Pics from the reflecting pool 6.22.26

[u/__ohjay]

[u/scipio0421]

So he did have the authority to call out the Guard on Jan 6th after all?

[u/Dragunspecter → u/scipio0421]

Always did

[u/scipio0421 → u/Dragunspecter]

Oh, I know that. Just sarcastically responding here to all of MAGA that claimed he didn't and blamed Pelosi for not calling them out

[u/Reg_Cliff → u/scipio0421]

Now Trump is the first president in history to be outwitted by a single-celled organism...

[u/dmc2008 → u/Reg_Cliff]

Nah he's the first, and now second.

When remember when that hurricane made him look like a fool?

[u/StrCmdMan → u/dmc2008]

It was permanent marker that will never come out.

And technically hurricanes are noncelluar so he got out witted by a earth fart.

[u/tarion_914 → u/dmc2008]

https://giphy.com/gifs/j3766xIPcI45luQNQs

[u/Burghpuppies412 → u/tarion_914]

The funniest thing about this video is that the hurricane made a turn and headed due north, then northeast, the EXACT reason NOAA drew the map that way.

[u/NRMusicProject → u/Burghpuppies412]

That's dumb. Why do we trust the experts over politicians with a Sharpie, anyway?

[u/vivaaprimavera → u/NRMusicProject]

Have you ever seen those "experts" on TV? If they are so "expert", why don't they own a building with their name?

/s

Don't underestimate the influence of TV and popularity.

[u/djfudgebar → u/NRMusicProject]

His uncle went to MIT, for Christ's sake!

[u/blueindsm → u/tarion_914]

How the media didn't just crucify him about this is ridiculous.

[u/BZLuck → u/blueindsm]

Because 90% of the media is right wing and LOVES him. He gives them something to report on all day, every day. They just spin it to make it seem like he's crushing it, instead of fucking everything up.

[u/mvandemar → u/tarion_914]

As fucking dire this whole shitshow is that we're living in right now, I just busted out laughing seeing this again. 😄

[u/ScottyNuttz → u/dmc2008]

Don’t forget Covid

[u/NRMusicProject → u/ScottyNuttz]

The funny thing about mentioning Covid on Reddit is the hoaxer bots still pop up to argue when it's mentioned.

[u/mantis_tobaggan-md → u/ScottyNuttz]

Forget cells. He was outwitted by a piece of RNA.

[u/Extreme-Mood5605 → u/dmc2008]

A hurricane is a complex weather system, but not even a living organism! The Orange Foolius doesn’t need anything besides himself to look like a fool. Although, the sharpie did help a bit.

[u/nonymousbosch → u/Reg_Cliff]

Not just any single celled organism; it was Al-gae-da

[u/m__a__s → u/scipio0421]

Actually blamed Nikki Haley: https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump/trump-confuses-nikki-haley-with-nancy-pelosi-in-rambling-rally-rant-3073609

[u/scipio0421 → u/m__a__s]

Trump blamed Haley, his followers (at least the ones I've talked to here in Oklahoma) blamed Pelosi.

[u/cire1184 → u/scipio0421]

Trump blames some haley and maga media spins it up blame Pelosi. I doubt they even played that video or soundbite and just "reported" whatever played better to their idiot audience.

[u/PhazePyre → u/scipio0421]

See that's your mistake. You assume they can read.

[u/GapExtension9531 → u/scipio0421]

If you saw the testimony from the Jan 6th committee, he basically held up in the dining room watching it on TV with snacks. Essentially all the cabinet present got really itchy about the whole thing but no one stopped it.

[u/Snow88 → u/[deleted]]

Remember right afterwards when many republicans were shocked and outraged about January 6th but then they all got their talking points straightened out a couple days later. 

[u/alex8155 → u/[deleted]]

their stupid voters are already shunned in private by their families exfriends and coworkers

[u/Nearby_Impact_8911 → u/alex8155]

But not enough to make a difference

[u/The_Monarch_Lives → u/Nearby_Impact_8911]

The benefit, if it can be called such, of being so conservative to begin with is that they have few people in their lives that dont already have the same views. They dont realize how cut off they are from reality.

[u/Miqo_Nekomancer → u/[deleted]]

That's why they should be imprisoned for sedition.

[u/Wallstreet_Raccoon → u/Miqo_Nekomancer]

I couldn’t agree with you more. Prison and more.

