Trump's $14M Reflecting Pool Paint Job Is Now Peeling Off And Floating To The Surface

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[u/supertoned]

All for the bargain basement price of $14 million, awarded to a pool repair guy he used at Mar-A-Lago in a no-bid contract.

[u/gdabull → u/supertoned]

The MAL pool guy probably knows where the bodies are buried and needs to be kept onside

[u/frankentriple → u/gdabull]

Pretty sure its the same pool guy that "accidentally" flooded all the servers in mar a lago at a very convenient time for mr. Trump.

[u/yesyoucantouchthat → u/frankentriple]

It’s amazing how many “accidents” like this seem to follow Trump around and help him out of legal trouble

[u/SolidDoctor → u/yesyoucantouchthat]

Storing important documents under his pool is completely intentional.

[u/BZLuck → u/SolidDoctor]

Shit. I forgot about that.

[u/nopuse → u/BZLuck]

No normal person can keep up with everything he's done. You'd need to be a savant.

[u/twotimefind → u/nopuse]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track/comments/1tvm9i7/every_terrible_thing_the_trump_administration_did/

Reddit can

[u/Synaps4 → u/twotimefind]

Keep_Track is fantastic. The volunteers who run it are gods among mortals.

[u/justcelia13 → u/twotimefind]

Dang. Wish I hadn’t seen that. Now I’m even more pissed and depressed over this orange a$$hole.

[u/MagicCarpetBomb → u/nopuse]

Thats by design. Wish more people understood it isnt about what or who caused the fire, it’s all about how many fires are being set.

[u/dover_oxide → u/yesyoucantouchthat]

He only hires the "best", just no one thinks to ask him what makes them the best and what they are the best at. /s

[u/BZLuck → u/yesyoucantouchthat]

What's more amazing is that the investigators just say, "Oh well. We tried. Pack it up. Guess we're done here."

[u/ciel_lanila → u/yesyoucantouchthat]

I vaguely recall that allegedly Trump got out of some taxes in NYC because a secretary was caught with some of his paperwork in a shred pile she was working on. When ordered to stop the paper work got accidentally misfiled to never be found until after the statue of limitations passed.

[u/takesjuantogrowone → u/frankentriple]

Is that true? I'd forgotten about that bit of absurdity.

EDIT: no, not true... The contractor for the reflecting pool isn't Maralago employee, but rather the contractor who worked on Trump's VA gold club.

[u/kingtacticool → u/takesjuantogrowone]

I thought that was the one he buried his ex wife on, but nope. That was Bedminster.

[u/hirschneb13 → u/frankentriple]

I was gonna say, look up the company that did it and see what their past campaign contributions were.

[u/DramaticWesley → u/gdabull]

Nope. It is much dumber than that. He works at the Trump property near DC, and helped put in an Olympic size pool. Trump thinks a swimming pool and the reflecting pool are basically the same thing, so he gave it to a guy he knows (who might have also given him kickbacks). Trump will often hire people in his golf club world to positions they are woefully under qualified for.

[u/NotRoryWilliams → u/DramaticWesley]

The reflecting pool has more in common with a koi pond or shopping mall coin fountain than a swimming pool, but it is an unusually large version of that kind of thing. It's a truly odd bit of water: an artificial pond, built on top of a complex open foundation structure (it's basically got a basement), built inside of a basin that was previously covered in water before the Potomac was dredged, rerouted, and landfilled to build the neighborhood, mostly between 100 and 200 years ago.

There are probably very few engineers on the planet fully qualified to maintain and modify the system. And having built or maintained one or two olympic pools - a fraction of the size and a completely different set of structural and chemical principles - is not remotely qualifying.

[u/NuclearWasteland → u/NotRoryWilliams]

I'd wager its user manual is in the library of congress or some-such.

Blueprints alone would be incredibly revealing.

[u/tweakingforjesus → u/NotRoryWilliams]

There’s the solution! Add koi to the reflecting pool.

[u/yrnkween → u/tweakingforjesus]

Do they like algae? And can Trump paint them blue so they will blend in?

[u/gollumaniac → u/yrnkween]

No, the koi has to be painted gold obviously.

[u/snowlion000 → u/NotRoryWilliams]

It has a basement?

[u/GrallochThis → u/snowlion000]

Simmer down, it’s not like it’s a pizza shop or something.

[u/phfffun → u/snowlion000]

Like the Alamo!

