The Bidens moved into the White House over the weekend.
Employees are now delighted that the residence is filled with life again.
Joe
and
Jill Biden moved
into the
White House
.
Many of the employees are happy that the mood is now better again.
But there have probably already been the first changes in the
staff of
the presidential residence.
Washington -
First of all,
the new US President
Joe Biden
has a lot of work to do.
Above all, the fight against the
corona virus
is high on the agenda for the 78-year-old.
But something else also had to be done in the first days of his presidency: moving to the
White House
.
Last weekend the time had come: President Biden and
First Lady Jill
have settled in what is probably the most famous residence of a president.
This is supposed to make the employees of the property happy.
"The residence is alive again," an unnamed source told
CNN
.
"It's like being on the
honeymoon
, when everything feels new." According to the report, there was already an evening at the cinema in the first few days when the grandchildren of the US president piled on the seats, all in compliance with the pandemic measures .
Joe and Jill Biden at the White House: Family settles in well - dogs arrived from Delaware
The
dogs
from Delaware arrived
on Sunday
, two German shepherds.
The White House press release said: "Champ is enjoying his new dog bed by the fireplace and Major loves running around on the lawn south of the White House." Champ has lived with the Bidens for a long time, and Major was taken over by the family in 2018 a station that rescues pets.
The family seems to have settled in well.
On Sunday
Joe Biden
attended church
with his son
Hunter
and granddaughters
Finnegan
and
Maisy
.
A visit to a restaurant in Washington on the fifth day of his presidency lets Biden catch up with
Donald Trump
in terms of the number of restaurants he visited
.
In his four years in Washington, Trump rarely ate out and when he did, he only ate in the steak house in the
Trump Hotel.
Bidens moved into the White House: New precautionary measures in the fight against Corona
When the Biden family moved into the
White House
, the precautionary measures in the fight against
Covid-19
also changed there
.
“Every employee wears a mask, especially when they are around family,” one long-time employee told
CNN
.
The majority of employees have also received the first dose of the
vaccination
, and some have already received the second.
Video: This is how the Bidens move into the White House
Joe and Jill Biden in the White House: New Senior Servant in Office
Otherwise, the staff in the
White House work
“as usual”.
Timothy Harleth
, executive officer and servant in the White House, however, left on the day of
Biden's inauguration
.
He was hired by Trump.
As a rule, White House employees remain employees across multiple presidencies and have no political ties to the presidents and the first ladies.
Harleth, on the other hand, moved from
Trump
's Washington hotel to the White House
in 2017 at the request of
Melania Trump
.
"He wasn't particularly popular," said a former
White House
official
.
The head of the office of the "chief usher", something like the chief servant of the White House, is now held by
Katie Hinson
.
Under Trump, she was Harleth's deputy until the
first lady
pushed her through.
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