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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:22 PM Monday

Trump Is Spending Millions To Paint Reflecting Pool Blue. It Will Likely Still Look Terrible [View all]

President Donald Trump’s plan to clean up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool might be as effective as his promise to drain the swamp.

On Friday, The New York Times published a report that found the president’s renovation of the historic landmark ignores a “major underlying issue” that could make the whole project a costly waste of money: There’s no plan to fix its leaky pipes.

The crux of the issue seems to be that the body of water has been plagued with algae for years — with passersby describing it as “really sludgy,” “disgusting” and smelling of “wet dog” to CNN in 2012.

In April, Trump announced a plan to make the pool great again by scrubbing and grouting its granite and then covering it with an “American flag blue”-hued waterproof coating, reminiscent of an actual swimming pool.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-spending-millions-paint-reflecting-210843218.html

Dumbass doesn't know the difference between a swimming pool and a reflecting pool.

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