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Rhiannon12866

(261,480 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:30 AM Jun 23

Trump PANICS With Embarrassing Post As Reflecting Pool Disaster Gets Even Worse - The Damage Report



Donald Trump's reflecting pool disaster gets way worse as reports prove the renovations have created peeling paint, new aggressive algae development and even dead baby animals, leaving him scrambling with an embarrassing post. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. - 06/22/2026.


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Trump’s Slimy Reflecting Pool Mess Turns Tragic - https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trumps-slimy-reflecting-pool-mess-turns-tragic/

"The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that President Donald Trump had hastily renovated now has not only an abundance of unsightly algae and peeling paint, but also dead wildlife.

After federal government employees poured gallons of hydrogen peroxide into the pool this week in a bid to stop the growing algae blooms, a dead duckling was spotted floating in the lurid green water on Sunday."

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Trump PANICS With Embarrassing Post As Reflecting Pool Disaster Gets Even Worse - The Damage Report (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 23 OP
Be a man ..... Lovie777 Jun 23 #1
Fat chance. Now he's not only blaming "vandals," but arresting them as well. Rhiannon12866 Jun 23 #2
Actually, he's fortunate. Norm Eisen is representing him pro bono. But all the other arrested victims... hlthe2b Jun 23 #3
Oh, I certainly agree, he absolutely found the right lawyer. Rhiannon12866 Jun 23 #4
IF this case ever goes anywhere . . . AverageOldGuy Jun 23 #6
Wow! Thanks for the positive news! Rhiannon12866 Jun 23 #7
Since Trump is an "I alone can do it" guy democrank Jun 23 #5
When & who invented paint you can cut with a knife? KS Toronado Jun 23 #8

Rhiannon12866

(261,480 posts)
2. Fat chance. Now he's not only blaming "vandals," but arresting them as well.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:37 AM
Jun 23

One former Olympian just picked up a piece of plastic that was floating and he's now required to lawyer up.

hlthe2b

(115,270 posts)
3. Actually, he's fortunate. Norm Eisen is representing him pro bono. But all the other arrested victims...
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 05:17 AM
Jun 23

are not so fortunate, though Eisen's undoubted prevailing should help them too.

Rhiannon12866

(261,480 posts)
4. Oh, I certainly agree, he absolutely found the right lawyer.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 05:25 AM
Jun 23

And hopefully he can get the charges dropped for the others as well. What happened to The Reflecting Pool is obvious, and it had nothing to do with "vandals."

AverageOldGuy

(4,395 posts)
6. IF this case ever goes anywhere . . .
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 06:40 AM
Jun 23

. . . it is under the jurisdiction of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia. And who is that? Why, none other than Judge "Boxwine" Pirro, the former Fox host and lush whose habit of appearing on her show stewed on wine..

Her record for bringing cases in DC is not good -- many of her cases are thrown out by grand juries and those that get to a trial are often found "not guilty" because she and her prosecutors are Trump appointees who are as dumb as he is.

democrank

(12,741 posts)
5. Since Trump is an "I alone can do it" guy
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 06:38 AM
Jun 23

I suggest he pulls on spandex swim trunks and stands guard in the pool. At least until all the paint chips are collected and the “vandals” go away.

KS Toronado

(24,226 posts)
8. When & who invented paint you can cut with a knife?
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 07:48 AM
Jun 23

We should remove all of the paint and go back to the original design of the pool.

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