Donald Trump positioned himself as a swimming pool expert as he touted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations he ordered this year, having put in “more than 100” over his career.
But after spending $14 million in taxpayer funds, the Reflecting Pool now looks arguably worse than it did before.
Aside from the bright green hue of the water — the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years — the “industrial-grade swimming pool topping” that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets.
the Reflecting Pool now looks arguably worse than it did before.
Arguably? What a weasel word. It looks worse than it did before. There’s no sane person who could argue that a massive algae bloom and paint peeling off the bottom don’t make it look worse.
The Reflecting Pool now looks much much worse than it did before.
US not being able to tame a knee-deep pool is peak empire collapse indicator.
🤣 This is actually really funny… The orange shitbag bragged about all his amazing pools, that’s when I knew there is zero chance he knows jack shit about pools
The country that developed atomic energy and manned spaceflight.
This story gets more hilarious by the day lol
Keep some of the paint that peels off. It’ll be a good reminder of the stupidity of Trump and the American people for electing him. It’s part of your history.
And assuming you’re a tax payer, you fucking paid for it so it’s yours.
The next President should frame a piece and make it Trump’s official White House portrait.
Sell pieces of those defective paint sheets just like trump sold little pieces of his suit. This would be a big sale deal for most just thinking individuals. Having a piece of history like that would be incredible! (~Shhh…don’t tell trump though~).
Ok, ok, ok, people are giving the obese orange child rapist shit for this BUT let’s think of it a bit differently…
Aren’t we all now, in a way, ‘reflecting’ about how shitty the job was? And the obvious corruption of handing out all that cash to mate who is a pool guy? And about how it is ‘reflective’ of the “Draining of the Swamp” the mushy brained syphilis filled realty TV ‘star’ would get his horde of idiots to chant?If we look at it this way then that pool is doing a lottttt of reflecting!!!
Taxpayers are getting hosed by any measure. They can’t water down this fuckup.
How could Obama do this?
A no bid contract I would add.
If you put down new paint, you need to clean and dry the surface. Any real contractor would know that.
One is cdertain the contractor paid kickbacks to the administration for that contract, and that everyone is paying kickbacks for everything at this point. We have organized crime ruling the country.
This is probably for the best. Just scrape it up and let it be.
It acted like a natural pond. Water slowly filtered out through the granite and was replaced, filtering it, keeping it clean, but also letting it be still.
Which. Only still water reflects.
If you add a pool filter and circulation system (and that would be a massive, useless expense,) it won’t reflect like it was designed to do.
This is what happens when you vote for geriatric imbeciles more concerned with grifting a nation and fucking kids than working for Americans as president.
You can’t make this shit up
Probably due to all the caustic chemicals they dumped in it to kill the algae.
Not unbelievable that these morons didn’t select a chemically resistant coating, but it’s more likely this is due to bad surface prep than the hydrogen peroxide - if it was the result of the peroxide we’d be seeing far more damage than the few chunks spotted thus far. Though, time will tell on that front…
Dang, guess they’ll need another $14 mil paint job done lol
$25 mil… Because he was initially trying to save tax payer money… And it’s seriously an emergency now before the 4th of July… And everyone laughs at his stupidity
Whats the worst thing of the last month… The reflecting pool or the Iran peace deal?
Probably the reflecting pool, because it exists.
Like his military parade
Like his concerts
Like his marriages
Like his administration
Half-arsed shit
Other than stealing tax dollars, grifting his base and destroying institutions, he’s absolutely shit at everything else in life.
Pure anti-Christ shit
what a metaphor
The rational solution here is to drain off the nasty green water, replace it with peroxide, then mount a toilet puck every five feet around the rim.
The water will be nice and blue like the water features at his favorite mini golf course, and it’ll smell just like his office.
Guys.
Guys.
… It can’t last FOREVER.
