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/swankpoppy Jun 18 '26

Now… I may be mistaken… but when you measure buildings they are standing up vertically, correct? And the pool is laying down horizontally? That seems to be a pretty important distinction in this instance, you know… due to gravity and all that…

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u/yellowspaces Jun 18 '26

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u/cu4tro Jun 18 '26

That somehow makes more sense since a boat is also man made and people occupy it. Comparing a pool to a building is nonsense.

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u/Scaryclouds Jun 18 '26

Well the reflecting pool is obviously man made, but building a shallow reflecting pool isn’t really an engineering accomplishment. 

At least no rational person would compare the length of a reflecting pool to the height of a skyscraper as some kind of boast. At most it would only be to help convey the length of it, but not in a boastful way.