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Trump's $14M Reflecting Pool Paint Job Is Now Peeling Off And Floating To The Surface
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Just the quality you’d expect.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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Hey we lost the Iran war by the way and we're paying for it.
Ha! I fucking called this not even a week ago! And two people down voted it, btw.
Everyone called it
People are pretty shitty with downvotes tbh. They use them as a more passive middle finger. Just a quick "feel bad, because you are bad" signal. I wish I didn't care about them but my human nature gets the best of me. If switching instances was easier I'd probably go to one that has them disabled.
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So that whole reflecting pond is pretty much ruined now?
Hopefully it makes a few people who see it reflect.
If those people were capable of reflecting this wouldn't have happened in the first place unfortunately.
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No, it’s slightly dirtier than 5 years ago. It’s just a placid surface to reflect light. The fuss about it is really dumb.
I mean the fuss about it is the blantant corruption of a no bid contract and the fact that it is a very visible/public demonstration of Trumps inability to do anything correctly.
He’s murdering children and giving away billions of dollars at this exact moment. These beans are so small
Oh absolutely, but when ~40% of Americans support ICE and the Iran war, sometimes these smaller things can help make the failures of this administration more blatant.
I wish things like rounding up people illegally and detaining them in concentration camps was enough, but it seems like conservatives in america aren't swayed by those kinds of abuse of power.
I mean, I’m not out here canvassing. Whether this would inspire someone to do so, I don’t think so. And finding a trump supporter on lemmy to convert with this is difficult, considering the abject hatred, banning, and widespread defederation of right wing instances and users. Focusing so hard on the pool thing here feels like a waste of mental energy if it won’t push numbers
Fair
how long until they fill it in with concrete and paint that blue?
(then wonder why tf it ain't "reflecting"?)
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Corruption in play sight, terrifying symbolism for all to see. Washington is more transparent that people think.
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Just going to point out the obvious here and say that this is exactly the type of thing that always happens in autocratic countries.
Dear leader gives a bucket of money to a mate for "a contract". Mate spends 10% of the money on the job and pockets the rest. When the job goes wrong they just deny and blame.
It would be hilarious.
But Taxpayers spent $14MILLION on this? That would make it a WASTE if this were True and we KNOW Republicans HATE Waste which is why they're trying to ELIMINATE Unemployment Benefits!
BAAAAAHAHAHAHA it'd be funny if it weren't so horribly sad.
Thanks Obama!
I'd trust ACME more than I trust Trump's people.
In order to drain the swamp we must first build the swamp.
What if destroying it was the plan. Time to fill it in and build a new Trump Casino I guess.
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I guess he didn't want to pay extra for the waterproof paint lol