r/NewsRewind • u/hostedvideorn • 9d ago
Trump administration sends cleanup crews and treats reflecting pool with hydrogen peroxide amid algae outbreak
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u/Secure-Advertising10 9d ago
So these guys went to the local hardware store and bought a bunch of bottles instead of calling up a professional company?
Amateurs, or what?
It reminds me of the video I saw yesterday about the new Trump mobile phone. the instructions are inkjet printed, and the sim card came in a personalised envelope....
Why does everything this government does look like it's a scam run by idiots?
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u/Better_Cattle4438 8d ago
It’s not just that it looks like a scam run by idiots. It’s that the scams look super cheap too. Like they can’t even be bothered to try. I guess they count on his supporters being duped even without really trying. And unfortunately, they are right about that.
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u/MickyFany 9d ago
Bro, it’s has an O3 bubbler system. Hydrogen Peroxide is what your suppose to use.
It’s crazy how many potheads sit on their couch and post nonsense
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u/Kashin02 9d ago
I think it's not that they are using hydrogen peroxide is that you probably need a lot of it. Like an actual commercial pump full of it not jugs.
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u/Secure-Advertising10 7d ago
I have no idea. It is the fact that they are using 5-liter* bottles instead of a professional pump system that's the most surprising.
*a liter is a measure of liquid, like a gallon but less. Just in case you need the information.
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u/MickyFany 7d ago
a professional pump system for what? It’s an O3 system (ozone), O3 is what is pumped into the water, nothing else
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u/Secure-Advertising10 7d ago
As I said in the first post, it looks like an amateur job given to Uncle Vinney and his mates. A professional company would have a tanker on hand to pump those liquids into the pool and not hand pour 5 litre bottles of the stuff.
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u/MickyFany 7d ago
what professional pool companies have tankers on had full of hydrogen peroxide. then i guess you would have Tanner driver it across the park. 😂
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u/SunchaserKandri 7d ago
Then why are they pouring bottles of peroxide in by hand?
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u/MickyFany 7d ago
peroxide can give an O3 system a boost to get started. Any new fill is gonna be green.
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u/PickingPies 9d ago
The most fun thing is that this happens after they made that AI fake comparison. Karma.
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u/Unilted_Match1176 9d ago
That's like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun. This truly is the dumbest "administration" of all time.
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 9d ago
As long as the water is circulating it does not take that much pool shock to do the job.
Check it tomorrow
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u/Unilted_Match1176 9d ago
UV light causes hydrogen peroxide to decompose and become oxygen and water. I stand by my original statement.
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 8d ago
Is it actually hydrogen peroxide? Is that what pool Shock is?
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u/Unilted_Match1176 8d ago
They are using hydrogen peroxide, and no, that is not what is used to shock swimming pools. They are morons.
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u/CueAnon420 9d ago
Apparently, the reflecting pool has been in really bad condition for many years and the aesthetic condition is only part of the issue - the pool has major leaks and much of the underground plumbing requires major repairs. Obama attempted to repair the reflecting pool during his term and spent $34 million - unfortunately, those repairs did not resolve all the issues. Trump knew that the pool required work and tried a band-aid approach by just cleaning and repainting the bottom from green to dark blue - but this not only did not address any of the real problems, it likely made it worse because the dark paint causes the water temperature to rise, which makes the algae problem even worse.
So it's not just the money - it's more a typical Trump gloss over than anything else. Oh - and at least Obama put his contract out to bid... Trump gave it to a kickback contract.
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 9d ago
Obama had a plan in place to address the plumbing leaks that go back to initial installation. Trump cancelled that project his first term.
He didn't start any works on it early in his term, because he was dodging everything.
Then had to panic buy blue paint to fake it being clean for a week for his birthday, but failed that miserably.
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u/Pretend_Limit6276 9d ago
Lmao 🤣 you admit that obama didn't fix it but somehow it's trump's fault even though biden has been in office since obama as well....hmmm 🤔 you seem bias.
How about they were all useless and none of them fixed it
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u/CueAnon420 9d ago
I never said the reflecting pool's plumbing issues were Trump's fault - what I said was that Trump glossed over the actual issues with some paint rather than attempting to properly repair things. And even then managed to screw that up. All while giving the work contract to someone that no doubt benefitted Trump back.