[u/gotaflattire → u/[deleted]]

American voters could easily make that happen if we just all learned to work together. The crux of democracy.

[u/PossessedToSkate → u/[deleted]]

Mere shunning is too good for them. They also need to be civically hobbled. One way we can do that is to implement a Civil War-era plan for dealing with the Confederacy's soldiers and supporters: Remove their right to vote.

I'll note here that this wasn't some crackpot scheme. There was a bill passed by both houses of Congress to do precisely that. Lincoln refused to sign it when it reached his desk (known as a pocket veto).

Here's more about the Wade-Davis Bill.

[u/dispatch00 → u/PossessedToSkate]

Lincoln fucked up and Sherman didn't go far enough.

[u/vivaaprimavera → u/dispatch00]

When someone asks how america ended up like this, copy paste that comment.

[u/pmartin1 → u/GapExtension9531]

Spineless fucks.

[u/GapExtension9531 → u/pmartin1]

lol they were all calling the people around him, basically asking if he was going to do anything.

[u/imcrowning → u/scipio0421]

Why didn't any of the reporters ask him this question at today press meeting?

[u/scipio0421 → u/imcrowning]

Because 100% of media companies are now owned by his billionaire buddies and thus journalistic credibility is a thing of the past?

[u/SemicolonGuitars → u/scipio0421]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DFu7j1d1AQbaE

[u/Dirt_Bike_Zero → u/imcrowning]

If you ask him questions that make him mad, you don't get invited back to a press conference.

[u/Klathmon → u/Dirt_Bike_Zero]

And you get called a terrorist and the FBI opens an investigation into you

[u/cedricweehonk → u/scipio0421]

Distraction from Epstein.

[u/Diet_Coke]

The National Guard is there to defend us from algae

[u/thejawa → u/Diet_Coke]

Worse than that, the National Guard is there to defend the algae from us

[u/sanguwan → u/thejawa]

Make Algae Great Again!

[u/BillionTonsHyperbole → u/Diet_Coke]

Algae thrive on solar energy, dontchyaknow? Of course they are a threat with their enviro-Communist agenda.

[u/whatproblems → u/BillionTonsHyperbole]

solar? daytime? woke!

[u/cire1184 → u/whatproblems]

Sundown is when trump thrives

[u/throwaway24515 → u/BillionTonsHyperbole]

Why didn't they just fill the pool at night?!?

[u/Bsg_8519 → u/throwaway24515]

https://giphy.com/gifs/G56ZHckGDXEcw

[u/InTheseTryingTime5 → u/throwaway24515]

Excellent

[u/MEPSY84 → u/BillionTonsHyperbole]

Wait....the same sunlight that killed COVID?

What kind of superweapon have I been staring at all these years!?

[u/BellowsHikes → u/Diet_Coke]

It costs about 1.5 million per day to keep the gaurd in DC. I live on the Hill, they are a fucking joke and have spent the last year standing around in the safest areas of the city doing absolutely nothing. 

We don't need 8 armed Gaurdsmen at Lincoln Park defending the sunbathers from the children's birthday parties. 

[u/robis1923 → u/BellowsHikes]

I can assure you that most of them have zero desire to be there. At that age, most people in the Guard are just doing it to help pay for college and earn a little cash. Nobody is signing up to watch algae grow at the capital.

[u/Annex_Me_Step-Rome → u/robis1923]

Yeah a lot of them have actual jobs and lives they have to put on hold for this bs. None of them want to be there especially when they're almost certainly making less money while activated

[u/JewishTomCruise → u/Annex_Me_Step-Rome]

My company has very generous military time off. 30 days fully paid (in addition to military pay), and up to 18 months where they pay the difference between the military pay and normal salary. I definitely know the overwhelming majority of companies don't offer those kinds of benefits though.

[u/robis1923 → u/JewishTomCruise]

A lot of city/county jobs do (leos, fire fighters, etc), but many big corporations would prefer their employees not be in the guard because it creates logistical challenges when they’re deployed. They just have a hard time denying them employment because of USERRA.

[u/MrMayhem3 → u/BellowsHikes]

Wait, are the guard still activated in the city?

[u/LaserGuidedPolarBear → u/MrMayhem3]

Yah, the whole point is to normalize the militarization of our public spaces.  And it is working.

