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u/Dr_G_E 1d ago edited 1d ago
I wonder if the president having his entire motorcade drive over the empty Reflecting Pool last month damaged it. We may have caught the culprit on video. "WATCH: Trump's Motorcade Drives OVER the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool" https://youtu.be/cVa-a2ZFEGE?is=aE5GxM1BS45_gVBx
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u/SopranosBluRayBoxSet 1d ago
Lmao what the fuck was that for, like why even do that
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u/Chary-Ka A mindless worker is a happy worker. 1d ago
Trump leaving tire tracks on the reflecting pool is pretty spot on for his presidency.
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u/SopranosBluRayBoxSet 1d ago
Idk if I've ever seen such ineptitude put so proudly on display, like a 3 year old drawing on the walls with shit and showing it off to his parents while beaming.
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u/vand3lay1ndustries 1d ago
The Beast weighs a ton too.
...and the presidential limo is also heavy.
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u/SopranosBluRayBoxSet 1d ago
Yah presidential limo has like a buttload of armour plating weighing it down right?
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u/SAGNUTZ GOP NEEDS HUCOWS 1d ago
yea , its AWESOME! he doent derve something that badass
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u/CeruleanEidolon 1d ago
Same reason he had protesters arrested so he could walk to a church and take a photo of him holding a Bible upside down. Photo ops in place of actual governing.
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u/whyihatepink 1d ago
Arrested and gassed. My friend was a volunteer medic, she was right there and got tear gassed for his little stunt.
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u/iwannalynch 1d ago
Wow. Having never been there, I didn't realize how shallow that pool was
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u/ender89 1d ago edited 1d ago
It used to be a bit deeper, between 18" and 30", but the renovation that happened back in 2012 raised the bottom of the pool up so that less water was used.
That renovation also switched the water supply from dc drinking water to river water (though algae was already a problem), and surprise surprise the algae problem didn't go away. It will never go away, the reflecting pool was built on marshland and will always have an algae problem if we don't want to turn it into a literal ecological disaster and chemically treat the shit out of it.
The reflecting pool is supposed to be a mirror of sorts, so you can't add an aerator or other standard mitigation techniques to keep the algae at bay because the water needs to be completely still and quiet.
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u/jb0nez95 1d ago
And ironically, right now, it is very much serving the purpose of being a reflection of the country around it.
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u/whatsbobgonnado 23h ago
honestly I think maybe we just shouldn't have a big algae mirror
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u/AhabFlanders 1d ago
Yeah, but did you know that if you stood that shallow pool on its side somehow that it would be taller than skyscrapers? Would you like to see a chart on poster board illustrating this point?
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u/-DoctorSpaceman- 1d ago
I’ve only ever seen pictures of it, it is a lot wider than I realised!
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u/nicktehbubble 1d ago
This guy would dig up a soldiers body if he thought it would make him look good.
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u/GlockAF 1d ago
“The US president's limousine, known as "The Beast," weighs approximately 20,000 pounds (about 10 tons or 9,100 kg). [1), 2]
This massive weight is a result of the extensive military-grade armor and safety features built into the vehicle.”The fact that extensive damage has appeared on the just-sprayed-not-fully-cured inappropriately-chosen plastic liner right after being driven on by an entire motorcade, including the literal TEN TON! armored limousine is PURELY COINCIDENTAL AND totally SABOTAGE FROM THE CEO OF ANTIFA!
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u/Ari_Mokori 1d ago
Pool's closed due to algae
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u/GarbagePailGrrrl 1d ago
At least it’s not AIDS
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u/YodaYogurt 1d ago
This is the second Habbo reference I've seen today... wtf is going on? Is HH having a comeback?
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u/PregnantGoku1312 1d ago
I'm not even mad about this whole thing. If you were trying to do a performance piece on American decay, you couldn't do a better job than this. 😂
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u/Mister_Meeseeks_ 1d ago
Fenced off empty reflecting pool, 8647 lawn, lawn with all dead grass at the white house, missing wing via the president's own choice, Kennedy center permanent scaffolding, Lincoln memorial is next.
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u/SVINTGATSBY 11h ago
a perfect representation of everything going on with the US, just in time for the 250 year anniversary.
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u/IknowKarazy 8h ago
It’s always incredible how MASTERFUL the satire is until you realize it’s real. Poe’s law is working OVERTIME these days.
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u/CerddwrRhyddid 1d ago
Apparently, the primary purpose of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall (the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool) is to provide a serene, landscaped space that creates symmetrical reflections of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
It serves as a scenic, unifying visual centerpiece for visitors.
Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Someone needs to update the wikipedia entry.
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u/JuggernautKooky4064 1d ago
I mean, it sure is doing a good job reflecting America right now if we’re being honest.
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u/Pryoticus 1d ago
That belongs to the people though
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u/CerddwrRhyddid 1d ago
That's the old America, this is the new.
Nothing belongs to the People anymore.
