So now the Reflecting Pool is green and paint is peeling off

@NJChicaa (127201)
United States
June 18, 2026 11:38am CST
Because of course. Everything Trump touches dies. #ETTD In his quest to completely destroy everything in Washington DC Trump decided to renovate the Reflecting Pool by the Washington and Lincoln monuments. He said it was filthy and leaking (narrator: it wasn't) and for the low low price of $14 million he had some friends of his paint the bottom of the pool blue. He calls it "American Flag Blue" or something stupid like that. Yeah well just like a week after it reopened it became filled with algae which turned the water bright green. You'd think it was the river in Chicago on St. Patrick's Day. Of course Trump's administration tried to spin it as something to be expected after the water pumps were turned off for a couple of weeks. Then the geniuses started dumping hydrogen peroxide into it. . . you know that stuff that dissociates (breaks down) immediately when exposed to sunlight. Um why do you think peroxide is always sold in opaque brown bottles? Today it is now being reported that big chunks of the blue paint layer have broken off from the bottom of the pool. It is a $14 million failure. Sounds about right for a Trump project. But hey your gas and grocery prices are down right?
https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2067629202199699519?s=20
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@AmbiePam (121340)
• United States
22h
How the heck did that cost fourteen million dollars?
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@NJChicaa (127201)
• United States
22h
no-bid project
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@AmbiePam (121340)
• United States
22h
@NJChicaa Oh, lord.
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@LadyDuck (502979)
• Italy
7h
I am very surprised about the cost, how much went in his pockets? Very bad job if it's already peeling.
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@BarBaraPrz (51843)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15h
I heard about the algae but not the peeling paint. Seems as if the pool itself is trying to revert to its original state.
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@JudyEv (382812)
• Rockingham, Australia
14h
My mind barely boggles now when I hear about the latest disasteer.
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16h
Lol To be fair since he defeated Iran for the 39th time and didn't get their missiles or Uranium the price of petrol here has fallen
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