Anonymous
06/06/2026 18:32
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous wrote:Remember when NYC Mayor Ed Koch called Trump to renovate Wollman Skating Rink because after six years, the project had been bungled by everyone who tried? Took Trump a few months and he did it for zero profit.
He didn't take a management fee, no. And he threatened his contractors to not take one either or he would blacklist them.
And in true Trump grift, trump made loads of money by excepting the concessions deal in lieu of payment. A decades long money maker.
And trump called koch.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 18:30
Subject: Re:So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous wrote:
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?
It wasn't a vanity project MF'ER. The copper pipes were being stolen every night and it was plagued by a host of problems until Trump fixed it. That happened whether you like it or not.
Your quest for approvals are ignored because everyone knows you just setup roadblocks and process to stop any progress. He's going around bureaucrats and the DNC establishment. Good!
Anonymous
06/06/2026 17:04
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Again, nothing was done to address the crumbling infrastructure. That would probably take years to complete.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 17:02
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
I’m surprised people aren’t bringing up the genuine triumph that is the Jefferson memorial dome.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 17:02
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
It always looks good right after it gets refilled. The question is whether the filtration will work consistently and whether or not it will leak.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 16:51
Subject: Re:So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous wrote:
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?
x1,000,000
Total idiots posting this. This was an incompetent grifter paying taxpayer money to incompetent grifters. But, these dumb X posts are a result of MAGA eschewing expertise.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 12:13
Subject: Re:So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
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?
Anonymous
06/06/2026 12:03
Subject: Re:So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 11:51
Subject: Re:So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
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.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 11:49
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Remember when NYC Mayor Ed Koch called Trump to renovate Wollman Skating Rink because after six years, the project had been bungled by everyone who tried? Took Trump a few months and he did it for zero profit.
Anonymous
06/06/2026 11:44
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous wrote:That reflecting pool is not going to reflect in about 3 weeks after it's finished. Magas really do want him to destroy everything he touches, and now the rest of us are along for the ride.
I am waiting for him to decide that the White House needs a repaint
Or he will do some trickery like America was founded on "brick and mortar of the people" and just red-brick the whole thing up because it will "need less maintenance" and "horizontal wood paneling painted white draws rot and mildew"
While simultaneously either "renovating" the capitol house dome with gold leaf and jewel colors
This guy is personally authorizing a Barnum & Bailey circus on White House grounds
He will clearly do anything and just thumb his nose and everyone else not understanding real estate improvements
I have family in Russia and they are laughing as hard as they can, every night on the news is Benny Hill running around America pulling down his pants
Anonymous
06/06/2026 11:33
Subject: Re:So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous
05/31/2026 14:16
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
That reflecting pool is not going to reflect in about 3 weeks after it's finished. Magas really do want him to destroy everything he touches, and now the rest of us are along for the ride.
Anonymous
05/31/2026 12:55
Subject: So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Much like the contractors doing this job, I am no expert in pool painting. But I would assume there is more to it than painting a house or something. I am willing to bet they don’t know this and are doing this incorrectly and we will see giant chips of blue paint floating around in it within weeks. At least that will make it easier to remove in a couple of years.
except this isn't a pool, and the color it was was intentional per the original design...plus, the light blue will simply show all the goose poop that accumulates there unless it is cleaned daily
Agree. I do realize it is not an actual pool, but I would assume the type of paint they would need is more similar to pool paint than house paint..? Idk though. Not sure anyone knows because I doubt anyone has ever painted a granite basin that is filled with water.
Anonymous