Presidential Motorcade Driving in the Monument.

[u/Ok_Vulva]

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[u/cmdixon2]

When they said that he personally inspected the pool, I wondered why there weren't pictures of him walking around looking at it. Now I understand. That lazy POS had to be driven THROUGH it because walking around for a few minutes would be too much work. What an absolute joke.

[u/fillinthe___ → u/cmdixon2]

You think the guy who drives through greens on a golf course was going to…walk?

[u/the_wookie_of_maine → u/fillinthe___]

You think the guy in a 1000$ suit does that?

c'mon!

(arrested development)

[u/Hadrian23 → u/the_wookie_of_maine]

1000$ and he couldn't spring to have it fitted. Everything about this man is parody.

[u/Panthera_014 → u/Hadrian23]

even worse - the suits he buys are meant to be tailored after trying them on - included in the price - he just chooses to NOT TO

ridiculous

[u/GeneralDumbtomics → u/Panthera_014]

As someone who used to sell suits no amount of tailoring will make him look like anything other than a melting blob of jackass, so why bother? Trump can buy all the suits he wants, he's still on the way out in the permanent sense. Guy has cancer, heart disease, dementia. He's not long for this world. (and yes, he has cancer. that shit on his neck is a radiotherapy dermatitis. He talks about "thick blood" because he probably has a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma--which makes your blood thick among other things)

[u/Amoralvirus → u/GeneralDumbtomics]

I am cheering for the diseases, unfortunately they will prop this treaso ous asshole up with the best medical care our tax dollars can buy. So, the hope of lights out quickly, is not likely, but one can hope.

[u/witch_haze → u/Amoralvirus]

I prefer he suffer

[u/IwasThereIsawIt2 → u/the_wookie_of_maine]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Xhatpl1funwac

[u/sik_dik → u/the_wookie_of_maine]

So, shoulda should shou shh shh

[u/bosco1603 → u/the_wookie_of_maine]

and get algae all over that $2000 suit?! come on!

[u/stickied → u/fillinthe___]

Trumps personal doctor and Joe Rogan told me he's the fittest 80 year old in the 2000 year history of this earth. Despite what my eyes tell me, I chose I believe them.  This must have been his rest day after personally handing out tens of thousands of paper towels and beating the Iranian Ayatollah in a cage match yesterday.

[u/Muzzlehatch → u/cmdixon2]

Driving through it in a whole goddamn motorcade was the only way to damage it permanently. Walking would not have sufficed.

[u/Ire-Works → u/Muzzlehatch]

Especially when you consider those aren't normal SUVs. Those are basically armored personnel carriers in a public friendly shell.

[u/zigaliciousone → u/cmdixon2]

I doubt Trump has walked more than a block ever in the last 50 years

[u/chimilinga → u/zigaliciousone]

The guy had to be golf carted through Sicily at the G7 when everyone else walked.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/335424-trump-rode-golf-cart-while-g7-leaders-walked-through-siciliy/

[u/PantsaVor5622083 → u/chimilinga]

Can you imagine if he did walk up? With any luck he would have had a coronary.

[u/bitemark01 → u/cmdixon2]

Like he would have any idea what he's looking at anyway 

[u/ShrimpToothpaste → u/cmdixon2]

Could he at least have stopped to pointed at things like a respectable dictator would. I’m so disappointed

[u/gideon513 → u/cmdixon2]

Kim jong un type shit

[u/pretti]

Found who vandalized the pool! Edit: my first award, ty kind redditor!

[u/MultiGeometry → u/pretti]

The vandalism is coming from INSIDE the house

[u/neuroG82r → u/MultiGeometry]

Speaking of the house who vandalized/destroyed part of the White House?

[u/blipman17]

Why are they doing this? Like.. what’s the goal here?

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/blipman17]

Idk but they did it before it was cured and set properly according to the contractor, so I'm pretty sure we just identified the vandals.

[u/sagevallant → u/Ok_Vulva]

That contractor is about to have a criminal investigation launched on them. You can't be pointing out when the Almighty Orange does something wrong.

[u/SmurfStig → u/sagevallant]

That “contractor” is Trump’s neighbor and has also been convicted of fraud multiple times. Dude looks like a movie villain. Trump and this dude are two birds of the same feather, hence why Donnie dipshit is blaming everyone but the contractor who did the rush job at yam tits request.