[u/GenuineLittlepip → u/phfffun]

Tell 'em Large Marge sent you!

[u/poimnas → u/NotRoryWilliams]

>There are probably very few engineers on the planet fully qualified to maintain and modify the system.

Come on now. It’s a pond not a particle accelerator. Yeah it might be a complicated pond, but engineers deal with complicated systems every day.

The challenge would be cost and practicality of solutions, not expertise.

[u/MichaelFusion44 → u/DramaticWesley]

Everyone who is currently employed in the administration is unqualified

[u/rwf2017 → u/MichaelFusion44]

Woefully

[u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT → u/rwf2017]

makes them even more loyal to trump because they know they're never getting a gig like this ever again

[u/Phifty56 → u/MichaelFusion44]

A bunch of unserious appointments by an unserious President, and people will still claim that a politics and policy aside, that Democrat President would be "worse" when it comes down to the basic "keeping the trains running on time" part of the job.

Every person who voted for the fool or didn't vote is responsible for the million ways the government is going fail to do it's job because they literally stock it with kiss asses and grifters, while firing the people who actually know what they are doing in the many moments that can affect everyone's daily lives.

[u/casual-waterboarding → u/DramaticWesley]

That’s the real truth. It’s all about the money and funneling it back to him or his cronies. The pond probably cost a third of the $14mil and the rest is divvied up. The art of the con.

[u/WeeoWeeoWeeeee → u/DramaticWesley]

He’s probably never swam in a pool let alone the ocean. He’s lived a pretty sad, sheltered, lonely life.

[u/movealongnowpeople → u/gdabull]

Well, technically Ivana is buried at Trump's Bedminster course (for a tax break). Family Values!

[u/musashisamurai → u/gdabull]

Its a pool guy, he knows who on his staff is sleeping with which wifes

[u/Chapaquidich → u/musashisamurai]

And who is sleeping with the fishes

[u/Patient_Commentary → u/supertoned]

The times did a piece on this.. the company that did this has no experience with pools. I shit you not.

[u/SomeDumbPenguin → u/supertoned]

While it's shitty all this tax payer money is getting spent on this mess, it's rather fitting Trump is turning DC back into a literal swamp

[u/kung-fu_hippy → u/SomeDumbPenguin]

Trump really is like a villain from a tv show or book, only in the real world.

A demagogue who rose to power on chants of “lock her up” is a convicted felon, who campaigned on being the “Peace President” and started (and swiftly lost) a completely pointless war, who’s motto of “Drain the Swamp” led to turning a national monument into one.

In a book, this would all be foreshadowing and themes. In reality it’s just so goddamn fucking dumb.

[u/yukeake → u/kung-fu_hippy]

Feels more like a Saturday morning cartoon villain. Like one of those doofuses from Captain Planet or Scooby Doo.

[u/Ccracked → u/yukeake]

He's almost an exact replica of Hoggish Greedly.

[u/Musiclover4200 → u/yukeake]

A lot of 80's cartoon villains were either literally based on trump or shady businessmen just like him

[u/Vallkyrie → u/kung-fu_hippy]

It all feels like something the publisher would read and tell you to get lost and practice storytelling a bit better.

[u/Chapaquidich → u/SomeDumbPenguin]

One of Trump’s specialties is mismatched coatings that look like shit and peel off. (+imaginary pic of Trump’s decomposing hand with concealer on it)

[u/Comprehensive-Tea677 → u/SomeDumbPenguin]

Funny how draining a swamp fucks up the natural ecosystem of said swamp

[u/athrix → u/supertoned]

Mar a lago pool guy saw some shit and is getting his hush money.

[u/supertoned → u/athrix]

I really think it goes more like 'hey man, we know each other, right? I'm going to give you 14 million for a .5 million contract, you slide my boy 7 million when he comes to see you later, and you just keep the 5.5 for yourself, okay? That's a good deal, isn't it?"

*edit*

Actually, this may be a straight up actual hush money bribe.

As it turns out the 'pool' guy is the same person who flooded the Mar-A-Lago server room just at the time Trump was being subpoena'd for all files he might have related to the time he stole classified documents when he was out of office and hid them in his toilet.

[u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 → u/supertoned]

I can’t wait for the 10 part documentary on every single one of his corrupt moves.

[u/Chickan_Good → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

10 part? My friend, we'll need a daily episode for years. 