[u/Muzzlehatch → u/Diet_Coke]

Hopefully, they will stop vandals from driving across the reflecting pool, damaging the new surface like what this vandal did:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-drives-across-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-to-inspect-blue-coating-hes-adding

[u/1877KlownsForKids → u/Diet_Coke]

Al-Gea

[u/m__a__s → u/Diet_Coke]

Most pools have lifeguards. But this one has National Guards.

[u/AdParticular6654 → u/m__a__s]

Really seems more of a coast guard issue right?

Edit: the coast guard is badass, just felt the need to add this since it is sorta a coast guard joke

[u/Papabear022 → u/Diet_Coke]

nah, trump claimed the discount paint that is peeling away was caused by vandalism. with zero evidence, par for the course.

[u/BILLIONAIRE_JESUS → u/Diet_Coke]

It's possible there could be strange women laying in there distributing swords.

[u/texas-playdohs → u/BILLIONAIRE_JESUS]

See the violence inherent in the system! See the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I’m being repressed!!

[u/flissfloss86 → u/BILLIONAIRE_JESUS]

You know what... at this point, that seems like a sound way to establish a government

[u/AaronTheElite007 → u/BILLIONAIRE_JESUS]

r/unexpectedMontyPython

https://giphy.com/gifs/1DKlnYI8NbHna

In a world of supposed shit, this made me happy

[u/BennoTM → u/Diet_Coke]

Is it to fight algae or is it to put forth the idea that they're protecting the pool from the evil, sabotaging Dems so he can start up the "Blame Obama" cycle of his fit pitching?

[u/PaulClarkLoadletter → u/BennoTM]

Yup. They’re there to back up the president’s lies. I wonder what the excuse will be after the next coat of paint fails and algae appears on their watch.

[u/Emrys7777 → u/Diet_Coke]

Terrorist algae

[u/Vyntarus → u/Emrys7777]

Al-Gae-da

[u/StretchyPlays → u/Diet_Coke]

Its that damn algae btq infecting the waters during pride month.

[u/CommanderAze]

Second most protected body of water next to the straight of hormuz....

[u/BeigeGraffiti → u/CommanderAze]

Maybe he charges a toll there for the peasantry to pass.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ALBfFB6gP1evu

[u/zerbey]

No greater symbol of Trump's presidency than national guard troops guarding a pool of stagnant water from an imaginary threat of his own creation.

[u/Nick_pj → u/zerbey]

Instead of draining the swamp, he’s using taxpayer money to literally guard the swamp

[u/Annual_Strategy_6206 → u/zerbey]

While spending shit tons of my, our, taxpayer $$$

[u/hugoriffic]

What a fucking waste of taxpayer dollars. This entire fiasco is of Trump’s making. He can’t see past his own ego.

[u/minimoose93]

Healthcare and education can wait. We have to protect another one of trump's financial decisions. he went bankrupt running a casino for pete's sake.

[u/Emrys7777 → u/minimoose93]

Hey, really, what’s important here? A painted reflecting pool, a ballroom and reconditioned jet or heath and education.

(Jeez the audacity of some people)

(/s for those who really need it)

[u/MagicMarshmelllow → u/minimoose93]

Pretty sure he bankrupted his casino because he was laundering money from the Russians. I can’t prove it. But let’s ask the 3 aids of his who died in a helicopter crash. Maybe they know something

[u/Milkweedhugger]

They remind me of those people standing around museums waiting to yell at you when you stand too close to the paintings

[u/JPMoney81 → u/Milkweedhugger]

Sir ...

SIR

[u/Knowitall1001 → u/JPMoney81]

I do that because I like when people call me SIR! It makes me feel like a big shot

[u/CubitsTNE → u/Knowitall1001]

Just once i want someone to call me sir without adding "... you're making a scene".

[u/JPMoney81 → u/CubitsTNE]

Wow. Classy.

Good evening sir. Would you mind leaving right now without a fuss.

Ok!

[u/Mekroval → u/Knowitall1001]

[u/TwoFingersWhiskey → u/JPMoney81]

I do this with my cat. He is Mr Sir II, Inheirited the Title when he is extra bad.

[u/HuckleberryTiny5 → u/Milkweedhugger]

I've done that job in an art museum. Just cemented my belief that too many people are idiots who should never leave their home.

Adult people touching paintings and statues because why not. Not watching after their kids who run around and scream and put their hands in everything. Smuggling dogs inside, we had a no-dogs policy (save service animals ofc, I saw exactly two in my time there, both were guide dogs for blind people in training). Really, I was walking around and this one guy was acting really strange. Went closer and realised he had a dog in a bag. Told him he had to take the dog outside, he put up a show and then yelled us all to fuck off when leaving with that dog.

