Philip Durkin

American existentialist.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: INSANITY! Trump totally DERAILS an Oval Office meeting with NATO's Secretary General to rant about the Reflecting Pool and the imaginary "vandals" with their "razor blades."

This lunatic belongs in a padded room...

"Will the fencing around the Reflecting Pool be down by July 4th or is that going to be—" a reporter asked.

Trump has erected fencing around the algae-infested Lincoln Memorial Pool to boost his false narrative that vandals have been sneaking in to slash at the lining. In reality, he hired incompetent crooks to do the renovations and then had workers pour hydrogen peroxide into the water to combat the green discoloration, which resulted in the lining detaching.

"The pool? It's in great shape. No. Ready? Thugs!" said Trump, barely managing to string his words together. "They just told me a little while ago, six have been arrested, and like six or seven are under investi— They have pictures and everything else. They went to the bottom and it's not a paint job."

There are no pictures or Trump would have already released them. It's still unclear if anyone has actually been arrested, but if they have it seems all but certain that the cases will be thrown out of court.

"It's very expensive. It's not rubber but it's like rubber," Trump continued. "And they went down with probably a box cutter or a very sharp razor of some kind or knife, and they cut, and then they started ripping it up. You know why? Because they're sick people."

Again, if this were true there would be countless videos from tourists or police of the alleged vandalism. The pool is under constant surveillance. There's no way the acts he describes would have gone unnoticed.

As Trump unspooled his deranged lies, Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, sat silent and stone-faced beside him. This meeting was supposed to be dedicated to shoring up America's alliances and discussing pressing national security issues. Instead, it devolved into an utterly nonsensical diatribe.

"And then the side of the pool, right at water level, they took razors and they started cutting this, you know, very expensive stuff. It's incredible stuff," Trump continued. "It's beautiful. And it was so... And it's still beautiful. But we have one area where they cut it. It's still holding. It's not leaking. But they hurt it, so in about... Probably maybe after July 4th or maybe before. I don't know. We'll let a little water out because it's at the edge. They'll cut it. They'll replace it, and it'll be as good as new."

"But these people should go to jail for a long time. You know, there's a statute that I signed when I had my first term that if you do anything to hurt statues or monuments, fountains, in Washington, D.C., or federal fountains," he went on. "It's actually federal all over the country. But you go to jail for 10 years, and there's no shortcuts. In other words, it's not 5 years for good behavior. It's a very tough statute, and so tough that it really hasn't been used very much over the years. But I used it when they had a problem in Washington where they were trying to hurt... You know, the sickos were trying to hurt things and I announced it."

For the sake of your sanity, we won't recount every word that Trump uttered this time. It was an astonishingly long rant about the Reflecting Pool and he bounced from one half-formed thought to the next, clearly agitated but unable to fully focus. The allegations of dementia have never been more believable.

At one point, he claimed that one of the supposed vandals is a Democrat who donates to ActBlue.

"He's a big Hillary supporter. He's a big supporter of Sleepy Joe Biden," said Trump. "No, this is a very political thing. But as I understand it, six are under arrest. This was pure vandalism."

Laced throughout his remarks were attacks on Barack Obama and Joe Biden and he repeated his totally fabricated claim that they "spent over $100 million" on the pool.

"We spent $14 million or $15 million, and a lot less than that because a lot of these people work for the Parks Department anyway. So, you know, they're going to work. So I would say a lot less," said Trump.

But look at the pool now! It's hideous. Even $1 million would have been too much if this is what it ends up looking like. Trump took our tax dollars, set them on fire, and foisted an eyesore onto our capital in the process.

Trump just kept talking and talking, unable to return his attention to NATO, getting more and more worked up about the pool.

"No, but the water looks great," he said. "But we will do the final fix-up. But just remember this. They took razor blades 350 feet. Coming from where he comes, they don't do that. They took razor blades and knives, and they cut patches like that. 350 feet long. A lot of them are like a foot, a foot, a foot. They cut the lining."

He also alleged, again without a shred of evidence, that leftist activists poured "acid" on the grass around the Reflecting Pool to kill and discolor it.

