President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.

Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $14-million-plus rehabilitation project he launched for the nation’s 250th anniversary seemingly backfired.

Trump said his predecessors had let the pool turn an algae-stained green and that he’d line it with “American flag blue” so it better reflected the Washington Monument. But after the new pool was unveiled, its blue tinge quickly became a familiar green. Workers treated it with chemicals to kill the algae, but then the painted blue lining on the bottom began to peel.

  • Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Imagine being arrested and charged with a felony because a geriatric narcissist is too far gone to admit his cronies did a shit job:

    One man arrested was David Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, who owned a company that made composite used to build watercraft. He said he stopped by the pool during his 64-mile bike ride Friday to see what was going on.

    Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, told The Associated Press that he reached into the pool because he wanted to examine the peeling new coating. He said he briefly touched a chunk that was still attached to the side of the pool, then let go shortly after a park worker told him to.

    But, Hearn said, he was then detained by National Guard troops and Park Police for five hours before being released Friday night.

    • jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      I first skimmed this comment and read Bethesda and then misread watercraft for Warcraft. I was confused about what that had to do with the topic.

    • Lemmayng@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      17 days ago

      Imagine your white privilege (assuming this guy is white) not protecting you from dipping your hand into what Trump imagined to be a literal pool.