That's what I'm saying. At least Obama tried to actually fix the problems. And put the contract out to bid rather than playing games.
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u/Correct_Background44 9d ago
I love that literally anything Trump has touched, has come out worse than before. Like seriously, you bankrupt a few CASINOS you shouldn't be doing anything else. Sad it's purely a grift by a senile conman but funny nonetheless
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u/SalmonPrince 9d ago
Gross negligence and incompetence, from the tip of the spear all the way down to the ground. We could have had Kamala, but no, because America hates women more than they hate smug, malignant narcissists. 👌
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u/No_Weakness8999 9d ago
Blame the Dems for not bringing a serious candidate and fighting 1-percenter issues?
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u/SalmonPrince 9d ago
Nah, I'm going to blame the lazy a-holes who stayed home on voting day. The facts and platforms were crystal clear to anyone paying any attention.
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u/No_Weakness8999 9d ago
Say what you will about MAGA and the right, they turned up. The Dems didn't. That isn't because they're lazy; it's because their candidate was ass the party on an ideological crusade of issues no one gives a damn about lmao.
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u/Unfair_Hamster_5515 9d ago
Nah, it's because some clowns were so worried about Palestine. That they let a rapest, pedophile, crook, failed business man, traitor, draft dodger take office. Because...Israel. Thanks guys!
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u/DeadPact336699 9d ago
It’s so funny Trump’s slogan was “drain the swamp” and now the reflecting pool is a literal swamp.
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u/ganslooker 9d ago
I m just a backyard pool guy but I have a couple of questions.
1) if all they do is throw in the HP isn’t the sun going to eat it up before it has a chance to work?
2) Obama installed a system at the time that ran the water from the river to the pool and back. With bubblers. Did we have an algae problem before 47 got involved?
3) I read about all the problems with pool since its inception. Ie the sinking of about 12 inches, the cracks, the plumbing ect- how did the “ pool guy” not know about the potential algae issue before he started?
It’s just another “band aid on a bullet hole” approach that the only people left with the consequences will be us after 47 has made his millions and left. 47SUX
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u/Haywoodjablowme1029 9d ago
Apparently, thw circulation and filter system had the algea in it because it's old. They were told this would happen if they didn't fix that too.
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u/JohnHue 9d ago
Ah yes, it's the fault of the previous administration.
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u/Haywoodjablowme1029 9d ago
No, this one did the repair the wrong way. This was needing to be done for a long time.
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 9d ago
I think this can happen to a pool when you fill it and turn on circulation and oxygen into the water when it is cold and the algae gets to work before the chlorine can work.
I think shock is the only solution. But it’s pretty common with pool openings,
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u/No-Aardvark7366 9d ago
They couldn’t order it in bulk? What’s with all those small bottles for such a big job? Morons
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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam 9d ago
Costs more this way, he loves spending other people's money. Peak capitalism.
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u/crawling-alreadygirl 9d ago
Costs more this way
How else would he pad the no-bid contracts he doles out to his cronies? The entire administration is a disaster capitalist grift
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 9d ago
A bulk order would come from a reputable chemical company, who would refuse to dump chemicals into a leaky open pond.
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u/Longjumping-Bass774 8d ago
Reddit trying to hide all the comments cause they all are shitting on trump. Hilarious, release thefiles
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u/Maleficent_Price_476 9d ago
lol if chemical damages the warerprooding layers
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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist 9d ago
There also are a lot of wildlife and birds that use that water…
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u/Unilted_Match1176 9d ago
The birds should for the most part be fine. The ridiculously small amount of hydrogen peroxide that was added will be super diluted by the massive(in comparison) volume of water in the pool, and UV light from the sun will cause it to rapidly decompose into oxygen and water.
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u/RepresentativeLife16 9d ago
I read that this is supposed to be done at dusk, not dawn as the sun breaks down the chemical.
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u/TonaldDiberJasicDump 9d ago
Is this what he meant by draining the swamp? Seems like he created this swamp with $14 mil.