"Ready? I'm going to end on this," Trump said, apparently realizing that he had been ranting for over eleven minutes. "I'm so proud of Washington, D.C. It's become one of the hottest cities in the world. But what is the hottest in the world is the United States of America. We have the hottest city. And you know that. You were talking about that."

"Two years ago, we were laughed at. We were a joke. We were a dead country. Now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world. Thank you very much, everybody," he concluded.

While this Reflecting Pool fiasco is entertaining because of how much it clearly enrages and frustrates Trump, it's also a sobering reminder of how deeply unfit this man is to be President. At a time when Americans are struggling to afford groceries, rent, and healthcare, our leader is obsessed with the color of a pool.

America has hit a new low.

Please ❤️ and share if you don't buy a single one of Trump's Reflecting Pool lies!

[Alan Smithee @AlanSmitheeDGA]

@FLOTUS I stand with Jimmy Kimmel

Retweet if you do too.

[JAHID @Its_Jahid30]

This is the pic of Donald Trump on Epstein's plane with a child.

This is the pic the DOJ deleted yesterday.

Now they want to scrub this from the Interne

Share this everywhere.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

This one is so much more accurate than the original.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Robert De Niro on Donald Trump: "He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. He’s a con. A BS artist. A mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Doesn’t do his homework. Doesn’t care. Doesn’t pay his taxes. He’s an idiot."

RETWEET if you stand with Dr Niro!

[💙Brittney💙 @AZ_Brittney]

Barack and Michelle Obama outclass Donald and Melania Trump by a long shot!

They always have and they always will!

Drop a 💙 and Repost for the Obamas if you agree!

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

FOLKS! The X-algorithm is trying to hide the massive Minneapolis ICE OUT strike.

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[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Senator Amy Klobuchar on today’s ICE killing: “Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW. And Republicans in congress: Stop your silence and stop being complicit.”

RETWEET if you stand with @AmyKlobuchar against ICE and Trump!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn protected his fellow officers on January 6th and pushed back the insurrectionists who tried to overthrow our Democracy. To Donald Trump, they may be adversaries but to us, they are heroes.

RETWEET to thank Officer Dunn for his service!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

This is George Retes, a U.S. Citizen and Army Iraq War veteran. He was illegally detained by Trump’s ICE for over three days in isolation without access to an attorney or a phone. Now, he’s suing the Trump Administration.

RETWEET if you stand with Retes against Trump!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Since Trump doesn't want this portrait of President Obama displayed in the White House, let's make this photo of our President go viral here!

RETWEET if you love @BarackObama!

[Philip Durkin @zippity2k]

@OccupyDemocrats Except Tesla.

[Philip Durkin @zippity2k]

@Indivisible19NY #MoscowMarc

[Leslie Jones 🦋 @Lesdoggg]

Don’t know who this dude is but he broke that shit DOWN!! Listen especially the ones that need to hear it!!

[Elise Stefaniks Parody Cow @AFlyonMikePense]

@EliseStefanik WOW!
THREE WHOLE HOURS!
That's how long it took for you to go from:

GOD BLESS POLICE

To:

SCREW THE POLICE!

Republican hypocrite.

[Philip Durkin @zippity2k]

@JoyceCarolOates New York State. Milford NY, I was school librarian 27 years. We said the pledge every morning K-12. I was told it’s a state law. You didn’t have to participate, just don’t disrupt.

[Philip Durkin @zippity2k]

Matt Castelli visiting Artworks’ Kite Festival in Cherry Valley. A great event made all the more memorable by a great candidate for NY CD-21. He places country before party. ⁦@CastelliMatt⁩ #ny21

[Philip Durkin @zippity2k]

Matt Castelli at Templeton Hall in Cooperstown. The southwest corner of CD NY-21 on his Town Hall tour. Getting ready for August 23 Democratic primary. Country before Party. Stefanik just doesn’t get it. ⁦@CastelliMatt⁩ #ny21

[Philip Durkin @zippity2k]

I’m attending Castelli for Congress’s event, “Cooperstown Town Hall with Matt Castelli” – sign up now to join me! https://t.co/cDyMAO6bp0