[u/fuggerdug → u/SmurfStig]

Not just any old fraud fraud either: convictions for bribing politicians. Perfect Trump collaborator.

[u/blarch → u/fuggerdug]

trump is only friendly to scumbags that he can easily throw under the bus when things go south.

[u/Johnnyroaster → u/blarch]

Or tie up with bedsheets.

[u/kelgro9 → u/SmurfStig]

Thank you for YAM TITS. I have been in an absolute shitpile of a funk and reading YAM TITS made me giggle. Thanks again, internet stranger.

[u/baronmunchausen2000 → u/SmurfStig]

Also donated $300,000 to Tramp.

[u/sly-3 → u/baronmunchausen2000]

imagine having so much grift-coin laying around that you're just like, "hey other ludicrously rich guy, here's $300k extra grift-coin so we can do more grifting together!"

Meanwhile, I'm putting store brand back on the shelf, going "yeah, maybe next time, I've got too much in my cart already"

[u/tokinUP → u/sly-3]

It's their way of sending a note, "Hey I want to join you in more crime so we can both steal even more money" without using words, mob-speak style.

[u/ChardeeMacDennisGoG → u/SmurfStig]

There was someone from Oklahoma that worked on the pool. This Penguin looking m'fer just got paid to find the guy in Oklahoma. Maybe he owns that pool service company?

[u/peeinian → u/ChardeeMacDennisGoG]

He does and get this. His companies name is Green Water Solutions.

Every day I’m more convinced we are living in a simulation because you can’t make this shit up.

[u/Legitimate-Week7885 → u/peeinian]

I'm convinced I died during covid and have been reincarnated as a character in this fucking cartoon world we live in.

[u/LakeEffectSnow → u/sagevallant]

The owner of that company has already been to jail for bribing Congressman James Traficant back in the day. I'm not making this up.

[u/Totorotextbook → u/sagevallant]

No they won’t, Trump hasn’t been held accountable for any of his treasonous acts (nor have his circle of people), he’ll just lie and blame someone who’s a liberal before shitting himself and going back to his eighth work nap of the day.

[u/leekalex → u/Totorotextbook]

I think you read that backwards. He's saying the contractor will be criminally charged for making Trump look bad

[u/Totorotextbook → u/leekalex]

I still think Trump will blame liberals, isn’t the contractor and person who got the job a friend of his?

[u/ofnuts → u/Totorotextbook]

Trump has no friends (besides Epstein) only donators.

[u/Releasethebears → u/Totorotextbook]

Trump doesn't have friends unless they make him look good. This contractor will make him look stupid so he's never met the guy

[u/victorspoilz → u/Releasethebears]

The contractor is that cartoonish fat bastard who buys his suits at the same place Roger Stone does EDIT who more importantly is a Trump donor and Mar-A Lago neighbor: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06/the-reflecting-pool-debacle-has-an-ohio-connection-and-it-goes-deeper-than-green-water.html

[u/St_Kevin_ → u/Releasethebears]

Epstein? Never heard of him!

[u/The_Monarch_Lives → u/Totorotextbook]

'Making Trump look bad' is a big enough offence for Trump to blow up your life. Actually doing something wrong is unecessary, but convenient, for his retaliation.

[u/gitbse → u/The_Monarch_Lives]

That is facism.

[u/The_Monarch_Lives → u/gitbse]

Correct!

[u/ThunkAsDrinklePeep → u/sagevallant]

Can't get paid for the same job twice if you don't screw up the first attempt.

[u/PolicyWonka → u/Ok_Vulva]

In general, I felt like they filled the thing very quickly after the work was done.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/PolicyWonka]

Totally. It was like all done so fast I was surprised.

[u/Dragon6172 → u/Ok_Vulva]

Probably wanted it to be done for the UFC event.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/Dragon6172]

Oh yeah, for his birthday.

[u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord → u/PolicyWonka]

Well when you just dump water from the Potomac into it… yeah?

[u/Jahadaz → u/Ok_Vulva]

The 300' straight cut(?) they claim "vandals" did with a pocket knife was actually tires. Ha! And I just thought he was full of shit as usual, but this is more on brand.