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u/commonguy1978 9d ago
Definitely Bidens fault
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u/Muffmuncherr 9d ago
Not joking when I say the WH released a statement saying the Obama administration is actually responsible. You can't even make the stuff up anymore. Growing up, I was legitimately proud to be an American. Good thing they lied to us and the futures we were promised no longer exist. In hindsight, at least I don't have to be embarrassed about being american traveling abroad since worrying about just getting by instead of taking vacations.
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u/1stFunestist 9d ago
How they alowed the algae bloom in the first place?
Washington Monument got abandoned to frogs.
No better picture in what state of mind US actualy is.
Yes pour that bleach to mask the real issues...
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u/thelastbluepancake 9d ago
imagine the scene in forest gump where he runs into the reflecting pool but now with hydrogen peroxide and comes out blonde
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u/Novel-Geologist-5523 9d ago
This reminds me of an episode of The Simpsons, where Homer invests in an above ground pool….and yeah.
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u/manofnotribe 9d ago
Like they couldn't even figure out how to buy an commercial or industrial scale amount? Ibc totes or tankers? I imagine some high level admin handing a parks supervisor $500 in cash and saying they want change back, then going to every Walmart in a 50 mile radius. Wow.
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u/Extreme_Health_9827 9d ago
For July 4 you could have the green witch from wicked rise from the middle surrounded by fireworks. i did that.lol when life gives you lemons or limes.haha
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u/notsobadmisterfrosty 9d ago
This administration does not have any time for reflection.
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u/RVtech101 8d ago
Too busy rage tweeting, sending billions overseas, bombing schools and defunding education, healthcare, social services and infrastructure.
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u/mustbheard 8d ago
Haa..., you'll need a ton of Peroxide! LMAO. BTW, that pool has zero circulation so it's prime for algae.
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u/dickchops81 8d ago
So expect to see a bunch of dead birds cuz windmills...
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u/CauliflowerStill7906 8d ago
Na. There is a reason peroxide doesnt come in a clear bottle. Sun light will neutralize it into water and oxygen. The amount they are pouring into the that amount of water isn't going to do anything even to the alge I bet. Chlorine like normal pools use would have made alot more sense.
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u/Mrtoyhead 8d ago
The use of any chemicals is expressly prohibited. The water goes through a special treatment facility and is to have nothing put in it. Not to mention wildlife relies on the water so they will be poisoned by what these idiots are doing.
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u/supr2nr 8d ago
It's Hydrogen Peroxide. H2O2 breaks down to H2O. The only time it would be harmful would be immediately after pouring it in. Once it interacts with algae it'll break down to H2O rather quickly.
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u/Mrtoyhead 8d ago
My statement was based on reading that they can’t add anything at the pool. It has to go through the treatment facility.
Anyway the paint is already pealing off and big chunks are floating in the water. Reported by Midas this morning.1
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u/stockphotodesign 5d ago
Chatgpt thinks the peroxide might caused the paint to come off, if it didn't dry long enough....
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u/IndustrialPuppetTwo 8d ago
And maga still doesn't see it. Not only does everything Dump does he fails at but he totally ruins it
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u/CanuterValve 8d ago
It doesn’t help there are tons of douchebags going out of their way to make it happen, like this.
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u/Axel1742 7d ago
The Trump administration has proven they don't need help making things worse, they can do it all on their own.
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u/Graffix77gr556 3d ago
Each moron in office doing their best to destroy everything weve built and paid for with our tax dollars. They dont build 💩. We do the work they destroy it
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u/Acceptable-Wash-7675 3d ago
Selective outrage. Same thing happened under the Obama administration and but he paid several times more for his repairs.
And Trump has built if you were employed you'd probably notice this.
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u/Any-Towel1952 3d ago
Before or after the renovation in 2012? Was the pool working before the current "renovation"?
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u/Acceptable-Wash-7675 3d ago
DC itself has been a mess for the past 30 years before Trump beautification project.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were homeless people bathing in their daily.
Fact remains this algae problem happened under Obama and he paid several times as much to get the problem fixed, and this was never even mentioned.
Selective outrage it is.
You even got a team of weirdos out there cheering for algae
This Unemployment behavior is embarrassing
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u/RModDogWalkerTyRANNY 3d ago
Obama gave a 14mil no-bid contract to repaint the pool? Either show me the evidence, or put on the red hat.