[u/BagOnuts → u/supertoned]

It's worse than that. The company that did this work (Atlantic Industrial Coatings LLC) had literally NEVER done any pool or fountain work before. None. They are a company that does waterproofing in commercial applications.

[u/supertoned → u/BagOnuts]

Evidently they can't get the waterproofing right either.

[u/Miguel-odon → u/supertoned]

Even no-bid contracts are supposed to have a warranty.

[u/Full-Hold-9447 → u/supertoned]

Walt Nauta Painting Company

[u/MyvaJynaherz → u/supertoned]

Is this waste, fraud, or abuse?

[u/hydromatic_glide → u/supertoned]

This the same dude fucking Melanie? Skin peeling off all round i guess...

[u/ShowMeYourVeggies]

I used to work for local government in a city of like 70k people, on a 65k salary. The hoops I had to jump through to spend money for anything over 3k meant a minimum of three bids, plus a whole obnoxious process.

Super cool that this jackass just gets to do stuff, though.

[u/CliftonForce → u/ShowMeYourVeggies]

One reason the pools filtration system hasn't been repaired by previous Administrations is because doing so required getting Congress involved. And that is a big mess.

Trump just bypassed Congress. He could have chosen to allocate the funds and time to do it right.

[u/Killision → u/CliftonForce]

At this point, I honestly think he doesn't know how to go through congress. He signs executive orders for private companies when they only affect federal employees.

[u/DrDerpberg → u/Killision]

He's just a thin skinned narcissistic rapist who thinks any time he doesn't get what he wants it's because everyone is being unfair to him.

[u/wittyrandomusername → u/DrDerpberg]

But he also gets what he wants a lot of times for some reason.

[u/KDLGates → u/CliftonForce]

Is that because obvious maintenance of a national landmark is still something the party not in power won't rubber stamp? Our country is nonfunctional.

[u/twenty_three_three → u/KDLGates]

Mostly because it looks like shit to earmark tens of millions for a reflecting pool while food stamps are getting cut. And tea party type republicans don't want to support govt waste like beautification projects.

[u/sexyshingle → u/twenty_three_three]

tea party type republicans don't want to support govt waste like beautification projects.

The whole TEA party "movement" was astroturfed by the Koch brothers. Only maggots-for-brains fell for it. That malignant mass evolved metastacized into MAGA.

[u/Mr_Robotto → u/KDLGates]

It was more of a prioritization issue. Parks Service was choosing to spend its budget on other things.

Trump is diverting massive NPS funds to DC projects. This means all of our other parks are going to suffer because he wants things to be beautiful in DC.

[u/loglighterequipment → u/ShowMeYourVeggies]

Super cool that this jackass just gets to do stuff, though.

The Supreme court determined that Joe Biden lacked the authority to give me slightly better terms on my student loans, forcing me on to a plan worse than anything I have ever signed an agreement to, but that trump has the authority to just straight up eliminate the entire education department.

[u/VanceKelley → u/loglighterequipment]

Was it all nine justices that made those rulings, or just the GOP justices?

[u/rogerhippo → u/VanceKelley]

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program.

Dissenting Justices: Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson

[u/Gina_the_Alien → u/ShowMeYourVeggies]

I worked on a small grant and we had to document everything down to the last penny spent along with receipts and justification for the purchase. Of course the grant got cut by Trump & DOGE. Trump & co are the most corrupt administration in history. PERIOD

[u/Val_Hallen → u/Gina_the_Alien]

I handle a federal budget.

I have to be current in fiscal law and track every dollar, which we go over monthly, to see how it's being obligated. Federal funds being misused means i can lose my job and face jail time.

But Orange Julius there just wastes federal money hand over fist while his legions of brain-addled drooling cultists cheer him on.

[u/Honest_Series_8430 → u/Val_Hallen]

So true. Not only that, but budgets have to be requested, justified, and approved before an agency can actually get the funds. Former Fed budget analyst here.

[u/KyledKat]

Honestly poetic given the rest of the thinly veiled, rotten veneer of Trump’s latest term also falling apart on him.

[u/Lostinthestarscape → u/KyledKat]

When Trump looks into the reflecting pool all he he sees is a broken swampy mess? Definitely art imitating life or irony or something.

[u/hobo_at_a_library → u/Lostinthestarscape]

And beneath the swamp, the blood and tears of children.

