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Veserr@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Algae, peeling blue material, conspiracy theories: Reflecting Pool takes national spotlight

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Algae, peeling blue material, conspiracy theories: Reflecting Pool takes national spotlight

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Veserr@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Trump claims vandals will force drainage of algae-plagued Reflecting Pool | CNN Politics
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President Donald Trump claimed Saturday, without providing evidence, that vandals damaged the algae-plagued Reflecting Pool on the National Mall and that the water will need to be drained for repairs.
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    A doddering, ranting idiot surrounded by sycophants who will kiss his ring as long as the money and privileges keep coming. Meanwhile we have a spineless congress and a disconnected supreme court.

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    Slapping a shitty coat of paint over a complex and long-standing problem and claiming it’s fixed is an apt metaphor for the last 250 years…

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      Why stop at 250?

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    How about those Epstein files?

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      Hooooowwww about those Epstein files?

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    Now this actually is a distraction from the pedophilia and warcrimes. Rather than warcrimes being a distraction from the pedophilia, or vice versam

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    This is straight up poetry. This cult not being able to manage a pool is peak.

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    Drain the swamp!

    Reseal and paint the swamp!

    Refill the swamp!

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      I think calling it the swamp will have far greater impact than most people realize

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        The best part is he literally turned it into a swamp

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    Since when is ineptitude and incompetence a Conspiracy Theory?

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      Trump is blaming Obama.

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    This is a priority of the American people for sure…🤦🏻

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    Just follow the money from the gov to the contractors to Trump’s family…

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    And of course it has to be some diabolical covert operation orchestrated by “Antifa”. It’s unthinkable that the 80 year old going to the doctor every 6 weeks made a poor decision about some vanity project.

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      Lmaooo they are saying antifa did this??

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      Sad thing is it’s not a poor decision - he gave a lot of taxpayer money to a friend and almost certainly got a nice little kickback himself. It’s a bad decision if you assume he gives a fuck about the pool. But not if you think he only gives a fuck about enriching himself

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    The guy that was supposed to drain the swamp is building a new one.

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    Democrats online were quick to gloat.

    Fuck you, billionaire sewer CNN

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    Oddly allegorical.

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