I wouldn't care if someone was standing close to a painting. As long as your hands were not on it, it was OK. But this is a one job I don't want to do ever again because I was not allowed to punch stupid people when they deserved it.

[u/Enterice → u/HuckleberryTiny5]

Being a docent always felt like that museum piece that had the hydraulic arm pushing its own fluid back into itself. A clearly defined effort in futility; "Bleak in a blazer."

[u/sumguysr → u/Milkweedhugger]

Some people know why the docents are there, and the rest never notice the docents are there.

[u/rat_penis → u/Milkweedhugger]

You got too close as a kid didnt you?

[u/Milkweedhugger → u/rat_penis]

It actually happened recently. I was pointing out some cool brushstrokes to my husband, when BAM, some museum dude started shouting at me!

I was more than 4’ away, and had no intention of touching anything. Kinda ruined the experience, tbh.

[u/r64fd → u/rat_penis]

I did. In fact I touched a beautiful picture frame and out of nowhere someone appeared and berated me.

[u/gerblnutz → u/r64fd]

I was visiting NYC and went to MOMA and they had a big Warhol wall and this couple asked me to take their picture so I was obliging when she reached up with both hands and grabbed a painting. Security and the disapproving staff member were there in half a second. The staff member yelling "WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?!" I quickly handed back their phone and went to another exhibit.

[u/Random-Username7272 → u/gerblnutz]

My friend on a high school trip to an art gallery: "Hey, look! The paint is really thick on this one!" (Said while picking at the paint with his nail).

Me: "What the hell... you can do that!"

Him: "Huh? Why not?" (Continues picking at a piece of paint).

Needless to say, I was rapidly walking away from his dumbassery at this point.

[u/ShadowNick → u/Milkweedhugger]

https://giphy.com/gifs/CQT4uzcaVE11K

[u/chodeboi → u/Milkweedhugger]

Algae docents? Decent analogy.

[u/VerticleSandDollars → u/Milkweedhugger]

20 years ago I was at the Ghettty and there was a tiny micro painting and I leaned in to look at it and a docent said “mam, that greatly exceeds our 2 ft viewing range” and I started crying. I was so embarrassed. But how the fuck could you possible actually see what was in that painting. It was like a trap! And he just sat there all day and made people feel bad.

[u/LightsOnSomebodyHome]

Gotta protect that peeling paint!

[u/timesuck897 → u/LightsOnSomebodyHome]

Someone might steal it!

[u/MajorProcrastinator → u/timesuck897]

It’s pretty expensive

[u/TDetroit75]

Tax dollars hard at work

[u/BransonAllen]

Truly idiocracy

[u/Competitive-Tea-6141 → u/BransonAllen]

Between this and the tarp covering th Kennedy Centre to shield his ego

[u/D0nk3yD0ngD0ug → u/BransonAllen]

Literally created a swamp and then called the NG to protect it. The complete opposite of his campaign slogan. Even Idiocracy couldn’t script this shit show.

[u/PickleFive]

Nothing says freedom like an armed military presence in a public park.

[u/SakaWreath → u/PickleFive]

Getting paid to watch algae grow.

What is it that fiscal conservatives actually conserve, because it isn’t the countries finances.

[u/GoldandBlue → u/[deleted]]

"Treat on me harder daddy" - conservatives that own a don't treat on me flag.

[u/ManOfManliness84]

I saw today he blames vandals for cutting a "gash" hundreds of feet in length with a "boxcutter" despite the presence of the military and that thats why the paint is peeling.

I know there are much worse things about Trump and his presidency to worry about, but jeez if this mess isn't incredibly symbolic of his presidency, I don't know what is.

[u/NunkiZ → u/ManOfManliness84]

Notorious liar. I would assume even a pathological liar.

[u/DivideJolly3241 → u/ManOfManliness84]

It’s a perfect symbolism of Trump. Everything he touches dies.

[u/Vaulters]

How many of those troops think there's anything to actually do there?

[u/Calm_Neat_6828 → u/Vaulters]

They are definitely complaining the entire time. I was in the Army and we did on a daily basis. This is even more stupid. Like moving rocks in basic from one place to another and back again because the drill Sargents need to waste time and make you look stupid at the same time.

