 iconic right it's this it represents america itself on the national stage in a lot of ways it has that image when you say the white house you're really talking about the president you're talking about the president you're talking about who's running america um it's also a workspace you know it's it's where the president and the president's team actually does the work of the presidency but you know more than that it's also a residence and it's you know where the presidential family lives with a tight group of staff um in very close quarters a lot of people who visit comment about how much smaller the white house is than you would imagine