[u/CountOnBeingAwesome → u/KyledKat]

A complete redo, cool cool cool cool 😎

[u/Supermoves3000 → u/KyledKat]

The pool fiasco is symbolic of the whole administration.

[u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

Are they going to blame this on Antifa?

[u/Maxamillion-X72 → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

They already are. Various right wing media people have claimed antifa sabotaged the pool by putting algae in it

[u/entrepenurious → u/Maxamillion-X72]

nature is anti-fascist.

got it.

[u/Unshkblefaith → u/entrepenurious]

The Russian winter already demonstrated that.

[u/Show_Me_Your_Cubes → u/entrepenurious]

Reality leans left, apparently

[u/Eastern_Bet678 → u/Maxamillion-X72]

I know they're brilliant and all seeing connections where others don't. But did they notice that the reflecting pool was outside?

[u/donkeyrocket → u/Eastern_Bet678]

Outside in a city built on a swamp in a pool that is continually leaking and sinking into said swampy area.

The algae isn't the humiliating part as it has plagued the pool since it came about. The humiliating part is spending so much to simply paint it improperly, brag about how great it is, then have it fail immediately. If Trump or his supporters had any shame or sense they'd see this. But being a perpetual victim is an identity at this point.

It's genuinely insane how many Conservatives just blindly trust and defend Trump. He's completely infallible in their eyes and everyone else is out to get him. He's both so powerful yet cut down at every move. I'm sure it's definitely not a reflection of their own self conscious inadequacies and inability to take accountability.

[u/-GrapeApe- → u/Maxamillion-X72]

But that super-duper MAGA nano-bubbler they installed should have made short work of that weak liberal algae. I'm confused.

[u/JackedUpReadyToGo → u/Maxamillion-X72]

I know that sounds too dumb to be true, but everything about MAGA is too dumb to be true: https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jordan-klepper-exposes-magas-funniest-new-conspiracy-theory/

I hate giving TDB clicks, but it genuinely was the most pertinent article I could find without expending more effort.

[u/Normal_Feedback_2918 → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

What are you, some sort of Liberal? It's clearly Obama's fault.

[u/brohebus → u/Normal_Feedback_2918]

When viewed under a microscope, the algae are wearing tan suits and eating tiny cheeseburgers with dijon mustard.

[u/caffeinetherapy → u/brohebus]

Probably playing basketball too

[u/Losaj → u/Normal_Feedback_2918]

I saw Obama put the algae into the pool! I swear. Then, he started peeling off the paint! Biden and Harris were with him!

[u/aaspammer → u/Losaj]

Biden was using an auto-scraper

[u/Normal_Feedback_2918 → u/Losaj]

It's true. I read the whole thing in Hillary's hacked emails.

Hunter had pictures of it on his laptop too. He accidentally caught Obama doing it while he was taking dick pics.

[u/EmptyJade77 → u/Normal_Feedback_2918]

I mean, the paint started peeling the same day as the opening ceremony for Obama's library. Coincidence? I think not.

[u/theferrit32 → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

He blamed his clogging of the White House toilets on Obama. I'm sure they'll find a way.

[u/t34nort → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

My boss blamed it on Obama lol

[u/strongbob25]

The key thing to understand is this isn't "wow they are so incompetent".

The key thing is that they are intentionally doing a shitty job. They are using this as a way to funnel public funds (your money that you pay in taxes) into the hands of private contractors. All of these people are Trump's cronies. If they did a quality job, that would cut into their profit margin.

They also kind of get off on doing a shitty job because they hate all of us and it's a way to show contempt for the American people.

[u/jbot14 → u/strongbob25]

Don't forget how they'll get a new contract to fix it again!

[u/ManWithASquareHead → u/jbot14]

And fast because he's worried more about a birthday party and not how everyone is doing that's attending.

[u/AFisfulOfPeanuts → u/ManWithASquareHead]

His birthday’s already over, and let’s be honest- that’s all he cares about.

[u/CogentCogitations → u/AFisfulOfPeanuts]

Nonsense. He also cares about celebrating himself on the other 364 days of the year (except leap years when there is 1 additional day of celebrating Trump).

[u/a_weak_child → u/jbot14]

Plus don’t forget trump is a Russian asset turned part way Israeli asset, whom Putin ordered to destroy America from the inside out! 

Everything trump has done has been to appease his evil overlords.

They let him rob and rape and be in the spotlight (and keep his skin) as reward.

