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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,723 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:49 PM 3 hrs ago

Panicked Trump, 80, Spins Wild Tale When Cornered on Pool Slime

President Donald Trump has sought to blame his botched Reflecting Pool renovations on unidentified saboteurs he claims entered the pool with a box cutter and began slicing it up.

The 80-year-old president insisted on Monday that the collapse of his much-hyped project wasn't the result of bad planning, questionable contracting, or a giant blue-painted basin baking in Washington's summer heat.

Instead, he claims vandals entered the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and sliced a massive gash into its new lining.

What's more, Trump says he has proof—he just won't show anybody.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/panicked-trump-80-spins-wild-005241081.html

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Panicked Trump, 80, Spins Wild Tale When Cornered on Pool Slime (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 3 hrs ago OP
Does it even HAVE a lining? If so, how did they paint it? Nt spooky3 3 hrs ago #1
From what I've read TexLaProgressive 3 hrs ago #2
Like his mountains of proof of the 2020 theft lame54 3 hrs ago #3
Hims brane ain't works right struggle4progress 3 hrs ago #4

TexLaProgressive

(12,830 posts)
2. From what I've read
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:57 PM
3 hrs ago

the basin is concrete supported by many timber piles into the marshy ground. There may be some granite lining the sides I'm not sure. The walkway is granite.

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