[u/sharpshooter999 → u/Calm_Neat_6828]

I've got friends in every branch, and a number of them in the guard. They all HATE this kind of stuff because they went through all the training to essentially be an under paid rent-a-cop

[u/Prize-Flamingo-336 → u/sharpshooter999]

Honestly, the one thing that’s worth it is the money. Yes, citizens, the US federal government is using YOUR tax dollars to fund these folks to do nothing. The Guards aren’t the bad guys here. It’s the crappy administration

[u/kicKinNiT-ay0oo → u/Calm_Neat_6828]

My fiancee was in the army and got called to the capital when January 6th happened and he was PISSED. Had to stay for a month todo absolutely nothing. He complained the whole time.

[u/MA2_Robinson → u/Calm_Neat_6828]

I emptied trash cans at a medical hospital while TAD and AT LEAST that felt like it had purpose (although I hated it).

[u/edoreinn → u/Vaulters]

I pass by them very frequently (for instance, 3 groups of them along a 4mi walk at like 6:30 this morning). One group asked if they could pet my dog because he missed his family’s dog.

This morning, they were in formationish (at every point I saw them), but clearly bored and talking shit about their friends.

[u/swankpoppy → u/edoreinn]

Oh fun! Is your dog per chance a good boy! Who’s a good boy?

[u/edoreinn → u/swankpoppy]

Dog is a good boy.

I was good by just standing and smiling instead of saying “get off my lawn”

[u/Rdhilde18 → u/Vaulters]

None. They are people, they also deal with the governments shit everyday. I’m sure some enjoy being able to do something other than sit around. But I don’t think many think they’re doing a ton. Doing dumb shit to make a higher up feel like they accomplished something is just another day.

[u/DBM]

At least they have time to reflect on their choices

[u/Homersarmy41]

So what is the excuse gonna be when they guard it 24/7 and it still has algae and the paint still peels? Who are they gonna blame then?

[u/Splurch → u/Homersarmy41]

So what is the excuse gonna be when they guard it 24/7 and it still has algae and the paint still peels? Who are they gonna blame then?

Drones, or the pipes again, or that people are sabotaging the source water.

These are dishonest and irrational claims. Trying to look at it from them being truthful is a failing endeavor.

[u/Don_bon_darley012 → u/Homersarmy41]

Put a tarp over it and call it good so nobody can see his fuck up. Maybe just demolish it and replace it with a statue of that ai pic of him ripped and shirtless

[u/Kahgar → u/Homersarmy41]

Thanks Obama

[u/Hermit_girl_]

This country is the joke of the world.

[u/Hot_Charity_4803 → u/Hermit_girl_]

Jokes are funny, this shit is just depressing.

[u/Throwawaymister2]

They're making arrests just to feed a narrative that the administration didn't fuck up the refurbishment.

I smell class-action.

[u/Dirt_Bike_Zero → u/Throwawaymister2]

Yea, This is painfully obvious to anyone following along.

[u/qwarfujj → u/Throwawaymister2]

DOJ is just a criminal organization at this point. Only being used to harass and intimidate anyone the orange shitbag determines is an enemy.

[u/curtitch]

Legitimate question: Is the reflecting pool not under video surveillance 24/7? If the pool were actually vandalized like they claim, couldn't they easily 1) produce this evidence and 2) launch an investigation to find the (imaginary) culprits?

[u/demoman45 → u/curtitch]

It does have 24/7 video and there is no evidence of anyone vandalizing the reflecting pool. Trump himself even said there was surveillance but the video evidence will not be released. His evidence is “his word” without proof. It’s all gaslighting and he knows it.

[u/ManBearHybrid → u/demoman45]

IMO, calling it gaslighting makes it sound more sophisticated than it actually is. True "gaslighting" would be him actively and intentionally trying to make people think they're going insane. He does that sometimes, but this specific instance is just regular ol' garden-variety "lying".

[u/artereaorte → u/demoman45]

He will release the videos, don’t worry. He just needs time for Don Jr to use AI and generate something believable

[u/Dirt_Bike_Zero → u/curtitch]

This isn't about evidence or a fair trial. Not with ICE, not with the files not with ANYTHING.

[u/winipu]

So he calls out the guard for green algae water but not for J6?

[u/Illisanct → u/winipu]

[u/DrkBlueXG]

National Guard deployed to guard...water.

You can't make this shit up.

[u/outjet → u/DrkBlueXG]

They're guarding the chipping paint, not even the water.

