Not a single member of the Trump administration officially acknowledged Juneteenth. Not that I wanted them to. Or expected it. Just pointing out for the record once again how nakedly racist these abominable people are.
A reflecting pool is supposed to show you the truth. This one actually does.
Trump promised a fresh coat, bright and bold, American flag blue, covering everything that came before. The reality is paint clumped, peeled, and curdled into a swampy green sludge, floating in ugly little islands across the water.
A no-bid contract handed to a guy whose price ballooned past $14 million and counting.
Cheap materials and no plan for what happens when it dries.
And when it inevitably falls apart, they blame the water, the weather, the paint, political opponents, and anyone but the people holding the brush.
Meanwhile the Interior Department’s social media reads like a North Korean state broadcast, breathlessly hailing the dear leader while crews stand vacuuming algae off the bottom.
Honestly, you could not write a better metaphor for this presidency if you tried.