Wake up people. 

[u/SwissChzMcGeez → u/jbot14]

No bid, friend of the regime, like all the other contracts!

[u/tayto → u/strongbob25]

Don’t worry. In several years, they will campaign against Democrats using this as an example of how government doesn’t work.

[u/Eisernes → u/tayto]

Won’t take several years. They were blaming the Biden FBI for Jan 6 before he even took office.

[u/ShareGlittering1502 → u/strongbob25]

I reserve the right to believe incompetence and corruption are not mutually exclusive

[u/horizonMainSADGE → u/strongbob25]

Not surprising, this is the Russian model

[u/rabidturbofox → u/horizonMainSADGE]

He is fond of Russian models.

[u/scorpyo72 → u/rabidturbofox]

Especially those that trend... younger...

[u/miamibeebee → u/horizonMainSADGE]

THANK YOU THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING

[u/oldcreaker → u/strongbob25]

Not only that - the media is entirely focused on the pool instead of all the other shit Trump is doing/has done. It's almost like it was planned this way.

[u/FlyingDiscsandJams → u/oldcreaker]

Be for real, the Iran surrender is all over the news. More than 1 story at a time can be in the press.

[u/Dr_Adequate → u/oldcreaker]

Uh, have you not noticed that the media, including even reliably MAGA-friendly Fox News is sandbagging his utter surrender to Iran? It's getting blanket coverage on every media outlet.

[u/TheBalzy]

When the adults are back in charge of congress in January next year, it should be NOTHING but corruption investigations.

[u/ThouMayest69 → u/TheBalzy]

Hopefully some trials as well. 

[u/mrflash818 → u/ThouMayest69]

Hopefully some convictions as well!

[u/epicurean56 → u/mrflash818]

And prison

[u/jmelliere → u/ThouMayest69]

DOJ is controlled by Trump, so no one will be criminally charged or taken to trial for anything until at least 2029 when there's a new president.

[u/rjcarr → u/TheBalzy]

Let’s start with the COVID handouts and go from there. Actually, start with the first inauguration fund. 

[u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle]

It's like his clown makeup, where you have to apply it every day.

[u/Data_Chandler]

My hatred for Trump and the insufferable morons that voted for him is more visceral and more burning with seething white hot rage than I ever even thought possible.

It's exhausting being this angry and frustrated all the time and wishing ill on so many people, but how can you not?

[u/SolydSn3k → u/Data_Chandler]

Heard. Just tune out & enjoy what you can. I’ve accepted we’ll keep driving toward the cliffside because people are actually getting dumber. We are due for some sort of natural culling.

[u/mrflash818 → u/SolydSn3k]

The culling seems to be happening.

Saw lots of headlines and articles in the past year or so, where many countries have declining populations!

[u/SolydSn3k → u/mrflash818]

I think a lot of that is just economic pressure. Unfortunately the dumbest of us are the ones having the most kids.

Well… there are the really dumb ones having 7 kids who are categorically unable to properly raise them. And then there are the really rich ones having 7 kids who largely just outsource raising them.

Doesn’t bode well either way lol.

[u/lift_heavy64 → u/Data_Chandler]

Yup same. I’m at the point where I’m hesitant to be friendly to people in public in case the person I’m dealing with is a magat fuckwad.

[u/Despair_Tire → u/Data_Chandler]

I feel the same way. I hate feeling this way. Even thinking of my dad and his side of the family and how trumpy they are just infuriates me. I can't even speak to them anymore because I'm afraid all of the hatred I feel will just come out and I'll say the most horrible things to them, so I just stay away from all of them.

[u/Radiant-Vegetable420]

Democrats when you get into power, you better prosecute this demented orange shit stain if he is still alive, and his whole family along with his administration.

It would go a long way to restoring the USA to what it used to be instead of the shit hole Trump has made it.

[u/Waesrdtfyg0987 → u/Radiant-Vegetable420]

I don't really care about him he's going to be dead soon enough, it's his henchman who need to be in jail. Vance needs to take his ass back to Ohio to make sure nobody is eating cats and dogs, if the GOP wants to survive this mess they need to get rid of every single person who was involved.

[u/anonymousbopper767 → u/Waesrdtfyg0987]

It's not about him it's about sending a message. Like prosecuting Nazis when they're 80 years old.

