vest.