The Reflecting Pool Saga Thread

[Blake]

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[Winehole23]

Trump's kooky, threadbare confabulation of terroristic reflecting pool sabotage will be the party line but it's just pitiful and sad.

[Winehole23]

distraction from Trump's epochal loss to Iran, tbh

[Winehole23]

RIP, freedom of navigation

[ChumpDumper]

distraction from Trump's epochal loss to Iran, tbh

True, but he can't even beat algae.

[Winehole23]

the stink of the loser is on him

[Winehole23]

dude screws up everything he touches

[Winehole23]

I don’t get why no one bothers to point out that micromanaging renovations of the reflecting pool aren’t even remotely the job of the president. Everyone seems to be cool that this is is primary policy focus.

[Winehole23]

if the president knows the name of the pool guy, something has gone catastrophically wrong

[Winehole23]

i am very torn because i find this obviously absurd and funny but also like... extremely distressing that the president is basically fully delusional and concentrating on winning a battle against phantom algae maquis despite global energy markets still staring down catastrophe (also caused by him)

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

really perseverating on the pool


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[Winehole23]

lol "it was rarely open"

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

The administration has provided few details to support allegations of vandalism at the pool, which developed algae blooms and visible lining tears days after reopening.www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

[Winehole23]

Near one of the drains, an older couple, maybe in their sixties, picked through the grass nearby for loose pieces of blue paint, having first checked with the Park Police that doing so was permissible.

The officers explained that visitors were allowed to put their hands in the water. They could even take paint chips that were already detached. But peeling the paint still attached to the pool was forbidden.

The administration said (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-five-people-arrested-allegedly-tampering-reflecting-pool-officia-rcna351154) Monday that Park Police have made five arrests and issued five citations for alleged vandalism. But an officer on the scene Friday evening said that they had also detained more than 20 people, in many cases without further action, for suspected pool tampering.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/trump-algae-reflecting-pool-lincoln-memorial-paint-chips-repair/

[CosmicCowboy]

His limo "the beast" weighs almost 16,000 pounds. Bet that was really good for that newly sprayed finish.

[Blake]

The discovery of a trio of dead ducks has prompted worries that President Donald Trump’s $16 million overhaul of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has a fatal flaw.

A local wildlife organization collected two deceased ducks, found at a pond adjacent to the pool Sunday. The same day, a Washington Examiner journalist documented another dead adolescent duck floating in shadow of the Lincoln Memorial. The presence of deceased waterfowl has sparked speculation of toxic algae, sometimes known as blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, in the lime-green gunk that swiftly proliferated after the Trump administration installed a commercial pool liner earlier last month.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/23/dead-ducks-trump-reflecting-pool-00972529

[Blake]

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Lol. They try so hard for him.

[Winehole23]

lol

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[ChumpDumper]

:lmao I swear to god they are considering the feasibility of installing mirrors over the pool.

Is there a Kalshi bet on this?

[Blake]

lol

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Incoming border wall to protect the reflecting pool

Almost there...

[Winehole23]

Trump is full of it


Govt documents obtained by The NYT show that after the Reflecting Pool had been drained, resealed and refilled, by June 5, Park Service workers had found holes, cracks and peeling caulking in the pool, along with cuts in the foam www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u... (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/trump-reflecting-pool-green-peeling.html)

[ChumpDumper]

Has anyone ever used Rhin:lol Lining like this?

[Winehole23]

Almost there...cope cage

[Winehole23]

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final verdict: minimal fences, no tarps, actually somewhat decent reflection, another DC myth busted lol
https://bsky.app/profile/musicologyduck.bsky.social/post/3moywbcjuz22h

[Blake]

Has anyone ever used Rhin:lol Lining like this?

Taj Mahal pool maybe?

[CosmicCowboy]

Taj Mahal pool maybe?

I have had rhino liner in trucks and a razor slit would be just that...a slit. There was no way that shit would peel off.

[ChumpDumper]

I'm going to assume the company run by Paul Bearer didn't follow all the instructions to even give the pipe lining a chance to stick to granite and concrete underwater in full sunlight.

[Blake]

That's the great thing about Trump government contracts. Fuck it all up the first time and get more money to fix your fuck up.

[CosmicCowboy]

For your 4th of July celebration..a drink honoring Trumps reflecting pool. Line your glass with a blue fruit rollup. add two ounces of tequila, 4 ounces of lemonade, a das of lime zest.

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[Blake]

Add a twist of dead duck

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

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[Winehole23]

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What appear to be tire tracks have become visible on the floor of the Lincoln Memorial (https://www.newsweek.com/topic/lincoln-memorial) Reflecting Pool after the landmark was drained for a second round of repairs, adding another point of intrigue to the Trump administration's troubled renovation project.


As the pool is drained once again for repairs, photographs appear to show a series of parallel marks stretching across sections of the exposed pool floor.
https://www.newsweek.com/can-tire-tracks-be-seen-on-bottom-of-lincoln-reflecting-pool-12192582

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

ROFL

[Blake]

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https://www.newsweek.com/can-tire-tracks-be-seen-on-bottom-of-lincoln-reflecting-pool-12192582

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