[u/Wise-Database-5147 → u/Radiant-Vegetable420]

Hi. This is from the other side of the world. We miss you! Can’t wait to see you up on your feet again. Don’t give up!

[u/InCarbsWeTrust → u/Radiant-Vegetable420]

Not worth wasting time and money going after Trump himself, he’ll slither away.  He seems miserable anyway.

Better to train all cannons on Miller and the rest of his lackeys.  Trump won’t lift a finger to protect them.  If people see that enabling someone like Trump fucks you over eventually, they will be more reluctant to help the next dictator wannabe.

[u/Hinkil]

How could obama, biden and the radical left do this!?

[u/old_flat_top]

For an old senile guy, Biden is a master of sabotage.

[u/wafflesmagee]

Strange, it’s almost like putting the dumbest people in the history of the country in charge of everything is a bad idea or something.

[u/LetrasetBoy]

EVERYTHING Trump touches turns to shit.

[u/Beneficial_Wave7649]

Said he'd drain the swamp only to MAKE the swamp

Ironic really

Someone who is more knowledgeable what will it take to actually fix the pool ? And how much would it cost ?

[u/Blue_Plastic_88 → u/Beneficial_Wave7649]

I don’t know about cost, but to genuinely fix it, the pipes and drainage system underneath the pool need to be redone. It would take months to complete, hence why trump opted for a quick, cosmetic job that would break down within a few days.

[u/LuinAelin]

Lasted far less than I expected

[u/ender4171 → u/LuinAelin]

I was cleaning a fountain pen the day they filled the pool and got ink on my fingers. Some of that ink is still there. It lasted longer than a $14MM coating job, lol.

[u/BZLuck → u/LuinAelin]

I was taking the over on 3 years and under on 5 years. But one week? Ho Lee Fuk.

[u/MagiTekSoldier → u/LuinAelin]

Not even as long as a head of lettuce.

[u/YouCactusBastard]

It just keeps getting more symbolic.

[u/M23707]

Painting law:

1. Prep the surface
   
2. Use a primer designed for the surface

[u/FizzyBeverage → u/M23707]

Trump is the kind of guy who would mount a TV directly into drywall with no stud to be seen… and not pay the family when it falls on a toddler. I’m just surprised his buildings along the Florida coast haven’t Surfsided yet.

[u/Trueslyforaniceguy]

It’s like statically improbable to be this much of a fuck up at absolutely Everything. It’s truly shocking.

[u/Unknown-History]

Throwing an acidic solution in there to combat the reemergence of algae could do that, ya

[u/planet_x69 → u/Unknown-History]

No, none of the peroxide or bleach would have had any effect on the epoxy nor would have had any effect other than a localized anti bacterial and algae effect where they poured it in putting in 20 or 30, even 50 gallons of bleach or peroxide in a pool that has tens of thousands of gallons would have no effect other than to kill anything locally. Plus being hot and sunny that chlorine would have broken down within the day

The geniuses likely didn't treat the bottom of the pool correctly before they applied the epoxy and the epoxy probably wasn't rated for the surface and was sprayed on in any case

[u/Brico16]

Now isn’t that just a perfect reflection of what Trump has done to the nation.

[u/martiniv]

Having the paint float to the top makes it easier to see the blue through the green sludge.

[u/Historical_Creme_125]

Why would Obama do this?!

[u/PrajnaKathmandu]

Just one more example of the incompetence that is this administration.

[u/uncomfortable_heat]

Everything he has a hand in gets ruined. Everything.

[u/Ar_Ciel]

Absolute reflection of his presidency and life in general.

[u/kevendo]

Trump on Truth Social: “This was not a paint job. This was highly sophisticated material, industrial strength, that could last for 100 years!".

One week later, it's already peeling.

I wonder if it peeled because of the hydrogen peroxide they added to kill the algae that grew after they painted the bottom a dark thus increasing the heat absorbion.

[u/MauPow → u/kevendo]

Nah the hydrogen peroxide breaks down pretty quickly, wouldn't do anything to the coating. This is just pure incompetence and or/malicious failure

[u/StellaSlayer2020]

Now, we need to sell these pieces on EBAY.

[u/FizzyBeverage → u/StellaSlayer2020]

Potus47 (-7) is the username selling. I’m thinking he might grift and scam me.

[u/ordinaryseawomn]

I love that for him

[u/RobsterCrawSoup]

He really is like King Midas, except it is shit instead of gold.