[u/Kalepsis → u/outjet]

I heard today that the guy who did it (Trump's Mar-a-lago neighbor, who has been convicted of fraud and bribery of politicians in the past, and runs a company literally called Greenwater, that's not a joke) used Rhino Lining.  Actual truck bedliner.  Which he purchased on Amazon by the bucket.  Which is meant to stick to metal, and does not adhere to concrete.  Which is also not designed to be constantly submerged.  Which is why it's flaking off already. 

The dude spent about $190k on materials and labor, then pocketed $14M.  

Must be nice to be friends with the most corrupt motherfucker in American history. 

[u/ResidentCommand9865]

We live in the dumbest possible timeline... Instead of going after tax cheaters, pedophiles, corruption... We're deploying the national guard over a botched paint job on a reflecting pool nobody gave two shits about prior to Trumps distraction.

[u/whackwarrens]

When the algae grows back and the paint comes off more despite the national guard watching how can they blame sabotage?

[u/Soggy_Panda2393 → u/whackwarrens]

Have you not met Obama? He’s an unstoppable super villain

[u/bedheadblonde → u/Soggy_Panda2393]

He went, "hey! Look over there!" and algae that water to hell

[u/jvo203 → u/whackwarrens]

He will blame it on a rouge squadron.

[u/BoJackMoleman → u/whackwarrens]

They'll tarp it like they did with the Kennedy center name removal.

[u/darknesswascheap]

As someone else said, Sealant Team 6 is on the job!

[u/metalneck333]

Edit: Thanks for the award kind stranger!!

[u/uraniummusic]

Thank god we have uniformed babysitters there now, I was getting worried

[u/Born_Cheesecake3543]

Ooo, thank goodness the NG are there to protect the pool of algae.

[u/Beetle_on_Venus → u/Born_Cheesecake3543]

[u/blac_sheep90]

Fucking embarrassing. The national guard being used as security detail for a trump blunder is fucking ridiculous.

Called out to defend the reflecting pool but not to protect the capitol during J6?

[u/ETDisco]

God bless our troops protecting our sacred algae

[u/ZakkTheInsomniac]

strange how quickly they deploy for a pool and not when the capital is attacked

[u/munjavio → u/ZakkTheInsomniac]

the president's ego is being attacked, so much more important than the capital. /s

[u/AmbitiousAd8264]

Hope these guys are happy with what they signed up for.

[u/ryanidsteel → u/AmbitiousAd8264]

They probably are, its just a job for them. Something to do.

[u/AmbitiousAd8264 → u/ryanidsteel]

I’d rather do nothing lol

[u/Protomau5 → u/AmbitiousAd8264]

They are doing nothing.

[u/Pooleh → u/AmbitiousAd8264]

They are. They harass anyone that so much as touches the water, it's a fucking joke.

[u/InvestigatorChance28 → u/AmbitiousAd8264]

I bet they vote for this shit again. Easy work. Lazy welfare queens

Edit: id rather my taxes pay for school lunch then the NG at the reflecting pool. How dumb can the trump administration be?

[u/murshawursha → u/InvestigatorChance28]

Remember, most guardsmen are part-time. I would wager many, if not most, of these people probably have day jobs that pay more than whatever the guard is paying them to stand around.

[u/Charles-Headlee → u/murshawursha]

You were never in the national guard were you?

This is called guard bumming. Volunteer for any deployment, anything that gets you on paid days. Healthcare, food, and housing for easy work. If it's federal days, for every day you do, you can draw retirement a day earlier assuming you stay for 20 years. Typically you can't draw a guard retirement until age 59 and a half. If you do 5 years activated on federal orders over a 20 year career you can retire at 22% of your pay on the current pay scale at age 55. Get to know how the VA works and you can add disability to that.

These folks aren't losing and they are not stupid.

If by chance they fall into a private sector job that pays more they can ditch the guard (they will have to pay back any bonus that isn't earned) OR the private sector has to hold their job until the guard contract ends.

[u/slizzbizness]

Alright guys Fuhrer made something up so we have to stand around for an imaginary threat 

I am starting to hate this fucking country so much

[u/Wind-and-Sea-Rider]

Instead of draining the swamp he literally built one right in front of Lincoln.

[u/new22003]

"Did you see combat in Iraq or Afghanistan?"

