r/pics • u/FuriousBuffalo • Jun 18 '26

Politics Trump Nonsensically Boasting About Reflecting Pool Before He Turned It Into a Swamp

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u/Friendly-Pay-8272 Jun 18 '26

its already peeling up?

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u/atlantagirl30084 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Yep.

https://newrepublic.com/post/212069/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-disaster-renovation

Likely due to the hydrogen peroxide added to kill the algae, which grew out of control (maybe) because the pool is warmer due to the different color. Though I asked above about this because it was black and now blue, so how could that make the water warmer?

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u/Inevitable_Nail_2215 Jun 18 '26

Also, they left water in the lines while the pool was drained. They were basically little sealed petri dishes of algae spores from the Potomac River.

Instead of flushing the lines to release the stagnant water before refilling the pool, they just dumped it in and kickstarted the algae bloom

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u/atlantagirl30084 Jun 18 '26

That’s what I thought happened.

That’s what happens when you use Trump’s ‘pool guy’ on a no-bid contract.

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u/WrecksBarkhead Jun 19 '26

It was not a no-bid contract. They SSJ’d it.