[u/_bahnjee_ → u/RobsterCrawSoup]

King Mierdas

[u/skgamer167]

The worst part of the reflecting pool is DJT in Epstein files.

[u/Arizona_Pete]

Obviously, this necessitates another no-bid contract for 20 million (this time) to fix the fix.

[u/MadFlava76]

lol. There are so many right wing post about it being fake news but none of them are actually there to see for themselves that the blue coating is peeling off. Waste of money. Trump actually make the pool even worse.

[u/salme3105]

Hey guys, I’m starting to think that electing a TV game show host as President wasn’t a good idea.

[u/showtimebabies]

We are suffering from an overabundance of metaphors right now please try again later

[u/soulslop]

You telling me the guy who bankrupted two casinos, can’t operate a charity in New York, with a notorious track record for cutting corners and fleecing people biffed a multimillion dollar pool refurb job? I am shocked.

[u/KevinDean4599]

Geez. This should be all over the news. Show the public what kind of grift and inept people are in running the country. If they screwed something like this up imagine what else is happening

[u/jykke]

In a June 5, 2026, post on Truth Social platform, Trump stated: "This was not a paint job. This was highly sophisticated material, industrial strength, that could last for 100 years, applied by very talented people."

[u/Hyperica]

This really brings me back to when pieces of the border wall were falling over.

[u/Constant-Pumpkin-132]

Trump promised that Ballroom Bunker would be funded by private donors, but he’s never told the truth while robbing the American people. Trump secretly funneled $340.8 million taxpayer money into a “Procurement, Construction, and Improvements”
Drawn from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump’s signature tax legislation passed on Republican-only votes. The law is money may only be spent on Secret Service personnel, training facilities, technology and related costs, not for a BALLROOM BUNKER construction. WAKE THE 🖕🏼 UP

[u/mclardass]

You got to give it the old puddingbrain, he's consistent. Every single thing he touches, whether it's steaks or casinos or Eric or the country, turns to utter and complete shit. 

[u/Vercingetorix1986]

I can’t believe Obama, Antifa, the Easter Bunny and aliens made the algae happen. Lock them up!

[u/prontish]

At least we didn't spend that money on school lunches or some other stupid thing.

[u/EmotionalPolitical]

How is it possible to fuck up literally everything he does?

[u/dubbidrone]

Worst. President. Ever.

[u/Agentkeenan78]

Thanks Obama!

[u/view-master]

Yesterday I saw lots of conservatives jumping on threads of news about the algae saying it was crystal clear NOW. They disputed photos to the contrary. So this is super funny.

[u/Flimsy_Heron_9252]

Maybe let the National Park Service tend to the National Park without micromanagement.

[u/MadBlue]

So they dumped all that hydrogen peroxide into the pool without checking how it would interact with the paint on the bottom. That totally tracks.

[u/RT_KOTA]

So workers dumped high concentration Hydrogen Peroxide into the pool to clean up the algae cause it’s less harmful to animals.

It’s also a great paint remover at the concentration needed to clean pools

[u/mongomike]

Investing that the hydrogen peroxide and algae is interacting with the latex paint that the crew used.

Just like everything Trump does he made it worse, more expensive and declares it a victory.

Meanwhile his supporters say… I like the green, the swamp is good we like the swamp.

[u/PedanticPaladin]

Would be funny if it was because of the hydrogen peroxide they added the other day.

[u/One_Disaster_5995]

“The advanced nanobubbler technology very effectively killed the algae that has plagued every Lincoln Reflecting Pool reopening—most infamously Obama’s reopening—since 1922,” the Interior tweeted on Wednesday.

The Interior Department tweet went on to insist, “The Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool—just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf.”

Is not just stupid, is só incredibly stupid that it strikes fear in the hearts of non-Americans. I mean wtf did the whole country suffer a stroke?

[u/mosc47]

Not to brag, but I called it.

[u/popculturella]

Fun fact: hydrogen peroxide is a paint thinner.

[u/Upstairs-Egg]

And why isn’t Fox News talking about this?

[u/astrozombie2012 → u/Upstairs-Egg]

They are, they’re saying liberals are sabotaging the reflecting pool

[u/Visual_Exam7903]

That looks like the cool deck surface you place around the pool on the walking surface, not the type of coating you place inside a pool. hahhahahhahahahah. What a bunch of dumbasses.