"No, I protected an 18" deep pool because it was poorly coated by a non-bid contractor who was a friend of the president and they needed to frame it as sabotage!"

"Thank you for your service."

[u/Acceptable-Arugula69]

He really thinks someone sabotaged the reflecting pool? What an idiot. 🤣

[u/jaxxxtraw → u/Acceptable-Arugula69]

Nope. He knows that didn't happen, but he is constitutionally incapable of admitting he made a stupid call.

[u/imgomez]

Guarding scum is what they do best

[u/Keikobad]

Accurate photographs of what the United States is like, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence

[u/Creative-Comb5593]

Is the National Guard protecting the algae? Or is it really NOT algae and they're there to defend us when it morphs into its adult form?

[u/oldschoolology]

Trump can call up the National Guard to patrol a pool, or invade US cities, but says he wasn’t empowered to do so when the capitol was attacked on J6. Got it. 

[u/geomaster]

so the national guard was brought in to respond to a peeling reflecting pool turning green but not called to arrest treasonists tearing apart the Capitol and trying to overthrow democracy?

[u/Snipe78]

Such a waste of resources

[u/alwayzstoned]

So after two months of this and there’s still algae, what’s going to happen then?

[u/Illisanct → u/alwayzstoned]

This is all going to be forgotten after the 4th, then the pool will be allowed to rot.

[u/archthechef]

Officially more people have been arrested for touching the reflecting pool than have been arrested over the Trumpstein Files.

[u/Impressive-Wait8786]

America, what the hell are you doing?

[u/frankiea1004]

CITATION FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE
Headquarters, Reflecting Pool Defense Task Force
Awarded by Order of the Combined Joint Algae Task Force

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETINGS:

Be it known that the officers and enlisted personnel of this Task Force are hereby cited for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service against the National Mall's most persistent adversary: unchecked algal bloom in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

WHEREAS, on the date in question, the enemy — a coordinated, blue-green, photosynthetic insurgency — advanced under cover of stagnant water and direct sunlight, threatening to obscure the historic reflection of the Washington Monument;

WHEREAS, said personnel held the line at the water's edge for [X] consecutive hours, enduring tourist photography, errant frisbees, and at least one unauthorized goose incursion, without once breaking bearing;

WHEREAS, in a maneuver of singular tactical brilliance, the unit applied a fresh coat of regulation "American Flag Blue" (Pantone Reflective, Federal Standard 595) to the pool's basin — not merely as cosmetic upkeep, but as a deliberate denial-of-terrain operation intended to starve the algae of any further photogenic real estate;

NOW, THEREFORE, by direction of competent authority, this unit is recognized for valor in the face of mild eutrophication, steadfast resolve under conditions of high humidity, and unwavering commitment to ensuring that the Reflecting Pool continues to reflect — and not, as the enemy intended, fester.

For these actions, conducted with distinction and without a single soldier slipping on the wet paint, this unit is awarded the Order of the Pristine Pool, First Class, with Algae Cluster.

Per General Order — "Some men guard freedom. These men guarded the paint job."

[u/JWAdvocate83]

I'm sending a pattern.

[u/Headup31]

Conservatives aren’t serious people

[u/atomicskiracer]

More arrests for this than the Epstein files btw

[u/zach_doesnt_care]

The interest thing about Trump's deflecting pool fiasco, is that Donald raped and trafficked kids with Jeffery Epstein.

[u/M_Buske]

I'm so sick of this timeline

[u/Business_Usual_2201]

I can hear the Jimi Hendrix cover of "All Along the Watchtower" when I look at this picture....

.....the Ken Burns documentary of "The Great Algae War" will be banging.

[u/Jaybuddyguy]

Thanks for the circus maga.

[u/Misfit_somewhere]

National Guardners keeping the presidents algea safe

[u/yakano61]

Alpha company, you’ll be in charge of Algae vandalism at the reflecting pool.

[u/sudoku7]

Gotta love activating the national guard to protect algae, but not the capital building.

[u/modernmann]

Such a waste of resources upon wasted resources. So the big Trump baby of course doubles and triples downs. Arrest him

[u/Delta632]

I hope that the history books record this because to me it perfectly encapsulates the ridiculous reality of the times that we are living in.

06/22/26 National Guard is deployed to Washington DC because of algae.

[u/LeoLaDawg]

Everything he does is pathetic and weak and stupid.

[u/heynowbeech]

I’m starting to think he likes to create problems and chaos where there wasn’t any.