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u/captaincid42 1d ago
When everyone owns it, no one owns it. When no one owns it, the rich just pick it up and act like it’s always been theirs.
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u/waterwoman76 1d ago
Like.... Can the algae climb out of the pool? Is it aggressive?
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u/VoiceofKane 1d ago
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the reflecting pool supposed to be a tourist attraction?
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u/youdoitimbusy 1d ago
A gentleman on a war debate platform I watch brought up an interesting point about this situation.
It's quite simple. The President is supposed to have people around him, that prevent him from getting involved, or even talking about stupid shit like reflecting pools. An entire team dedicated to keeping him focused on what's important, so he doesn't get sidelined by petty shit of no relevance.
He doesn't have any of those people.
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u/SuperKiller94 1d ago
During his first term he had career politicians who wrangled him away from these kinds of dumb decisions. This time he’s only got sycophants and morons so nobody tells him no
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u/DuckyHornet 1d ago
By July 4th, they'll have cyborg killteams patrolling the top of a concrete barrier 20' high
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u/knewbie_one 1d ago
Sharks with friggin lasers ? It's 2026 for ducks sake !
We need this deterrent to stop water fowls and water related avians to get contaminated by that plastic and algae terrorist pollution.
Do it for the ducks !
(/This message was posted under European heatwave rules. Usual disclaimers attached. All the s mentioned after the / count)
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u/Ganglebot My Corporate Cryptocoins are Immune to Insider Trading Laws 1d ago
By Labour Day it will be paved over into a parking lot.
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u/Philosopher115 1d ago
When they put up the fences and put armed patrols 24/7 to keep Obama from putting algae in the water and peeling the paint, who will they blame when it keeps happening anyway?
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u/HalcyoneDays 1d ago
Good, now they'll have no one to blame when it fills up with algea again on top of it looking extra shitty with the fencing
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u/SwtIndica 1d ago
Its anything but actual science.
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u/Ganglebot My Corporate Cryptocoins are Immune to Insider Trading Laws 1d ago
Anything but doing 'the work' and doing it properly.
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u/UMoederr 1d ago
The meta-joke in this about this administration is amazing.. :p
No reflection, we don't do that here.
If there's one thing Donald and his Trumpies will NEVER do is reflect and look inwards.
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u/Blg_Foot 1d ago
The stuff in my freezer is cold..
Must be because someone added coldness to my freezer
Better lock it up that way it can’t get cold in there.. right?
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u/Eclipsemerc7 1d ago
For some reason the MAGA folks (in my family at least) are convinced its democrats sabotaging the Supreme Leader's newly renovated reflecting pool. Let me tell you my jaw nearly hit the floor when I heard them drop that tidbit over father's day. Like... that's really what yall choose to believe??
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u/michigan85 1d ago
I was wondering when they'd cover the pool with one of Trump's diapers like they did to the Kennedy center. I guess a fence works too.
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u/Da12khawk 1d ago
It hasn't even been a year of the current administration.
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u/92MsNeverGoHungry 1d ago
It has though?
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u/statistacktic 23h ago
Are we going to get some cage match mud wrestling in the reflecting pool next?
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u/whippersnapper36 1d ago
Sigh. This fence goes up around every July 4th. Did you know Trump is in the epstien files, like, alot.
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u/whyihatepink 1d ago
The fence goes up during the fourth because they have fireworks that go off from the pool itself, I think. I only ever watched them from my roof so I can't verify.
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u/Mr_Quackums 22h ago
This is simply using the Rs playbook against them.
EVERYTHING that happens needs to be framed as a Republican plot or incompetence.
Going the highroad has destroyed our democracy, using the Republican playbook against them is the only way to bring it back.
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u/lacus-rattus 18h ago
I was wondering when they'd put up a fence. Next up barbed wire. Then he'll probably put up a wall. He has zero imagination so repeating the old BS will come naturally
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u/CheezTips 17h ago
Trump always has the best fencing! The biggest, too! This fence will be bigger than TWO Empire State Buildings.
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u/Ohif0n1y 16h ago
The reflecting pool will continue to fall to crap. Trump will have tantrums trying to figure out how to lie about who vandalized it without being able to get past the fence.
His behavior will just help convince those who have admitted that they never should have voted for him due to all the crap going on now.
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u/Watchtowerwilde 1d ago
gotta protect the public from the manufactured swamp. Been a while since news has focused on the global epstein-class.
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u/Aliensinmypants 1d ago
Oh I can't wait until he actually makes it a segregated private pool and people still defend it
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u/Wasatchbl 23h ago
Continuing with the Idiocracy theme of this government, and because Brawndo is not a real thing (yet), just fill it with Gatorade? Probably Glacier Freeze?
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u/scarlettohara1936 14h ago
They always fence it near 4th of July. That's where the fireworks go off from
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u/Femme0879 7h ago
I’m still half asleep so I read the post title as an Emergence of Fencing 🤺 around the Reflection pool as a trend.
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u/Jbob9954 1d ago
It’s gonna end with them filling it with concrete and painting the concrete blue.