BREAKING NYT:
Government documents raise new doubts about Trump's unsubstantiated claim that "vandals" sabotaged the Reflecting Pool.
There's no indication the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally — and the Trump admin knew that.
https://t.co/v1C77s4eQp
Meiselas: On May 4th, 2026, Donald Trump said, the reflecting pool will be so strong that no one will be able to take a knife and cut through it.
And now, June 22nd, yesterday, what does he say?
Someone took a knife and cut right through it.
Meiselas: On May 4th, 2026, Donald Trump said, the reflecting pool will be so strong that no one will be able to take a knife and cut through it.
And now, June 22nd, yesterday, what does he say?
Someone took a knife and cut right through it.
If Joe Biden said he didn't know what he was signing in the Oval Office I think every right wing pundit would have botox melting off their face from the rage
First Trump said the ballroom would cost $200 million & he was paying.
Then he said $250 M & donors would pay.
Then $300 M.
Then $350 M.
Then $400 M.
Now it’s at $600 M with $300 M from taxpayers.
And counting.
When Trump's vanity projects go haywire—like the Reflecting Pool, the ballroom, or the Kennedy Center—he manages to look incompetent and vain at the same time.
His excuses for the Reflecting Pool disaster, including blaming "vandals" for his own failures, are nothing more than lies and conspiratorial nonsense.
And if Trump wants to turn his conspiracy theories into felony cases carrying ten-year prison sentences through his Department of Justice, he'll have to present actual evidence to a grand jury.
Good luck with that.
So nothing happens to the Trump donor who got $15 million in tax dollars to wreck the reflecting pond, but if a taxpayer touches a piece of the floating debris from the disaster scene they get 10 years in prison.
Trump’s dystopian America.
There’s nothing in the MOU that mandates how Iran spends any of the $30 billion they are getting.
They can do whatever they want with it, which the US agreed to.
But Trump and Vance said they will probably use it to buy food from US farmers.
And some people believe that.
There’s nothing in the MOU that mandates how Iran spends any of the $30 billion they are getting.
They can do whatever they want with it, which the US agreed to.
But Trump and Vance said they will probably use it to buy food from US farmers.
And some people believe that.
So an Antifa scuba diver with a box cutter snuck into the Reflecting Pond to cut a 300 foot section out while evading all cameras and law enforcement in order to sabotage Trump.
Do I have that right?
So an Antifa scuba diver with a box cutter snuck into the Reflecting Pond to cut a 300 foot section out while evading all cameras and law enforcement in order to sabotage Trump.
Do I have that right?
The historic preservationists who sued to stop the Reflecting Pool project urge a judge to intervene NOW:
"The project is going to be reopened—and significant work may lie ahead. Should Plaintiffs prevail, there is thus now an opportunity for the Court to require Defendants to undertake the study required by Congress before they perform significant additional work and more damage is done"
OOF: The plaintiffs who unsuccessfully sued trying to stop Trump from renovating the Reflecting Pool have just uncorked a scathing update to the judge
"This is the foreseeable result of defendants’ decision to bypass the consultative process required by law and which must occur before the government can alter our nation’s most sacred spaces"
"It should go without saying, Congress required agencies to consult with experts and public before making changes to historic properties for a reason. The public is now witnessing what happens when, instead, agencies barrel ahead with ill-conceived plans in a hasty manner to meet an arbitrary deadline imposed by the White House"
The widespread, 24/7 video surveillance network surrounding the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool was permanently put into place over 20 years ago, specifically in 2002.
So, Trump will be able to release the video of all these vandals.
Interested to see how long it took that one person to cut 250 feet of the pool floor.