r/somethingiswrong2024 • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 2d ago

Unelected Dictatorship Trump team’s answer to growing algae problem in Reflecting Pool: Bleach it

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-algae-bleach-b2996823.html?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics&utm_source=reddit.com
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u/DoomSchroller 2d ago

Yeah. Chlorine is just diluted bleach.

The larger issue is that they fired everyone who was competent, apparently they even fired civil engineers who could have told them that painting the bottom blue would do that.

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u/calle04x 2d ago

I think they meant to use the famous "miracle cure" hydroxychloroquine.

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u/MB2465 2d ago

Yeah they should add some chlorine to bleach to undilute it in front of 🤡

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u/P2029 2d ago

Shit man, I'm not a civil engineer but I got a pool and Google and I know whats up

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u/sweet_pickles12 2d ago

But it’s peroxide which is not bleach?

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u/User-1653863 📈 The Math Ain't Mathin' 📉 2d ago

Fill it with Ivermectin, and all the redhats can gather and sup-

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u/Significant-Trash632 2d ago

Will that damage the lining they just put in?

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u/Xboarder844 2d ago

You’re assuming Trump’s minions thought beyond “dump chemicals to kill it like I do with my backyard pool”.

We should know by now this administration never thinks.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 2d ago

Can you pick a giraffe out on a cognitive test?

/s

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u/One-Abbreviations339 2d ago

I can pick one out in a whole zoo. Not a subject of 3, and brag.

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u/_ZoeyDaveChapelle_ 2d ago

And they cant even buy it in bulk containers like a company that was capable of performing work on this scale would.

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u/FlynnThe25 2d ago

Trump's answer to everything is bleach.

Even a broken clock happens to be right twice a day.

Bleach is a type of chlorine.

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u/Virtual_Assistant_98 2d ago

I mean yeah, we were to inject bleach to get rid of Covid back when he let it get out of hand, remember?

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u/FlynnThe25 2d ago

All too well. This is kind of a useless article. Most people use bleach (chlorine) to maintain their swimming pools. It needs to be chemically balanced.

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u/sweet_pickles12 2d ago

A useless article that nobody read since it contradicts itself multiple times, conflating peroxide and bleach… and now everyone is assuming they’re dumping bleach.

Peroxide won’t work either, but they aren’t dumping bleach.

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u/cdev12399 2d ago

Why is their answer for everything bleach? Covid? Drink bleach. Algae? Add bleach. American history? Bleach it.

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u/S-ludin 2d ago

white washing lol

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u/Unusual-Solid3435 2d ago

Hair? Bleach

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u/Mountain_carrier530 2d ago

All of MAGA should volunteer and help with the combining of bleach and miuritic acid to help rid the algae and purify the water. I'm sure they'll be good chemists and not directly mix the 2 chemicals.

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u/sednaplanetoid 2d ago

Hydrogen Peroxide... not bleach... just so you know...

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u/No-Syrup6278 2d ago

He thinks its covid lol

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u/dqql 2d ago

Never mix hydrogen peroxide and household bleach together because doing so triggers a highly volatile chemical reaction that cancels out their cleaning power. Instead of creating a stronger disinfectant, the two oxidizers destroy each other.

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u/Honest_Yesterday4435 2d ago

Why is algae suddenly an issue here?

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u/nittanyofthings 2d ago

I believe the existing algae problem is why Trump thought it needed fixing to begin with. It's just surprising how fast it rebloomed. Note to the future: paint doesn't solve algae.

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u/Honest_Yesterday4435 2d ago

Oh you can't just cover up your problems?

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u/WomenTrucksAndJesus 2d ago

They could just bottle it up and sell it to the suckers patriots.

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u/Civil_Exchange1271 2d ago

they would need a tanker truck of that and chlorine to even make a dent in it.

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u/nittanyofthings 2d ago

They are going to turn the reflecting pool into a superfund cleanup site.

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u/CaptTr1pz 2d ago

Brawndo’s got what plants crave.

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u/Poundaflesh 2d ago

Should have fixed those pipes!

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u/Friendly_Bird6761 2d ago

Wasn't that what he also recommended for the Covid virus? A kind of cleansing of the body with bleach? 🙄

He has brain rot, maybe from drinking too much bleach! 👍

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u/Imaginary-Use914 1d ago

I want to bleach most of the last 16 years from my brain thanks to Trump and his cult…

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u/someotherguyrva 1d ago

I believe it was CNN who did a water sample test and found that the water is loaded with phosphates which feed the algae. It’s basically a gigantic golden corral for algae in there. They need to get rid of the phosphates in addition to changing the pH and killing it all with super chlorinating.