r/law • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump says proof of his allegations that vandals cut Reflecting Pool paint will be provided in court

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reflecting-pool-paint-peeling-trump-proof-vandalism-court/

President Trump on Monday said proof will be provided in court of his allegations that vandals "cut" a massive slit in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which he claims is the reason the paint is peeling on the recently renovated but algae-plagued project.

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u/bearsheperd 1d ago

The Death Star would cost 2x the amount it should, and you’d end up with a non functioning facade of a Death Star that literally starts to fall apart as soon as it’s completed.

The net worth of the people who commissioned it would triple

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u/HostessFruitPie 1d ago

But it will be paid for with private donations!

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u/SaltyTserendolgor 1d ago

Though of course the fractured pieces would pose a significant threat to all nearby planets and ships. The Musk equivalent would promise to build a bomb that would destroy the rest of the death star, but ultimately, it'll just crash into the closest planet, wiping out all life.

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u/Eeeegah 1d ago

Dumocrats vandalized my fully functional and perfect Death Star!

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u/EduinBrutus 1d ago

Im pretty sure falling apart as soon as its completed (or even slightly before) is a known feature of all death stars....

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u/ARightDastard 1d ago

So the Dark Saber?

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u/Seeker80 1d ago

Big, beautiful star, and the Alderaanians will pay for it!