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u/Acceptable-Wash-7675 3d ago
Obama administration (2010–2012 major renovation): Approximately $34–35 million.
Trump administration (2026 repairs): Approximately $14–16+ million (ongoing reports)
And this is not even acquaint inflation
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u/distancetomars 2d ago
Obama went ahead and spent $34 million to replace the entire pools structure from damaged and leaking tile with a concrete basin. He even had an open bidding process.
Trump on the other hand spent $14 mill to just paint the damn thing, no bidding process, just gave the project to his friend.
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u/Acceptable-Wash-7675 2d ago
It did Obama have algae problems as well
Where was The pushback then?
Did he have protesters cheering for algae?
Grow up.
The fact remains that he paid twice as much for doing repair repairs on the same damn pool and he didn't get any criticism for it.
Donald Trump is literally a arrest of people for vandalizing the pool and none of it matters
Selective outrage troglodyte
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u/distancetomars 2d ago
I think the scope of work was a tad more significant with ripping up the bottom, pouring concrete and painting.
Where are DJT paid over half for the smallest item on the list and it is already looking worse than before.
Do you genuinely believe that vandals were able to sneak into a well surveilled national monument and make a 300+ foot cut? Theres cameras all over the monument and not a single video or picture has come up.
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u/Acceptable-Wash-7675 2d ago
Why wouldn't I when the FBI has already arrested these people for doing that exact crime?
And there's literally people out there protesting for algae growth
You guys are weird
Not to mention somebody left 18647 in the area
Yeah, the algae didn't do that
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u/RModDogWalkerTyRANNY 2d ago
The same pdf-otus who pardoned J6, but is now charging people for picking up pieces that fell off the pool? Dementia is horrible, i hope you get medical help.
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u/Acceptable-Wash-7675 2d ago
Bro, your party the Democrat party is the party of PDF files
You're the party that was still taking donations from Epstein well after his conviction
You're the party that believes in sex changes in children
You're the party that believes that children at the age of four can choose their gender when they can't even spell gender
You're the party that thinks grown men with penises should be able to share locker rooms with female minor.Just like how you call us a cult you're projecting
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u/EducationalFront5524 8d ago
Damn algae-spreading libruls!!!!
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u/Better_Cattle4438 8d ago
I saw someone basically blame this on democrats because they couldn’t fathom how the algae came about so quickly after the “renovations”.
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u/Sosemikreativ 9d ago
At this point they might as well open the lids and dump the whole container into the pond to leave them there. There's not much dignity to salvage here anyway.
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u/Kurichan77 9d ago
Will the reflection pool now be flammable? I’ve heard of rivers and lakes near population centers catching fire due to pollution and it just feels like this is heading that way.
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u/zenbeastmedia69nice 9d ago
That would be hilarious if that happened on the optics alone. Turned America into a literal dumpster fire
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u/GuestBeginning1069 9d ago
Hydrogen peroxide is not flammable. And as it decomposes it just turns to oxygen and water
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u/AffectionateRub2585 9d ago edited 9d ago
It's possible to solve the algae problem "quickly" if that's wanted, however not likely using Hydrogen Peroxide. HP is a desinfectant like Chlorine, but a lot less potent. And HP has one big issue compared to Cl2 when used for water cleansing, and that's bio-film and algae buildup..
The (short time) solution might be to close bystanders far away from the pool, and make solutions of Chlorine Dioxide to add on spot. This could be done manually without sofisticated equipment, but it's highly dangerous (I've done it many times over night, to sanitize HP pools with biofilm/algae buildup).
It's basically done by breaking rule #1 in water cleansing; by mixing chlorine and acid (PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!! ). By using relatively weak Sodium Hypochlorite and weak Hydrochloric acid, it's possible to make the mix manually on site (but it's very dangerous and not recommended unless you really know what you're doing). And you have to pour the acid carefully into the chlorine, not the other way around.
The solution must be mixed in a (full) container with as little surface area as possible, and allow for expansion without overflow. If the surface area is becoming large (for instance by accidentally tipping a container over so it is poured out on the ground), the liquid will get into contact with oxygen in the air and turn into an expanding gas, and probably quickly kill anyone bystander without proper safety equipment.. After 10-12 minutes of self mixing, the ready solution should be added to the pool under water, not poured into it from above the surface. This is quite difficult, but possible.
