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wcmagumba

(6,607 posts) Wed May 13, 2026, 06:16 PM Yesterday

We'll have to remove t-rump's garish blue paint from the reflecting pool too, another multi-million dollar boondoggle...

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We'll have to remove t-rump's garish blue paint from the reflecting pool too, another multi-million dollar boondoggle... (Original Post) wcmagumba Yesterday OP

It's the reflection pond gab13by13 Yesterday #1

I want the next administration to use the following terms whenever altering the Dotard's alterations: RockRaven Yesterday #2

It's probably the new swimming pool for his hookers. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3

It should be simple - and cheap - to paint it black. TomSlick Yesterday #4

Copy what the Russians did with Stalin The Wizard Yesterday #5

Exactly. Though I'm sure B.See 18 hrs ago #7

Trump recommended the firm... then said he didn't IcyPeas 22 hrs ago #6

gab13by13

(32,729 posts)

1. It's the reflection pond

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 06:21 PM

Yesterday

It’s a national treasure so any changes to it without permission are illegal.

RockRaven

(19,718 posts)

2. I want the next administration to use the following terms whenever altering the Dotard's alterations:

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 06:31 PM

Yesterday

tacky
low-class
garish
unseemly
tasteless
wasteful
ill-conceived
undignified
gaudy
vandalism
trashy
illegal
Bavarian bordello
Temu Versailles

Irish_Dem

(82,227 posts)

3. It's probably the new swimming pool for his hookers.

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:07 PM

Yesterday

TomSlick

(13,086 posts)

4. It should be simple - and cheap - to paint it black.

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:27 PM

Yesterday

Dark blue to black is a one coat job.

The Wizard

(13,848 posts)

5. Copy what the Russians did with Stalin

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 08:12 PM

Yesterday

They de Stalinized by removing his name and image from all vestiges of Russian life.

B.See

(8,807 posts)

7. Exactly. Though I'm sure

Reply to The Wizard (Reply #5)

Thu May 14, 2026, 04:14 AM

18 hrs ago

many Americans would so love to be a part of returning it back to its original ICONIC colour, they'd volunteer to show up and do it for free,

just for the privilege of being a part of that historic occasion. I know I would.

Can you imagine the selfies?

IcyPeas

(25,764 posts)

6. Trump recommended the firm... then said he didn't

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 12:19 AM

22 hrs ago

... bubbles and small holes had appeared in one of the layers meant to waterproof the iconic pool. And uneven application of the tinted waterproofing left the pool mottled in varying shades of blue, the documents indicate.

The documents say both issues were being addressed, but they raise the possibility that the work may not be finished by the government’s deadline of May 22. ...

President Donald Trump said publicly that he had recommended the firm because of good work it did on the swimming pools at one of his golf clubs.

However, Trump did an about-face early Tuesday.

“I didn’t give out the contract, ‘Interior’ did, to a contractor I did not know, and have never used before,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
...

https://www.postandcourier.com/nation-world/lincoln-memorial-pool-repair-missed-deadline-is-10-million-over-budget/article_58b08a3b-deee-4cc7-905f-de0236291222.html

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