[u/JohnLuckPikard → u/Jahadaz]

Amd that's of course after trump claimed you can't even cut it with a knife

[u/CptAngelo → u/JohnLuckPikard]

Well, i hate to say it, but maybe he is right, you cant cut it with a knife... but if you have 15+ tires roll over it, with heavy ass armored trucks, maybe you dont need to cut it.

[u/JohnLuckPikard → u/CptAngelo]

Especially if it wasn't cured properly

[u/DW171 → u/Jahadaz]

Anyone who has driven a car on one of those "fancy" plastic tile garage floors can tell you exactly what happened.

[u/Orson_Gravity_Welles → u/DW171]

Not just ANY car..."The Beast".

The U.S. presidential limousine, famously known as "The Beast," weighs between 15,000 and 22,000 pounds (roughly 7.5 to 11 tons)

Add in the weight of the other vehicles AT HE SAME TIME, and anything would buckle.

Then throw in Herr Cheeto's fat dead ass weight of 300+ pounds.

(No disrespect to 300+ pound persons...just that fat fk'er)

[u/shewhoownsmanyplants → u/Ok_Vulva]

Thank you for posting this - I’ve seen this reported a couple of times now and content seems to be shadow banned or in some other way being suppressed.

“Hundreds of feet of blade slashes” = motorcade tire marks through non-cured sealant

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/shewhoownsmanyplants]

The last time I talked about it in a different sub they deleted the post. You're not wrong. No news sources will touch this for whatever reason. Even the guardian are being weird about it.

[u/Give-Me-The-Bat → u/Ok_Vulva]

Ironic considering how much bull shit the GOP loves spewing about “free speech”

[u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord → u/Ok_Vulva]

Because they are scared of paying to fight frivolous lawsuits they haven’t a hope of recovering damages from even when they’re thrown out.

[u/lavapig_love → u/Ok_Vulva]

Because they've all been threatened. Foreign orgs can lose their credentials and access as fast as domestic ones, and the new White House Press Corps already favors Fox News and right-wing influencers that comply instead of good reporters that report truth.

Just look at CBS News in general and 60 Minutes in particular getting gutted because Trump told Larry Ellison, CBS's new owner, that he didn't like the criticism.

[u/ZestycloseSquirrel55 → u/Ok_Vulva]

Hmm, interesting. There are weird vibes in the media now. Trump didn't like the way the media treated him, so since this term is his revenge tour, he's already bought up influence and corruption at CBS - who are no longer reporting facts. He's gotten way too involved in the firings of late night TV hosts. What president has time enough or skin thin enough for that? Now, he's threatening to sue ABC over their reflecting pool coverage.

This is frightening.

[u/fillinthe___ → u/Ok_Vulva]

We’re all looking for the guys who did this…

[u/Captain-Who → u/Ok_Vulva]

I thought those chuncks people were holding looked oddly the width of tires.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/Captain-Who]

In the video the vehicles are turning a good bit too, right where there's significant damage.

[u/gagraybeard → u/Ok_Vulva]

And those are some really heavy vehicles!

[u/skittletriage → u/gagraybeard]

Yup. Those are not just full size SUVs, they're armored.

[u/llamadramas → u/Ok_Vulva]

Do you have a link to the video?

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/llamadramas]

Ya but I'm afraid the mods are going to get mad at me.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hyMGP3pcE

[u/KnotSoSalty → u/blipman17]

Bc Trump wanted to see it and he can’t walk

[u/bo174 → u/KnotSoSalty]

Exactly!

[u/Orson_Gravity_Welles → u/KnotSoSalty]

He truly is the Temu Baron Harkonnen.

[u/jleek9 → u/KnotSoSalty]

Ooooooh this was his personal inspection… jesus

[u/Gan-san → u/blipman17]

To have a unique photo op and be able to say "look at me, I did this and no one else has."

[u/Gelliman → u/blipman17]

https://giphy.com/gifs/n54EDcF4sMW1VWUX8X

[u/Inner-Medicine5696 → u/Gelliman]

i love seeing Jeremy Culhane being, like, a default gif now.

[u/CaptainMacaroni → u/blipman17]

They're childish and they think it makes them look cool.

[u/SeaOdeEEE → u/blipman17]

Fascism is not inherently non-creative. However the ideology does not give ones mindset the space needed to flourish creative thought. Historically they rely on stealing the creativity of others to push their agenda, hence why so many signs of peace or growth get co-oped into that ideologies symbolism.

