Donald Trump positioned himself as a swimming pool expert as he touted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations he ordered this year, having put in “more than 100” over his career.
But after spending $14 million in taxpayer funds, the Reflecting Pool now looks arguably worse than it did before.
Aside from the bright green hue of the water — the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years — the “industrial-grade swimming pool topping” that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets.
This is the such an unbelievably dumb story. They’ve kept this reflecting pool clean for decades, but now some moron keeps skimping somewhere and nobody can figure out how to keep it clean anymore. And we are blowing through more money than previously necessary, all because some giant asshole keeps grifting the American people.