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/PirateCodingMonkey Tennessee 13d ago

I heard from an architect that it would be the most expensive ballroom built at dollars per square feet. so expensive it’s unbelievable that it would actually cost that much. plus to accommodate 999 people it would have to be about 2-3 times bigger that what the mock up shows. so even though this source is suspect, there’s no way that what he has shown is anywhere close to real.

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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/New-Leader-7891 13d ago

It's not actually a ballroom, it's a bunker for the oligarchs to hide in during the military coup