Trump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism, without offering substantiation
Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $14-million-plus rehabilitation project he launched for the nation’s 250th anniversary seemingly backfired.
Trump said his predecessors had let the pool turn an algae-stained green and that he’d line it with “American flag blue” so it better reflected the Washington Monument. But after the new pool was unveiled, its blue tinge quickly became a familiar green. Workers treated it with chemicals to kill the algae, but then the painted blue lining on the bottom began to peel.
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Imagine being arrested and charged with a felony because a geriatric narcissist is too far gone to admit his cronies did a shit job:
I first skimmed this comment and read Bethesda and then misread watercraft for Warcraft. I was confused about what that had to do with the topic.
Imagine your white privilege (assuming this guy is white) not protecting you from dipping your hand into what Trump imagined to be a literal pool.
Imagine thinking that not expecting to be arrested for touching the reflecting pool is a "white privilege" thing.
Why do you assume he’s white?
I've got not horse in this race, but just in case people are interested, Davey Hearn is indeed white.
Because they didn’t beat him and send him to jail.
they might have, they usually leave that out of the report.
This was suppose to be the one thing he didn't fail at. His real-estate business is the one that he didn't bankrupt. I would say now, it is definitive that its only still going because of fraud. He can't even maintain a pool...
What a completely worthless human....
Typical narcissist. Blame everyone else for your own shortcomings and mistakes
It wasn't a mistake, it was a kickback scheme. You steer a contract toward a trusted buddy, who does a shit job using shit materials, and they split the profit, especially the overruns, which are 100% profit.
Now you have to intimidate anyone who is considering investigating it.
This sort of scheme has been his Bread & Butter for his entire [criminal] "career."
Right, but Trump can't even do the absolute simplest form of corruption right. The intersection of his incompetence and narcissism means he can't even paint a pool without making it into a fiasco. It's seems stupid but it just shows how his entire situation is unraveling. Good con men understand the value of subtlety, and do not tolerate incompetence. Trump is so fucking stupid that he can't even grift properly as the most powerful man in the world.
You just described his shortcomings and mistakes.
It's 2026. We no longer substantiate anything - we just make whatever claims we want and attack whoever dares to call us out on it. That's how I got my PhD.
YOU FILLED IT WITH WATER AND THEN DUMPED PEROXIDE IN IT BEFORE IT HAD TIME TO CURE, YOU DOLT.
The absolute fucking irony of the claim that vandals "dumped corrosive chemicals into the pool" lmao the writers of this season are just phoning it in at this point.
Trump? Facts?
Are you kidding me?
Ivermectine,will take care of it just like covid
Or just stick a UV bulb in there!
No moving forward without executions.
this would all go away if stop using this as a distraction from the victims of epstein files.
Should we just start believing him?
He's got an honest face.
yeah and who knows if he actually killed any of those kids in the epstein case. They found recently dug up graves when they looked for remains, but no bodies in the graves anymore, so clearly no evidence of any crimes.
Case closed.
Honestly punchable.
With a tire iron. I wouldn't want to get bronzer and blood on my fists.
we will believe him when he stop using this to hide from the files.
I think that face would look more honest with some blood.
Was there ever a doubt this octogenarian child wasn't going to take responsibility?