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Since pieces of peeling paint started floating to the water’s surface earlier this week, the #Interior Dept has not responded to questions about the paint & why the #ReflectingPool surface is separating.
… #Trump blamed the damage on “disgraceful Vandalism,” an accusation he also made earlier this week. “Many additional people” were arrested, he said.
The Park Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the number of arrests.
Compared with the Iran War, the Ballroom, the Weaponization Fund, it's a pretty budget-friendly chortle at least.
@Nonilex Aside from being a Trump donor, what is known about the company that carried out the supposed renovation work? Doesn’t sound as if the company knew what it was doing.
Seriously? Such a dick.
#Trump tries to blame #ReflectingPool woes on “vandalism”, without offering substantiation as usual.
The paint is peeling from Washington’s Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by Trump, & he is now alleging that someone damaged it intentionally.
#kakistocracy #TaxpayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #law #landmark #NationalMonument #conservation #planning #architecture
https://apnews.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-paint-algae-6b7b499ada2701a34bc6bc380013ad04
Inclined to agree there was vandalism. The disagreement is over who the vandal is.
@Nonilex
He wishes he had one bigger than a peanut
@Nonilex He's a stupid fuck and I don't care, he's a stupid fuck and I don't care, He's a stupid fuck and I don't caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare and I wish he'd just keel overfromnaturalcausesofcourse.
There's a song worth singing.
@Nonilex
It answers the question "How could anyone possibly bankrupt a casino?"
the actual vandalism was giving some incompetent asshole $14 million
Apparently both water and the sun are antifa.
Best comment ever
“We’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool,” #Trump posted on his social media site. “Just like three days ago, they destroyed the grass outside of the Pool, they’ve also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface that was just installed.” He offered no details to substantiate his claim.
Agencies responsible for law enforcement & upkeep on the #NationalMall — the #US #ParkPolice, #NationalParkService & #Interior Dept—did not comment.
#Trump said Saturday night that he was likely to drain the Lincoln Memorial’s #ReflectingPool again, as workers contend with paint peeling off its surface & algae blooming in the wake of his $14 million renovation. Trump made his announcement, after what he said was a meeting with contractors…at Camp David….It comes 16 days after the govt began refilling the pool after the renovation that Trump said would result in clean water & “could last for 100 years.”
#TaxpayersMoney
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/20/trump-likely-drain-reflecting-pool-again-following-peeling-paint-algae/
@Nonilex @EthicalProfessor So will he stiff *these* contractors?
@Nonilex Hope the warranty is valid!
Since pieces of peeling paint started floating to the water’s surface earlier this week, the #Interior Dept has not responded to questions about the paint & why the #ReflectingPool surface is separating.
… #Trump blamed the damage on “disgraceful Vandalism,” an accusation he also made earlier this week. “Many additional people” were arrested, he said.
The Park Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the number of arrests.
@Nonilex It's because of hte hydrogen peroxide.
The Park Police patrolling the Lincoln Memorial area on Friday afternoon observed an individual peeling paint from the #ReflectingPool, a spox said via email. The person was arrested on charges of destruction of government property.
WaPo later identified the person as 3X Olympian David Hearn. In an interview with WaPo, Hearn said he reached in the water after he noticed a piece of paint partially detached from the pool bottom. He said he did not damage govt property or “vandalize anything.”
Just waiting for Trump to realise he can sell off the peeled paint flakes as fungible tokens.
#Trump claimed vandals “took some form of knife or blade, & put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade.” He also claimed they poured corrosive & destructive chemicals into the #ReflectingPool. WaPo could not verify any of his allegations.
Pool experts’ explanations for the damage diverged from Trump’s. Steve Goodale, a swimming-pool expert who viewed footage of the peeled sheet of paint, said he believes the pool’s surface may have been improperly prepared for treatment.
@Nonilex He was born butthurt and he'll die that way. NO ONE CARES DONALD.
OK
Because this is the kind of guy I am, as soon as I saw this '"ripping the bottom of the pool with his hands" thing I thought:
"Exactly how deep is this pool anyway?'
USA Today tells us:
"The National Parks Service says it contains 6.75 million gallons of water.
It ranges from 18 inches deep at the edges to 30 inches deep in the middle."
18 inches at the edges to 30 inches
As as average (enough) adult male my arm is about 22 inches, pit-to-fingertip
So anybody ripping the bottom of the pool with his hands is standing in the water and likely getting his chest wet
Is that in evidence anywhere?
Or, this is Just Another #Trump #JusticeDepartment lie?
@Nonilex
Sooo much winning!
BREAKING: Trump signs MOU with reflecting pool algae.
@Nonilex wait, pool paints are a solved technology... what shysters got him on this one?!?!?
@Nonilex This is a metaphor for the whole presidency.
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