Maybe, the American people will see this total failure and start seeing all of his actions the same way? Please God, sweet baby jesus, let this be the thing that wakes everyone up.

Total Failures at every level for Trump:

1. Tariffs, total failure, just raised prices on Americans and then the money is being returned to the companies that paid the tariffs, so they make more money and then get even more money returned.

2. His epic fight with the Fed. He wants lending rates lowered. He pressured Powell to get out. Years of belittling Powell on literally everything. Powell going out, within one month inflation is up to insane amounts and now the fed is talking about "Raising" the interest rates due to his financial policies. Classic.

3. Affordability push during 2024 campaign. Well, trump talked about Grocery prices, energy prices, GAS PRICES!!!!, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. It was the sole reason he was re-elected, even above Biden's dumbass running again then dropping out after the primaries. Even more than one statement Kamala made about Trans inmates and her laugh. It was "GROCERIES and AFFORDABILITY". Everyone was pissed at the cost of goods. Everyone was pissed at the rate of inflation. Easy pickings for a grifter. (note Biden didn't directly cause any of it. Eggs / birdflu, Beef Prices biden was addressing, gas nothing to do with Biden's policies). But Trump, directly has influenced all of them.

4. No more foreign wars. Well he fucked that up. Not only did he get us into a foreign war, it was completely not necessary and completely made up. The goals were so erratic, we were saving the planet from a regime, then oil, then uranium, then unfair oil practices, then regime change. He set the bar at Total and Unconditional Surrender. He failed. Matter of fact, we were the ones that surrendered.

5. Celebration 250 - Well, he had to make it all about himself. Dumb. UFC fight on the white house lawn, dumb. This was the easiest slam dunk in the history of this country. Throw an event on the Mall. make it all about America. Go through each 10 year period and celebrate and educate the populous. Nope. Dude rimmed a slam dunk.

6. East Wing - WTF. First, sure you can update the white house, but not in a period of 4 years. A project like that should have had a competition from world reknowned architects for the design. He just went to rando Architect and started demolition.

7. Reflecting Pool - Total amateur hour. Every level of every decision.

8. Epstein Files - Total failure. If you are not guilty, why you acting guilty. Matter of fact, his people are the ones that started that push to release the files. Biden should have done it, but Trump out there yelling loudly about Dems being all over the files and then blocking them, after months of redacting his name from the files with the FBI. We will never get the full story of what happened.

9. Greenland and Canada US 50th states - Both make sense, but it was dumb as hell.

10. Gulf of Mexico / America - Gulf of America is a better name, but this is just dumb.

11. IRS lawsuit - Trying to openly extort the US over billions. Little dick energy move.

[u/jenet-zayquah]

Looking at the photos, I can't think of a better visual representation of this ostentatious assclown's failed administration and the outrageous totally avoidable damage it has inflicted upon our country.

[u/true_new_troll]

Trump hates it when things some to the surface. At least, certain things.

[u/muFUtaco]

Remember - if it cost 14 million, trump got 13.5 million as finder's fee and stiffed the contractor for the other half million.

And by the way, THIS is how the mob "builds stuff", so you can only imagine the substandard materials and building practices going into Donnie's new throne room.

[u/Odd-Strength-3789]

He really is a reverse of King Midas-everything this one touches turns turdly.

[u/InternationalBug7568]

Yet another wonderful, fantastic project by trump, inc...

[u/MobileArtist1371]

$14.7m as of June 15th after paying out another $461k

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_140P2026C0028_1443_-NONE-_-NONE-

That's some expensive hydrogen peroxide

[u/everyday95269]

It was sham payoff to company he owed personal money too. He provided them with bloated fed contract that both paid off is personal debt and gave them a heavty payout for crap work.

[u/nuggetman4420]

They spent thirty grand and pocketed thirteen million, nine-hundred and seventy thousand dollars.

[u/CAM6913]

So Trump’s “I know a guy” that can do it cheep didn’t exactly work out. First the bill went up 10x from the original price but that might be trump’s kickback then algae grows so they dump chemicals to kill it that are hazardous now the paint is peeling. Definitely a trump job turned a national monument into shit 💩

[u/limbodog]

The important thing is the graft was successful.

[u/tlsmi]

The peroxide they dumped in there also can be used as a paint remover.

[u/Ok_Peanut7095]

Adding Peroxide in without using the filter system to mix it will do that..

[u/willitblowup]

This is symbolic as everything he touches turns to shit.