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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jun 5, 2026, 07:11 PM 6 hrs ago

Trump Melts Down Over Lack of Media Attention to Reflecting Pool 'Paint Job'

President Donald Trump, 79, is losing it over the media coverage of his renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as construction wraps up.

The president has been obsessed with the project as workers began refilling the pool on the National Mall this week, despite Trump facing a series of pressing issues, such as the ongoing war in Iran and Americans' struggles with high costs.

He's touted a bizarre poster of the pool that compared its size to skyscrapers, held up printout images of it inside the Oval Office at an unrelated event, and even had a staffer pull up a video of it on a laptop on his desk in front of a group of reporters on Thursday, to tout the "clean, beautiful water."

But on Friday, he melted down over not getting the media coverage he wanted for the project after rambling for weeks about painting it "American Flag Blue."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-melts-down-over-reflecting-180214926.html

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Trump Melts Down Over Lack of Media Attention to Reflecting Pool 'Paint Job' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago OP
I was surprised it wasn't painted gold Skittles 6 hrs ago #1
Quiet dumb slob. SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #2
Compared its size to short skyscrapers. Norrrm 6 hrs ago #3
Does it still reflect... lame54 6 hrs ago #4
Does it lower gas or grocery prices? durablend 6 hrs ago #5
Shut up Piggie Nt FHRRK1 6 hrs ago #6
All he ever cares about is media coverage. IcyPeas 6 hrs ago #7
Awww, poor guy..... NOT!!!!! Zippo! Nada! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #8
From what I've read, the problem isn't so much the pool itself Rob H. 4 hrs ago #9

Rob H.

(5,965 posts)
9. From what I've read, the problem isn't so much the pool itself
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:43 PM
4 hrs ago

as it is the pipes that feed the pool. There will still be algal blooms because nothing about them has changed, so this particular stupid obsession just cost a lot of taxpayer dollars while doing nothing to fix the actual issue.

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