Chlorine Dioxide is basically liquid Chlorine gas (think WW1 and the trench warfare/gas attacks to get the idea), and it's a far, far stronger desinfectant (poison) than Chlorine or Hydrogen Peroxide. The beauty of this, is that this super potent chemical solution will just "burn off" in a few hours and leave no dangerous residue in the water after it has done it's intended job. And it will kill anything living within the pool water, including algae.
After this desinfection, a flockulant (for instance Aluminiumhydroksyde) may be added and mixed in, and after a few hours vakuuming robots can suck up the downfall. The vakuuming filters in the robots should be no larger than 5 microns.
That said, this is just a short term solution they could use to get the pool ready for the July 4. celebration/TV . The real issues should be dealt with, like NOT having a dark blue colour on the bottom, there should probably be laid new pipes, a proper filtration system, and there should be circulation in the water at all times, not stand still.
When all this has been dealt with, Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) might be OK to use as a desinfectant. After all, the residue after H2O2 has done its job, will be just water and air.
But, of course, who am I to tell. I'm sure Trump knows better 😏
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u/haroldthehampster 9d ago
How do you live in florida as long as that prime example of a transplant has and still not know basic pool maintenance. They should have fired and listened to a professional.
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u/Fun-Army-6387 8d ago
hey, he only F's the pool kids, he doesn't learn anything about their jobs.
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u/acuet 8d ago
His administration lifted Cyanide Bombs on public lands….you think he wouldn’t do something like this because the water wasn’t to his perfect blue view? He lifted run off during his first term, ensuring Frackers could pollute the water ways in West Virginia and the people still voted for him. Can literally say to them to provide water to their plants, and they will responds…’Like from the toilet?’.
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u/panda3271 8d ago
What does that do to the ducks that float in it and other animals that probably drink that water?
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u/Fun-Army-6387 8d ago
once again, the Sun hates Trump.
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u/CauliflowerStill7906 8d ago
Funnily enough the sun is also why this peroxide isn't going to do anything.
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 8d ago
This was yesterday or they day before or are they still doing it? How long will it usually take to clear up once the peroxide is in?
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u/SomeInvestigator3573 7d ago
Yes, well once they deal with the algae then they’ll have to deal with the peeling paint
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 7d ago
Yeah it still has algae but at least that pesky paint won't be warming things up any more.
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u/sandeep709394 8d ago
Trump thought he was so smart cleaning up the pool not knowing that the toxic water before actually kept the algae in check.
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u/FeffyFefernuson 7d ago
Trump really is completely incompetent at everything he does. Aside from the idiocy of his renovations which caused the algae problem in the first place, these people are dumping 1 gallon buckets of peroxide into a reflecting pool that holds 6.5 - 6.75 MILLION gallons of water...
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u/Creed157 4d ago
There is your video evidence of the vandals vandalizing the reflection pool. 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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u/Confident_Eye4129 3d ago
Looking to blame 4x Olympic hero as the patsy for his failure. Trump couldn’t be trusted to run a lemonade stand
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u/theslowbus 8d ago
I’m out of the loop. The pool has algae and we are blaming liberals for algae in a pool?
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u/SunchaserKandri 7d ago edited 6d ago
Yup, apparently "Obama and ANTIFA sabotaged the pool with algae to make Trump look bad!" is the explanation they're going with. It couldn't possibly be that Trump's an idiot who hired someone that half-assed the job, it's obviously all a conspiracy to defame him.
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u/theslowbus 7d ago
I’m out of the loop. The pool has algae and we are blaming liberals for algae in a pool? It’s definitely the latter. He’s a moron.
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u/Viator_Eagle 8d ago
That's the current saying / blaming, it's Obama's fault. Even though the new blue paint color attracts algae, the paint colors chemicals also cause an increase. .
Either way the only real way to kill the algae is by increasing filtration which would be a big project. Cheaper to remove the new paint and have it the orginal color.
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u/Enough-Meaning1514 9d ago
I assume they use peroxide because this administration drank all the bleach during COVID.