The paint is now peeling off the reflecting pool
Guess dumping in all the hydrogen peroxide, AKA paint stripper, was a bad idea.
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During multiple press conferences, Pres Trump boasted about how great the pools were at his hotels. That he knew how to make a pool great again.
Yet he didn't even have the foresight to clean the remaining algae out of the pipes of the Reflecting Pool.
It is looking like just another of Pres Trump's "make it look pretty but ignore underlying problems" approaches.
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-18 02:32 PM | Reply
BWAHAHA. What a fucking clown show
#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-18 02:35 PM | Reply
His building skills are right up there with his dealmaking skills.
#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-18 02:53 PM | Reply
Another view ...
Blue paint peels off Reflecting Pool in viral clip days after Trump's $14M 'upgrade' www.aol.com
... The blue paint President Donald Trump applied to the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., as part of a $14 million upgrade to the monument, is peeling, a new viral video shows, days after it was applied. The video also shows the extent of the algae that has grown in the pool since it was filled with water after the renovations were completed. Crews with the National Park Service have spent the last few days dredging the pool and filling it with chemicals to kill the growth. A massive chunk of blue paint can be seen floating to the surface of the pool, ripped from the bottom. ...
The video also shows the extent of the algae that has grown in the pool since it was filled with water after the renovations were completed. Crews with the National Park Service have spent the last few days dredging the pool and filling it with chemicals to kill the growth.
A massive chunk of blue paint can be seen floating to the surface of the pool, ripped from the bottom. ...
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-18 02:53 PM | Reply
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