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Company hired for Trump’s reflecting pool makeover reportedly admits flaws in plan
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2026
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"Doesn't matter. Got Paid."
It’s Trump. No way did they get paid.
Nah, they got paid, they just had to kick a large amount back to the president, that's how it works now. The contract was given for like 3 no bid and prez then increased it to like 11 million or something unilaterally after the fact or something.
He's happy to pay when it's other people's money, i.e. the taxpayers.
The article says the installation is under warranty so they have to fix it/do it again.
Sounds like they wasted a lot of their resources in a subpar installation.
Which is weird, because it was clearly antifa who slashed the pool. They did arrest people for it. So how is that under warranty?
Everything I've heard says they were grossly underqualified to do the job in the first place. I don't expect the fix to be any better.
The article mentions they said they'll repair it under warranty
Well that's stupid. Everyone knows if work with Trump, do it as cheap and loose as possible with no warranty.
I'm sure they'll do a bang-up job.