# Post trump White House **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 6, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837 "2026-05-06T12:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/1 "2026-05-06T12:09:38Z")
Damn Google knows everything! I’ve always maintained that, once trump is excised, that the WH should be sealed and pumped full of Lysol. Google knows how much it would take! “The White House has approximately 55,000 square feet of floor space, but the total volume is estimated around 1.6 \times 10^6 to 1.8 \times 10^6 cubic feet. If sealed, the White House could theoretically hold approximately **12 to 13.5 million gallons** of Lysol, assuming 1 cubic foot equals 7.48 gallons.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/2 "2026-05-06T16:27:08Z")
That’s how much it could _contain_. I shall ask AI to determine how much a gallon of Lysol can clean, do some math, and report back. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/3 "2026-05-06T16:32:09Z")
Who is going to be in charge of scraping all that (fake?) gold doodads off all the walls and such? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/4 "2026-05-06T16:34:55Z")
OK so a gallon of Lysol can clean 400 square feet of surface. So we have 55,000 square feet of floor space. So that’s (55,000 / 400) 137.5 gallons for the floors alone. Also note that this will doubtless include carpeted surfaces; whether or not we want to use Lysol on the carpets I’ll leave to the imagination. AI tells me that the “rule of thumb” for determining wall space in a home is floor square footage x 3.5. So 55,000 x 3.5 = 192,500 square feet of wall. 192,500 / 400 equals 481.25. So 618.75 gallons. Of course, this leaves out non-floor, non-wall surfaces, like desktops and countertops and what have you. But of course, accounting for spaces where we’re unlikely to need or be able to use Lysol, I’m going to conclude that 600 gallons should be enough. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/5 "2026-05-06T16:45:49Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > accounting for spaces where we’re unlikely to need or be able to use Lysol Trump Stank can permeate almost any nook and cranny. That’s why we’re looking to flood the entire volume with lysol. With luck, the weight of it all will collapse the whole thing down into his bunker. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/6 "2026-05-06T16:47:50Z")
There’s not going to be a post-trump White House. As his last act before he leaves office, he will have the entire property bulldozed to the ground. There will not be one stone left upon another or one board nailed into place that will be his legacy and his parting gift. Or maybe he’ll invite all the MAGAs in to just take whatever they want and then he’ll have it bulldozed to the ground, gasoline poured on it, and set on fire. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/7 "2026-05-06T16:49:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > bulldozed to the ground, gasoline poured on it, and set on fire. Literally doing to the WH what he’s figuratively doing to the Constitution, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/8 "2026-05-06T17:05:48Z")
Moderating: > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Damn Google knows everything! I’ve always maintained that, once trump is excised, that the WH should be sealed and pumped full of Lysol. Google knows how much it would take! At best, this thread belongs in P&E. However, given how it has started, it is far more appropriate to the Pit than even P&E. Accordingly, this is closed. @Son_of_a_Rich, please PM me if you want this reopened in the Pit. Going forward, be mindful of where you start your topics. If a thread is obviously going to be political, it belongs in P&E. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837/9 "2026-05-06T17:05:57Z")