So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….

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Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

Yesssss

Hey look they made something green again on purpose

They painted the grass? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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The reflecting "pond' is reflecting green with algae.

Algae resurfaces in reflecting pool after multimillion-dollar fixes - POLITICO https://share.google/Fj9dnlzEiBfbwKzR6

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Everything Trump touches turns to sh*t.

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Anonymous wrote:Picture from today. It’s now green with algae:

Look algae was likely going to bloom anyway but making the pool darker = more absorbed heat. Algae like heat. More absorbed heat = faster algae growth.

Good luck explaining science to the Trump administration.

I mean "put a sheet of black paper and a sheet of white paper in the sun and see which is hotter in 10 minutes" is preschool science, but here we are.

Science is woke

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Anonymous wrote:why is it black under the algae?

Isn’t that the dark blue paint trump picked out.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

I would like to see some proof of that.

As for what happened under the Obama administration - the pool had cracked and was leaking, and losing 500,000 gallons of water a weak. Because it didn't have a circulation system, it needed draining, cleaning, and refilling twice a year. And even with that, it would stink because of goose poop, and assorted debris.

The Department of Interior repaired the pool and installed a new circulation system as well as a new filtration system and pilings. They had also catalogued the 580 granite stones that edged the pool in 1920s, and put them back into place.

This is not at all the same thing as a no-bid contract given to one of Trump's cronies with no experience with restoring historical structures, or paying him $13 million for a paint job to make it look like a swimming pool and not a reflecting pool.

I.e., nothing got fixed or restored. It's going to be gunked back up in a couple weeks.

Absolutely, it'll be a mess in a few days, the pool is now a symbol and therefore a target.

Yep

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See, not Everything Trump Touches Dies!

The pond scum is thriving!


Is this The Swamp in DC?

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That is way worse than I’ve ever seen it. Did they add some algae growth factors to their $16M of paint?

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Yes, it's called dark paint. The pool now gets hotter than it did with the unpainted stone, so the algae grows faster. Too bad they don't believe in science.

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I’m starting to deeply believe Trump is the dumbest man ever in the U.S. He bankrupted a casino. He is a deeply low IQ person (as he always says). Like I bet it’s 80.

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It's going ot be so expensive to fix literally everything after he's gone.

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Anonymous wrote:It's going ot be so expensive to fix literally everything after he's gone.

And if we have a Dem as the next president, Republicans in Congress will suddenly care about the deficit again as they vote against any fixes. Sad!

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Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

Yesssss

Hey look they made something green again on purpose

Someone should check the algae for numbers.