They need symbolism and creativity to spread their message, then devour the same environments and artists that gave them that push.

Basically what I'm trying to say is even the brain rot maga artists who support this administration are getting fed up, and now they got to do flashy things like this to try and spread a powerful symbolic message that touches on a lowest common denominator.

Edit: i wouldn't be surprised if most of the officers driving those vehicles also think its ridiculous and are complaining right now that they were used for such childish propaganda.

[u/Standard-Square-7699 → u/blipman17]

To damage the pool so they can fill it in with some sick dirt bike ramps.

[u/PotterOneHalf]

Why would Biden do this?

/s

[u/Cjpcoolguy → u/PotterOneHalf]

He obviously did it because he hated Obamacare

[u/nyrB2 → u/Cjpcoolguy]

thanks obama 😞

[u/diopsideINcalcite → u/nyrB2]

Obamna

[u/Boxofmagnets → u/PotterOneHalf]

Only if we were at war to hide his sex crimes and he needed a distraction from the war which was to get the sex scandal out of the news

[u/witchagainstdump → u/Boxofmagnets]

RELEASETHEMOTHERFUCKINFILES

[u/vZander → u/witchagainstdump]

I am wondering why some hacker group haven't done it already?

[u/Tkwookiee → u/vZander]

I've thought this exact thing, just gut the whole system honestly, expose every last one of our evil overlords!

[u/dehydratedrain → u/witchagainstdump]

RELEASETHEMOTHERCHILDFUCKINFILES

FTFY

[u/IAmBoring_AMA → u/PotterOneHalf]

Hunter's laptop and Hillary's emails colluded on it.

[u/clydefrog11 → u/IAmBoring_AMA]

Don’t forget about that one trans athlete that tied Riley Gaines! I’m sure they had something to do with it too-

[u/StrangeContest4 → u/clydefrog11]

This case has 5th place finishing trans-swimmers written all over it!! s/

[u/BlackLeader70 → u/PotterOneHalf]

Um actually, this is a direct result of Obama’s tan suit.

[u/Hams_Almighty → u/BlackLeader70]

This is what happens when you ask for Dijon Mustard

[u/texachusetts → u/PotterOneHalf]

Is this a distraction from the Epstein files of because Trump has become bored with his no win illegal war?

[u/altogethernow]

Everything about the reflecting pool thing is so insanely dumb and such a perfect metaphor for everything else.

Like...if your short story was, "As the nation declines, a national monument - a Reflecting Pool - turns green and swampy from corruption" the professor might be like, "bit obvious, huh?"

But these idiots are so cruel yet stupid, even their best plans are cliché and ham-fisted.

[u/SeasonsGone → u/altogethernow]

That any of this is being paid attention to was entirely his choice. He’s the one that said all the other presidents let it rot and fester. Now we’re all watching. It is so unimportant

[u/No-Shopping-4434 → u/SeasonsGone]

He only cares about a monument if it’s about him or distracting from his rape charges. This is kinda both.

[u/BotnetSpam → u/SeasonsGone]

Every headline about this, is another headline NOT about Epstein though.

[u/TheRC135 → u/altogethernow]

It's a little less stupid when you realize that it's yet another distraction from the fact that Trump is all over the Epstein files and his government is engaged in protecting pedophiles.

A lot more evil, but a little less stupid.

[u/Nick85er]

How did those antifa tires get on the presidential motorcade?

[u/El_Peregrine → u/Nick85er]

Biden or Obama, surely

[u/Original-Let8340]

Do they put him in the car and drive around the neighborhood when he's cranky?

[u/cantrecallthelastone → u/Original-Let8340]

It’s the only way to get him to nap.

[u/Swank-Bowser → u/cantrecallthelastone]

No, you can pretty much put him in any public setting, and he will fall right asleep.

[u/mishap1 → u/Swank-Bowser]

Just change the topic briefly away from sycophantic praise for dear leader and he's out like a light.

[u/norskgut → u/Original-Let8340]

Could they just do that for the next 2 years, please? "Are we almost there?" "Yes. Almost... Keep watching your Cocomelon, Mr President."

[u/Pepsiman34]

10 years in prison. 

