The White House’s security checkpoint is getting a modern makeover—if Trump’s design team allows it

For more than 20 years, anyone visiting the White House in Washington, D.C., has first stepped inside a trailer. Technically a temporary building, this trailer on the southeastern edge of the White House grounds is where visitors are screened for security. When there’s a big event, which is often, security screening bleeds out of the trailer into temporary tents, much to the chagrin of the U.S. Secret Service.

“This has not been the best situation for those visitors coming to visit the White House.