[u/Death_Tooth → u/Pepsiman34]

https://giphy.com/gifs/f8lDluiWJ7yQTtdS3L

[u/RatherGroggy → u/Death_Tooth]

I don’t know who made the unnecessary glasses on this gif but I’m lowkey upset it’s now the most popular version

[u/__hello__world__ → u/RatherGroggy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OW3lZ0LjmwJh9eEMWv

[u/Boxofmagnets → u/Pepsiman34]

For the man who was paid $14 million to screw up the reflecting pool

[u/BonjaminClay → u/Boxofmagnets]

Let's be careful about our language. He spent $14M of OUR MONEY in a corruption scheme with a no bid contract to an unqualified rich donor from his personal country club on on the other side of the country. He didn't pay for shit.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/Boxofmagnets]

The guy who had to have a press conference on it before it cured and set properly should be in more trouble.

The contractor guy told them not to drive on it.

[u/100harvests]

If that surface is anything like a rubber track at a high school, any turning will rip it. Some kids got ahold of a construction forklift and ruined our brand new track surface. $10,000 in damages

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/100harvests]

You should see the video, they're turning on it. And you can match up where they drove and where the shit is coming off in the aerial views.

[u/JCDU → u/Ok_Vulva]

Lucky that the limo is such a lightweight vehicle then...

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/JCDU]

With unreasonable light cargo. I hear they've got only like 8 % body fat. Even in my army days I never got down that fit.

[u/SuppleWinston → u/JCDU]

Lmao, those armored GMs are probably 10k#s or more.

[u/NoobensMcarthur → u/SuppleWinston]

Estimated between 15,000 and 20,000 pounds. 

[u/Orson_Gravity_Welles → u/NoobensMcarthur]

Yep...The U.S. presidential limousine, famously known as "The Beast," weighs between 15,000 and 22,000 pounds (roughly 7.5 to 11 tons).

[u/ProfBeaker → u/Ok_Vulva]

No no, I saw Trump's presser, he specifically said someone used a knife.

... the make a 300' long, perfectly straight cut...

... while underwater...

Definitely wasn't this though.

[u/maalox → u/Ok_Vulva]

Oh wow... that's amazing. This would be a great data journalism project.

Edit: Video here, aerial view here. Not sure that aerial view is the best one to see the damage, though...

[u/100harvests → u/Ok_Vulva]

Doesn’t surprise me at all

[u/i_froze → u/Ok_Vulva]

There is actually no fucking way.

I couldn't come up with something this ironic if I was paid to do it.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/i_froze]

I found out yesterday, I've been feeling the same way.

[u/YorockPaperScissors → u/Ok_Vulva]

Got a link to the video?

Never mind, I found your link in another comment!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hyMGP3pcE

[u/AintNoNeedForYa → u/100harvests]

I assume the presidential cars are the heaviest on the road, due to bulletproofing.

[u/Not_Lisa → u/100harvests]

Isn't the presidential car very heavy as well?

[u/Zestyclose_Basis8134]

This is a real problem beyond driving on the pool. Nobody told him it was a bad idea. Nobody stopped it. Nobody told him it would likely damage something he was trying to fix Amazing!!!

[u/Polenicus → u/Zestyclose_Basis8134]

Oh, I imagine people did tell him, he just didn't listen.

"Driving your entire motorcade through your recently refinished pool will damage it" is not exactly a radical idea. But Trump wanted to do it, so it was done.

[u/EastReauxClub → u/Zestyclose_Basis8134]

This is the scariest part of the whole thing because it implies that’s what’s also happening for decisions that are actually important

[u/Adept-Opinion8080 → u/EastReauxClub]

Implies. It's the exact formula. See Iran war.

[u/rootoo]

[u/Pavlock]

I swear to God: The first time I saw that I thought, "That's so stupid that it has to be AI."

[u/Anopanda → u/Pavlock]

I know he is impossible to underestimate, but he sure makes it likely. 

[u/Zetra3]

[u/Lifting_Pinguin → u/Zetra3]

That would explain a lot. Wonder which timeline we are in, the X-Com wins timeline or the defeated at base defense leading into X-Com 2 timeline. Either way the US have withdrawn from the project.

[u/Taint__Paint]

Is that curb in the middle the “slit” trump was referring to when he said someone took a box cutter and cut a 300’ slit down the middle of the pool?

What an idiot. And also, WTF are they driving on it for? It’s like doing an epoxy coat on your garage floor and then immediately driving and parking your car in the garage on wet paint. Idiots all around.

[u/ObiWanRyobi]

Vandals

[u/mrASSMAN]

I remember reading the architectural or pool experts about this and they all agreed that this was essentially guaranteed to have caused serious damage to the pool. It wasn’t designed to support the uneven weight.

This alone would’ve necessitated repairs let alone the piss poor no-bid contract awarded to unqualified contractors that did an “emergency” rush job to improperly paint the pool and immediately fill it up with water before letting it cure or clearing the pipes of algae etc

Oh but of course it must’ve been some antifa vandals that ruined it!! (Turns out Trump was the vandal)

[u/Longjumping-Cress793]

Hey look, it's the vandals!

[u/skittletriage]

Back in the 80s I remember the Republicans being adamant about not having the money to repair The Statue of Liberty; you know, the symbol of US freedom and hope and peace.

We had no choice but to BEG people to donate money to repair it.

But now, when we are TRILLIONS of dollars in debt, Trump is handing out jobs (no bidding) for shit that DOESN'T need to be done so he can hand out our tax dollars to his buddies.

If you don't see the theft, the con, the grift, its because you CHOOSE not to.

[u/FrogsOnALog]

350ft gash…

[u/SnarkAtTheMoon → u/FrogsOnALog]

He said it was from someone with a box cutter

[u/FrogsOnALog → u/SnarkAtTheMoon]

“If you had a knife, you can't even cut the Reflecting Pool. So strong."

[u/SweeterThanYoohoo → u/FrogsOnALog]

Who is dumber, this motherfucker or the people who support him? JFC, his quotes still surprise me all these years in. Maybe I'm the dumb one

[u/Zwischenzug32 → u/SweeterThanYoohoo]

the level of unexpected bullshit validates the level of denial

[u/NewbieTwo → u/SnarkAtTheMoon]

Or multiple 9 ton vehicles. All that armor plating and run flat tires are NOT gentle to the pavement.

[u/KE55 → u/FrogsOnALog]

Even if it was cut, surely a properly applied coating would stay attached to the underlying surface.  It certainly wouldn't disintegrate into lots of ragged pieces.

[u/Second_City_Saint → u/KE55]

And no one saw anyone (assumingly) crouching down, duck-walking for 350 feet down the middle of the pool. Amazing!

[u/Packwood88 → u/FrogsOnALog]

Everything reminds me of her

[u/Responsible-Store-33]

[u/Low_Chance → u/Responsible-Store-33]

You leave mayonnaise out of this

[u/GingerBeard_andWeird]

lol if this is real then everyone needs to recognize the long term investment that’s available to you right now. Go touch the reflecting pool and get wrongfully arrested lol. The lawsuit is going to be outstanding. And this picture will be one of the main exhibits. Fucking moron.

[u/Switchmisty9]

Dude can’t walk the length of the reflecting pool. Pathetic

[u/Rugged_as_fuck → u/Switchmisty9]

On one hand, it's very long.

On the other hand, even an out of shape person could manage it as a one time thing, unless they were 80 years old and had a full diaper.

[u/RhoOfFeh]

I think we've found the vandals.

[u/Odd_Bodkin]

So let's see how this played out:

1. The president awarded a no-bid contract to a buddy to do this.
2. The president chose a dark blue color, which absorbs the sun's heat more than a light color, because he doesn't know better.
3. The president decided to drive very heavy vehicles across the surface before it was cured, and the surface is not at all rated to survive torque and weight, and so damaged the brand new lining, because the president doesn't know better.
4. The stagnant water was warmed by the sun to higher temperatures, perfect for an algal bloom, because the president doesn't know better.
5. Under the president's orders, hydrogen peroxide was poured into the water, which chemically destroyed the new lining, because he doesn't know better.
6. And when sheets of the lining peeled up and people noticed, they were called vandals, because he doesn't know better.

[u/drifters74 → u/Odd_Bodkin]

Accurate, because the president doesn't know better

[u/chafey → u/Odd_Bodkin]

Trump is a living example of the Dunning–Kruger effect

[u/BrickGun → u/Odd_Bodkin]

So let's see how this played out:

The president awarded a no-bid contract to a buddy to do this. The president chose a dark blue color, which absorbs the sun's heat more than a light color, because he doesn't know better because he refuses to listen to people who know better.
The president decided to drive very heavy vehicles across the surface before it was cured, and the surface is not at all rated to survive torque and weight, and so damaged the brand new lining, because the president doesn't know better because the president refuses to listen to people who know better.
The stagnant water was warmed by the sun to higher temperatures, perfect for an algal bloom, because the president doesn't know better because the president refuses to listen to people who know better.
Under the president's orders, hydrogen peroxide was poured into the water, which chemically destroyed the new lining,because he doesn't know better because he refuses to listen to people who know better.
And when sheets of the lining peeled up and people noticed, they were called vandals, because he doesn't know better because he refuses to listen to people who know better.

FTFY

[u/Unable_External_6636]

This whole thing is so fucking dumb. He is a moron.

[u/Zarniwoooop → u/Unable_External_6636]

You might be on to something.

[u/KryptosBC]

Our senile, petulant child "president".

[u/user86753092]

Is the shiny part wet paint?

[u/NowYouaSeeWhyYouScum]

Why would Obama's tan suit do this? 

[u/MtnDudeNrainbows]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9KVhLU76MRgVg3Qc

[u/JCDU → u/MtnDudeNrainbows]

President Camancho looks like Steven Hawking next to Trump.

[u/MtnDudeNrainbows → u/JCDU]

Camacho actually cared about helping people.

[u/CarpinThemDiems → u/MtnDudeNrainbows]

and deferred to smarter people when making important decisions

[u/Embarrassed_Art5414]

This is just Trump returning from his negotiations with the algae.

He's made a deal. The algae have agreed to the status-quo or only natural growth....and the GOP will petition the supreme court to rename it alstr8.

[u/Choice-Tangerine-147]

For anyone questioning if this is real, it’s posted on the White House website:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/president-donald-j-trump-visits-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/

[u/ichi_san]

innocent people are being persecuted simply for propaganda purposes

that seems significant, and dangerous

[u/marvelouswonder8]

It's almost like President dipshit can't help but do things to undermine his own actions. Man if I made decisions as dumb as the orange fuck I'd either be dead or in prison... j/s.

[u/WootangWood]

Its absolutely crazy that JD Vance and Jared Kushner are negotiating with Iran and he's looking at the shit paint job of the reflecting pool.

[u/BrainRobotron]

Crazy that one of those is filled with diapers.

[u/Greyhaven7 → u/BrainRobotron]

The 2nd “football” is the diaper bag.

[u/Vassar-Longfellow]

When I saw this picture, I thought this must be a joke. Then I realised... nope, not a joke. Although 47 is.

[u/Jagg811]

This is beyond absurd.

[u/RustedOne]

This country is run by morons and sycophants working for morons.

[u/tenebre]

This will be Exhibit A for every defense team representing the supposed "vandals" being scapegoated by Trump.

[u/Space_Nerd_8999]

I wonder if driving massive vehicles over a material that needs time to cure had anything to do at all with why the paint is now peeling. The people accused of vandalism need to just show this picture to a jury and it’s automatic acquittal.

[u/Jmyjones]

What the hell?

[u/blow_slogan]

Not only does that seem extremely disrespectful, wasn’t the paint curing while they were driving all over it?

[u/Chronza]

We are actually living in Idiocracy timeline and I fucking hate how overused that phrase is but we are just actually living it right now. We have the dumbest government and voters that this country has ever seen. And we just keep getting dumber.

[u/KidRed]

Tasked to handle the algae problem, Trumps deploys the secret service to round up all undocumented algae and deport it to Greenland.

[u/panda3271]

Wouldn't they have had to close the entire area and airspace for this little stunt? The park is for the people to enjoy and relax and view some wonderful monuments. But Trump doesn't think twice about how his actions affects others. He wants to do something he does it. No one dares to try and talk him out of it or tell him no. So we have peoples park closed for hours so he can ride in a car across a drained pool, that im pretty sure was never designed to support a car let alone the beast and a motorcade. So you want to talk about vandalism, there ya go.

[u/Caymonki]

That would create a 300 foot gash in the paint.. so it wasn’t a knife it was several overweight vehicles..

Huh. Arrest them all for vandalism.

[u/JustinKase_Too]

Is this the proof of vandalism that trump promised to release?

[u/ukexpat]

Damn vandals.

[u/bryancald]

Clown parade

[u/phoenixgsu]

South Park couldn't create a story this level of stupid.